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Seven people are killed in two separate shootings at two homes in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Later the same day, the suspect fatally shoots himself in Texas. An eighth person was also killed by the same gunman a day before.
2024-01-22

Pope Francis removes Bishop Joseph Strickland of the Diocese of Tyler in Texas, United States, due to his criticism of the Catholic Church's progressive views under Francis. Strickland is temporarily replaced by Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of the Diocese of Austin. The decision comes after Strickland declined to resign when asked to do so.
2023-11-11

Nineteen children and two teachers are killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, United States. The gunman, a local 18-year-old high school student, is subsequently killed by police. The gunman had also shot and critically wounded his grandmother earlier in the day.
2022-05-24

Authorities announce the arrest of a 48-year-old man two days earlier in San Antonio, Texas, US, for threatening to commit a mass shooting at Fort Hood in retaliation for the killing of Vanessa Guillén there in April. He is being charged with making terroristic threats.
2020-08-3

Two people are killed and 18 injured in a warehouse explosion in Houston, Texas, United States.
2020-01-24

A school shooting takes place at Santa Fe High School in Texas, United States. Eight students and two teachers are killed and thirteen others are injured.
2018-05-18

UNESCO adds more sites to the World Heritage List including the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park in the US city of San Antonio, Texas and Scotland's Forth Bridge.
2015-07-5

The world's first gun produced by Defense Distributed using a 3-D printer is fired successfully in Austin, Texas, United States. Security officials worry that such plastic weapons could evade detection at airport screenings.
2013-05-5

An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, United States, kills 15 and injures more than 100 people and damages many nearby buildings, including residences, a nursing home, and a middle school.
2013-04-17

The United States National Weather Service issues a blizzard warning for nine states in the Midwestern United States with a storm affecting a total of 30 states from Texas to Maine.
2011-02-1