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Shooting tragedy shows the fault lines of US gun policy
Stricter gun law is the only solution to such violence
1 dead, 12 hurt in explosion at Texas hospital
One construction worker is killed and a dozen others are injured after an explosion at an addition to a Texas hospital , authorities say.
Texas church gunman escaped mental facility in 2012 while facing court-martial
The former US serviceman who committed the deadliest mass shooting on record in Texas escaped from a mental hospital in 2012 as he faced court-martial on domestic violence charges for which he was later convicted, a police report revealed on Tuesday.
Man linked to Texas shooting faced military court martial
The man authorities have identified as the gunman in a mass shooting at a Texas church was discharged from the Air Force for allegedly assaulting his spouse and child, according to an Air Force spokeswoman.
Death toll in Texas church shooting rises to 26
A gunman dressed in black tactical gear massacred at least 26 worshipers and wounded 20 others at a white-steepled church in Texas on Sunday, carrying out the latest in a series of mass shootings that have plagued the United States.
Harvey death toll rises to 44, thousands of survivors rescued
A flood-hit southeast Texas city lost its drinking water supply and police and soldiers rescued thousands still stranded on Thursday after powerful storm Harvey killed 44 people and displaced more than a million on the Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas
Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast late Friday, unleashing torrents of rain and packing powerful winds as it became the first major storm to hit the US mainland in 12 years.
One dead in Texas shooting, gunman still at large
One person is killed and four others are wounded in a shooting in Austin, Texas. Police warn that the shooter is still at large.
Muslim doctor shot near Houston mosque on way to prayer
A Muslim man on his way to morning prayer is shot and stabbed outside a mosque in Houston, Texas.
Texas tornadoes kill 11 as wild weather lashes US
At least 11 people are killed as tornadoes ripped through Texas, according to authorities who searched house-to-house for additional victims of the freak storms lashing the southern United States.
US ‘clock boy’ seeks $15m redress
US boy who was arrested for taking a homemade clock to class is seeking $15m from his city and school.
35 detained Bangladeshis in Texas end hunger strike
Bangladeshi asylum seekers have ended a near week-long hunger strike at the El Paso detention centre in Texas, US, protesting their potential deportation.
Bangladeshi shot dead in Florida robbery
Bangladeshi national is shot dead during a robbery in Florida of the United States earlier this week.
Celebrity US clockmaker goes to KSA to perform Umrah
Talented American student of Sudanese origin Ahmed Mohammed Al-Hassan arrived in Jeddah to perform Umrah and visit his relatives, reports Arab News.
2 die in two US university shootings
Two people dies after two separate university shootings in Texas and Arizona, just hours apart.
Texas police 'shoot man with hands up'
Video footage has emerged that appears to show police in Texas shooting and killing a man who had his hands up.
Ice sheet bigger than Texas, California discovered on Mars
Researchers discover an ice sheet on Mars that looks bigger than Texas and California cities of US.
Six children found shot dead in Texas, US
Six children and two adults have been found handcuffed and fatally shot in the head in a Texas home, following the arrest of a man who exchanged gunfire with police.
Texas man injured as bullet ricochets off armadillo
A man from Texas is wounded after a bullet he fires at an armadillo ricochets and hits him in the head, the local sheriff says.