PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (AP) — A 25-minute cellphone video left behind by the bomber whose deadly explosives terrorized Austin for weeks details the differences among the weapons he built and amounts to a confession, police said. But his motive remains a mystery. Mark Anthony Conditt, an unemployed college dropout who bought bomb-making materials at Home Depot, […]
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Investigators suspect FedEx bomb tied to Austin bombings
A package believed to be bound for Austin exploded at a Texas FedEx facility early Tuesday, law enforcement officials said, opening another potential front in investigations into of a series of blasts that have left the Texas capital gripped with fear. The explosion happened shortly after midnight at the facility in Schertz, Texas, just northeast […]
Texas police looking for a serial bomber in Austin
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Fear escalated across Austin on Monday after the fourth bombing this month — this time, a blast that was triggered by a tripwire and demonstrated what police said was a “higher level of sophistication” than the package bombs used in the previous attacks. Two men in their 20s were wounded Sunday […]
UMaine’s run ends with loss to Texas in women’s NCAA Tournament
AUSTIN, Texas — The message on the whiteboard in the Texas locker was simple and direct: Rebound! The No. 2 seed Longhorns did that and a whole lot more — just about anything they wanted to, really — in dismantling No. 15 Maine 83-54 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Jatarie White […]
Philip E. Julian
TEXAS — Philip E. Julian, age 80, of Sabattus went to be with hIs Lord at 9:35 p.m. Friday, March 2, 2018, at the home of his daughter, following a courageous battle with cancer. Phil was born July 18, 1937, in Bloomington, Illinois, to Marie and Marius Julian. He graduated from Trinity High School in 1955, […]
Women's basketball: UMaine draws Texas in NCAA first round
ORONO — They sat comfortably on couches, in front of the big-screen TV, curious to where the NCAA tournament committee would send them. They had to wait for nearly an hour into the ESPN show, but when the name MAINE finally appeared they whooped, filling the tight confines of the Alfond Family Lounge with cheers. […]
Texas man who killed former Farmington residents sentenced to die
BRYAN, Texas — William Hudson has been sentenced to die for the slayings of six people — including two from Farmington and a 6-year-old boy — at a remote Texas campsite in 2015. According to multiple news sources, jurors deliberated less than an hour before delivering their verdict on the two-year anniversary of Hudson’s arrest. […]
Pastor: Texas church where 26 died in attack will be demolished
Vice President Mike Pence hugs Pastor Frank Pomeroy outside the Sutherland Spring Baptist Church during a stop, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing and wounding many. Pomeroy’s daughter was killed in the shooting. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) SUTHERLAND […]
Man guilty of killing six, including two former Farmington residents, at Texas campsite
BRYAN, Texas — A man was convicted of capital murder this week in the slayings of six people — including a pair from Farmington and a 6-year-old boy — at a remote Texas campsite in 2015. A Brazos County jury found William Hudson, 35, guilty Tuesday on three counts of capital murder for his role […]
Lone gunman kills 26, wounds about 20 in Texas church shooting
A lone gunman stormed into a small community church here on Sunday and shot and killed more than two dozen people before fleeing and later being found dead several miles from the scene, authorities said. Witnesses said a white male in his 20s, dressed in all black and wearing a tactical vest, started shooting with […]