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The New England Patriots have drafted a defensive lineman with their first pick in the 2015 NFL Draft.  Their pick is DT Malcolm Brown, 6-2, 319 lbs from the University of Texas. Here's what the NFL Network had to say about the pick: "This is a great pick for the Patriots...

President Obama is honoring the 2015 Teacher of the Year. Shanna Peeples is a high school English teacher in Texas. In a White House ceremony, the President said Peeples sets high expectations and is confident that her students are going to do "amazing things...

Ex-Marine Eddie Ray Routh has been found guilty of murder in the "American Sniper" trial. Routh admitted to shooting Chris Kyle and his friend, Chad Littlefield on February 2nd, 2013. However, he pleaded NOT GUILTY due to the psychotic episodes he suffers from with PTSD...

Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson will avoid jail time after reaching a plea agreement in his child abuse case. A judge agreed to the plea deal during a hearing Tuesday in Conroe, 40 miles north of Houston. Peterson was indicted in September for using a wooden switch to discipline his 4-year-old son earlier this year in suburban Houston...

Another healthcare worker in Dallas is testing positive for Ebola. A Texas Department of State Health Services spokesperson says the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas worker reported a fever on Tuesday and was immediately isolated...

A Texas health care worker who was in full protective gear when they provided hospital care for an Ebola patient who later died has tested positive for the virus and is in stable condition, health officials said Sunday. If the preliminary diagnosis is confirmed, it would be the first known case of the disease being contracted or transmitted in the U...

Dallas Cowboys defensive back C.J. Spillman is being accused of sexual assault. Police say Spillman is under investigation for an incident that took place September 20th at the Cowboys' official hotel in Grapevine, Texas. The alleged attack on a woman came just a day after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's news conference during which he promised to improve the league's personal conduct policy... R

There's now a mugshot of Texas Governor Rick Perry. The governor was booked this afternoon in Austin on felony abuse of power charges. He was indicted last Friday after he vetoed money that was meant for the Travis County Public Integrity Unit after District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg refused to resign following a drunk driving conviction...

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell realizes the potential problems the "border crisis" along the Texas/Mexico border poses to cities like New Bedford. Mitchell's primary concern lies within the education system, and says accomodations are already being made to make room for students whose primary language is not English...

Sheriffs and law enforcement officials from across the country are descending upon the Texas/Mexico border Tuesday, hoping to shed more light on the immigration crisis. Immigration officials have admitted flying planeloads of illegal immigrants to states including Massachusetts because of an increase in border crossing that has filled up detainment and processing centers in Texas...