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8 Charged in Scheme to Smuggle Endangered Monkeys From Asia, U.S. Says

8 Charged in Scheme to Smuggle Endangered Monkeys From Asia, U.S. Says

Federal prosecutors have charged eight people with running an international monkey-smuggling operation in which hundreds of the endangered primates were poached from the wild in Southeast Asia and shipped to the U.S. for research purposes, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.

Two of those charged, Omaliss Keo, 58, and Masphal Kry, 46, were Cambodian wildlife officials who federal prosecutors said betrayed their duty to protect endangered species. Instead, the officials took payments from conspirators to facilitate the scheme, ... Read more

Tejano radio legend Dan Peña passes away

Peña spent 25 years as the morning host at the often top-rated Tejano radio station until health issuesforced him to retirethis past November.

The South Texas native began his radio career in 1980 at 92.1 KDSI-FM in Alice, Texas, highli ... Read more

Texas basketball misses an opportunity in loss to Baylor

In a battle with the No. 3 ranked Baylor Bears and head coach Scott Drew, head coach Chris Beard and No. 21 ranked Texas basketball had a clear opportunity to end the time of playing in the Frank Erwin Center on a high note. And it looked like Texas ... Read more

Texas Basketball: 1 unbelievable NCAA Tournament stat for Lo

For the second season in a row, the Texas basketball program is headed to the NCAA Tournament as a single-digit seed. This is also the second straight year where Texas men’s hoops were seeded at least inside the top six in the NCAA Tournament.
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Man on tractor, charged with stalking, leads police on chase

Man on tractor, charged with stalking, leads police on chase

When you picture a police pursuit, you probably wouldn't expect it to involve a John Deere tractor.

DRISCOLL, Texas -- When you picture a police pursuit, you probably wouldn't expect it to involve a John Deere tractor.

But that's what police in Driscoll, Texas, had to deal with this week.

Alan Baade, 45, was charged with felony stalking. Police said as officers tried to arrest him, Baade took off on a tractor, dragged an officer for ... Read more

WFPD identifies victim, suspect in Scotland Park shooting

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - The Wichita Falls Police Department has identified both the suspect and victim in a shooting that took place at Scotland Park on Tuesday.

The victim was identified as 28-year-old Paul Matthew Day of Orange G ... Read more

TCU, Texas Tech and Texas Procure Athlete of the Week Awards

IRVING, Texas — After taking the gold in each of their fields at the Texas Tech Open and Multis, TCU senior Chengetayi (Du) Mapaya, Texas sophomore Kristine Blazevica and Texas Tech junior Sidney Sapp were named Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Athletes ... Read more

Photo Gallery: Families remember ancestors killed by Texas R

SAN DIEGO — There lives a tale in the brushland between Benavides, Texas, and Parás, Mexico, a story of injustice and heartbreak that’s been often sung but seldom written.

That legend describes the shootings of three men: Crescencio ... Read more