A massive investigation is underway in Tarrant County as law enforcement officers from the Texas Attorney General’s Office investigate a vote-harvesting scheme alleged to involve as many as 20,000 ballots.
Read More![Short Video Shows Just How Convoluted The War In Syria Has Become [VIDEO]](https://austincountynewsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/whats-going-on-in-syria.jpg "Short Video Shows Just How Convoluted The War In Syria Has Become [VIDEO]")
Channel 4.com has put together a short little explainer video of who all is involved in the conflict in Syria. It also shows just how convoluted the entire conflict has become. Click the article to watch the video.
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What exactly did you get for that money? Did they spend $1.4 trillion on achieving world peace, eradicating poverty, saving the planet, or some other pipe-dream? Did they finally fix America’s crumbling infrastructure that has been in desperate need of repair? Did they send a gigantic tax refund check to every man, woman, and child in the country? Actually the answer is (D), none of the above. They squandered it all.
Read MoreHurricane Matthew is currently hovering over Haiti and Cuba, where it has already claimed 9 lives, and remains a “life-threatening” Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 MPH. Compared to forecast...
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The FBI released new crime statistics for 2015 and they show homicides up ten percent from 2014 to 2015. Much of the media has breathlessly reported the news as if an indication of some new trend. The left is reporting it as if it’s proof of too little gun control, while the right is reporting the news as evidence of too many immigrants. But, in fact, the increase in homicides is driven by a small number of specific metropolitan areas and neighborhoods.
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