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An affidavit used to secure a warrant against a suspected drug den in Houston that left two people dead and five police officers injured might include "some material untruths or lies," Police Chief Art Acevedo said. That doesn't diminish the fact that officers had reason to enter the home on Jan. 28, Acevedo said, according to NBC News, but "thus far it appears that there are some material untruths or lies in that affidavit -- and that's a problem," Acevedo said.A veteran narcotics officer at the center of the case, Gerald Goines, could faces charges if it's determined that he lied about using a confidential informant to secure evidence in a raid that killed homeowners Dennis Tuttle, 59, and Rhogena Nicholas, 58, after a shootout with police. … [Read more...] about Warrant used in Houston police raid might be riddled with lies, chief says

But Texas GOP chairman James Dickey said he doesn’t believe Texas should play an active role in influencing census outcomes because it is constitutionally a responsibility designated for the federal government. “I don’t think it’s appropriate to expend taxpayer resources in a long shot effort to influence the final census count in some significant way,” Dickey said.Dickey added that he trusts that Census Bureau officials are keeping a close eye on issues that might keep people from filling out the census questionnaire.“We of course encourage everyone to participate openly and willingly in the census so we have the best information,” Dickey said.Blanco said Texas needs to be more proactive like California. The U.S.’ largest state stands to lose a Congressional seat after a census for the first time ever due to people moving away from the state. Many are leaving for Texas.California has now invested about $100 million to try and increase … [Read more...] about Will Texas and its big cities be ready for the 2020 Census? Some think a statewide effort is needed

In 2011, there were only 2,500 markhors left. The goats are native to the Himalayas in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. Their numbers have dwindled because of deforestation, military actions, poaching for food and hunters seeking their horns, which can grow up to 5 feet long.Efforts to save them led to the designation of five sanctuaries in India, and their numbers increased by 2015, The Post reported. The U.S. now classifies the markhor as threatened instead of endangered. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature now classifies the mountain goat as "near-threatened."The conservation group Green Global Travel said the markhor's progress is "one of the world's little-known conversation success stories."Tabarak Ullah, a Pakistani hunter who guided Harlan and other Americans, told The Post that the hunts promote conservation and the money is used for improving local health and education. The hunts are also good for tourism, he said."This is not just … [Read more...] about Dallas banking executive paid $110,000 to hunt down rare mountain goat in Pakistan

The National Butterfly Center has filed for a restraining order to keep federal agents and contractors — who plan to build a border wall through the popular nature preserve — off its property. The butterfly center, located in the small Texas town of Mission in the Rio Grande Valley, has tried for more than a year to stop the border barrier, which Congress approved last March. But the current debate over the Trump administration's demands for billions more dollars in border wall funding has focused national attention on the butterfly preserve's plight.Executive Director Marianna Treviño-Wright said the center's attorneys filed for a restraining order Monday evening in U.S. District Court in Washington because construction equipment and contractors have driven across the center's property even though the federal government has yet to acquire the land. The motion, which was first reported by the Texas Observer,  accuses the federal … [Read more...] about Texas butterfly sanctuary files emergency restraining order to stop Trump’s border wall construction

In 2011, there were only 2,500 markhors left. The goats are native to the Himalayas in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. Their numbers have dwindled because of deforestation, military actions, poaching for food and hunters seeking their horns, which can grow up to 5 feet long.Efforts to save them led to the designation of five sanctuaries in India, and their numbers increased by 2015, The Post reported. The U.S. now classifies the markhor as threatened instead of endangered, The International Union for the Conservation of Nature now classifies the mountain goat as "near-threatened."The conservation group Green Global Travel said the markhor's progress is "one of the world's little known conversation success stories"Tabarak Ullah, a Pakistani hunter who guided Harlan and other Americans, told The Post that the hunts promote conservation and the money is used for improving local health and education. The hunts are also good for tourism, he said."This is not … [Read more...] about Dallas hunter paid $110,000 to kill rare screw-horn mountain goat in Pakistan