LONDON – A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. The case will now go to Britain’s interior minister for a decision, though the WikiLeaks founder still has legal avenues of appeal.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secret Service officers shot and killed an intruder who was smashing windows at the residence of the Peruvian ambassador to the United States on Wednesday, authorities said.
Judge Carol Siebman was the first woman elected to a county court-atlaw bench when she first took office, and Tuesday Grayson County commissioners approved a proclamation of appreciation for a trail blazing member of the county family.
A new U.S. government center aims to become the National Weather Service for infectious diseases – an early warning system to help guide the response to COVID-19 and future pandemics.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Prompted by a court order, federal wildlife managers have issued a new draft plan for managing Mexican gray wolves in the Southwestern U.S. in an effort to address illegal killings of the endangered predators.
According to its recently released annual racial profiling report, the Sherman Police Department found that a lower percentage of Hispanics and Asians came into contact with police than was expected for the population in 2021. The annual racial profiling report outlines police interaction with motorists in order to unveil any racial profiling taking place in the department.
Johnson & Johnson is suspending sales forecasts for its COVID-19 vaccine only a few months after saying the shot could bring in as much as $3.5 billion this year. A global supply surplus and uncertainty about future demand – fueled in part by vaccine hesitancy in some developing markets – prompted the change, J&J said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON – Migrants attempted to cross the U.S.-Mexico border at the highest level in two decades as the U.S. prepares for even larger numbers with the expected lifting of a pandemic-era order that turned away asylum seekers.
The Texoma Earth Day Festival is back this week. The annual festival and recycling eventwill be held on from 9 a.m.
Replacing bridges in Fannin County Texas Department of Transportation officials announced that work to replace two county road bridges in Fannin County will begin April 18. The contractor, THK Construction, Longview, Texas, was granted 112 working days, weather permitting, to complete this project valued at more than $470,000.