Texas

Trump says JFK's assassin did not act alone

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump said he believes Lee Harvey Oswald, the man charged with assassinating President John F. Kennedy in 1963, did not act alone, a press report said Sunday.

Truck Accident Attorneys in Texas: Victims’ Legal Allies

TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – In the vast expanse of Texas highways, the presence of commercial trucks is ubiquitous.

Storm Beryl in Texas kills seven, cuts power for millions

TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – At least seven people have died after Hurricane Beryl slammed into south-east Texas and Louisiana, knocking out power for nearly three million people.

2 killed, 14 injured in shooting in Texas

TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) – Police in Round Rock, Texas, have asked for the public's help in locating a suspect in connection with a shooting during a Juneteenth celebration that left two dead and 14 others injured.

At least 4 dead in Houston as destructive storms lash Texas

TEHRAN, May 17 (MNA) – At least four people are dead in Houston after hurricane-force winds and torrential rains tore a damaging path through the city Thursday.

3rd Starship test flight most successful launch so far

TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) – SpaceX's huge Super Heavy-Starship rocket, the most powerful ever built, blasted off on its third test flight.

Three dead in Texas crash of US military helicopter

TEHRAN, Mar. 09 (MNA) –  National Guard helicopter assigned to patrol duty along the US-Mexico border crashed in Texas on Friday, killing two soldiers and a US Border Patrol agent who were aboard and injuring another soldier.

2 killed in Texas wildfires

TEHRAN, Mar. 01 (MNA) – Wildfires, including the largest one in Texas history, which have spread to the neighboring state of Oklahoma, continued scorching the Texas Panhandle, claiming at least two lives as of Thursday.

Massive blaze threatening Texas Panhandle town

TEHRAN, Feb. 28 (MNA) – A massive blaze that’s raging out of control is threatening Texas Panhandle towns and forcing residents to evacuate.

In Texas:

Church shooting leaves 2 injured, suspected shooter dead

TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – A woman with a rifle was killed by two off-duty police officers – while a child was critically wounded – on Sunday at a megachurch in Houston, Texas, run by prominent evangelical Christian pastor Joel Osteen, police said.

Suspect dead in Texas after killing 8 people in Illinois

TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) – The man suspected of killing eight people at three locations in a city in the U.S. state of Illinois shot and killed himself after a confrontation with Texas law enforcement officials.

Explosion in Texas leaves at least 21 injured

TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – An explosion in Fort Worth, Texas, Monday left nearly two dozen people injured and large pieces of a building littering the road in the heart of the city’s downtown area.

Pilot killed in plane crash in Texas shopping center

TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – A pilot was killed after a small plane crashed into a shopping center parking lot at a Texas shopping center on Tuesday, local US authorities said.

11 killed, injured in shooting in Forth Worth, Texas

TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – At least 11 people were killed and injured in a shooting late Monday in Fort Worth, Texas, police said.

Texas tornado kills 3, injures dozens

TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) – A tornado has torn through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton, killing three people, and injuring dozens more.

1 dead in coastal Texas refinery fire

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – A fire at a Marathon Petroleum refinery near Houston on Monday caused visible flames and left at least one worker dead, the company said.

8 killed, 11 injured in crash near migrant shelter in Texas

TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) – At least eight people were killed and eleven were injured on Sunday in Brownsville, Texas when an SUV struck a crowd waiting for a bus outside a migrant shelter, authorities said.

Nine dead in shooting at mall outside Dallas in US

TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) – Nine people, including the suspect, are dead after a shooting Saturday at a Dallas-area outlet mall, authorities said.

Explosion causes massive fire at Texas refinery plant

TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) – An explosion and fire wracked a refinery in a Deer Park industrial complex jointly owned by Mexican oil company Pemex and Shell Chemicals on Friday.

5 killed in mass shooting near Cleveland, Texas

TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) – Five people have reportedly been killed, including an eight-year-old child, in a mass shooting that took place at a property in Cleveland, eastern Texas.

3 children killed, 2 wounded in US Texas

TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Three children were found dead and two others injured inside a home in the Ellis County city of Italy in US Texas state on Friday afternoon, police said.

NASA confirms half-ton meteor crashes in Texas: report

TEHRAN, Feb. 20 (MNA) – The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has confirmed that a nearly half-ton meteor crashed in South Texas.

In Texas;

Truck driver dead after crash leads to train derailment

TEHRAN, Feb. 14 (MNA) – An 18-wheeler collided with a train on Monday morning in East Texas, leaving the truck driver dead and derailing over a dozen train cars, according to police.

Driver charged in murdering 7-year-old girl in US' Texas

TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – A search for a missing 7-year-old Texas girl ended with the discovery days later of her body and a FedEx contract driver being charged in her kidnapping and killing, the authorities said.

American naval training aircraft crashes in Texas

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) – A Navy training aircraft crashed as it was approaching Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, the service announced Tuesday.

46 people found dead inside tractor-trailer in San Antonio

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Forty-six people were found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals after a tractor-trailer rig containing suspected migrants was found Monday on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio, officials said.

Pope calls on US to prevent spread of guns after Texas school

TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) – Pope Francis says his “heart is broken” after a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, calling on the US to act to prevent the spread of guns.

Headlines of Iran’s Persian dailies on May 26

TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) – Mehr News agency takes a look at headlines of Iran’s Persian-language dailies on Thursday, May 26.