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Justin Broomhall took a Sunday fishing trip to Lake Cherokee with his father and his son. Little did he know they would make the catch of a lifetime. The Longview, Texas resident hooked a massive alligator snapping turtle on Father's Day, the biggest he's ever seen. "My dad was like 'Holy smokes, look at the size of that!'" Broomhall said. "My three-year-old son started panicking. He thought it was a dinosaur and kept saying, 'Let it go. Let it go. Put it back!'" Broomhall was using dough bait in hopes of reeling in a catfish, he said. However, "from [the turtle] being so old and going blind, he's using his smell to find bait," he said. "I guess he felt it, thinking it was some other dead fish and he ate it." The enormous creature weighed in around 200 lbs and was likely between 100 to 150 years old, estimated Broomhall, who works at Whitaker Plumbing in Carthage, Texas. "I do a lot of lifting. I was a bodybuilder in high school and 200 lbs to me is pretty easy to pick up," he … [Read more...] about Texas man catches massive alligator snapping turtle, then releases it back into the wild

Photo: Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images At least 50 people are dead after dozens of apparent migrants were abandoned inside an overheated tractor-trailer in a remote part of San Antonio, Texas , in the country’s deadliest and most gruesome human-trafficking incident in recent memory. On Monday evening, a city worker alerted police after hearing a cry for help from the tractor-trailer, which had been left along an industrial road on the outskirts of the city, according to San Antonio police chief Bill McManus. When authorities arrived, at least 46 people were found dead at the scene, including three migrants whose bodies were found as far as 75 yards from the truck. The preliminary death toll rose to 50 when more victims died after being transported to nearby hospitals, according to law-enforcement officials . A total of 16 survivors, including four minors, had been found, treated at the scene, and taken to area hospitals. Authorities are still looking for victims who … [Read more...] about At Least 50 Migrants Dead After Being Abandoned in Tractor-Trailer in Texas

Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Department of Public Safety to begin inspections of commercial trucks to prevent their utilization as human smuggling vehicles. The move follows the deaths of 53 migrants this week who were locked inside a tractor-trailer rig in San Antonio. During an immigration and border security briefing in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Wednesday, Governor Abbott directed the DPS to immediately being inspections of tractor-trailer rigs at newly created checkpoints. “President Biden needs to focus on addressing the humanitarian crisis his reckless leadership has created at the border, instead of attacking the jobs of hardworking Texans and oil production in the Permian Basin,” the Texas governor said during the briefing. “The Lone Star State will not sit idly by as the federal government chooses to ignore the historic number of illegal crossings, human smuggling, and drug trafficking of deadly fentanyl from Mexico into the United States.” The reaction from the … [Read more...] about Texas Governor Orders Tractor-Trailer Inspections in Wake of Migrant Smuggling Deaths

UVALDE, Texas—At least 19 children and two adults were dead after a teenage gunman wearing body armor shot his grandmother before opening fire at an elementary school on Tuesday shortly after 11:30 a.m. in the latest episode of mass gun violence to terrorize the country. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the carnage at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde was carried out by a local 18-year-old student, Salvador Ramos , who was shot and killed by law enforcement. After Ramos shot his grandmother at her home, local law enforcement got a call about a car crash involving an armed man close to the school, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Lt. Chris Olivarez said Tuesday evening. “As soon as he made entry into the school, he started shooting children, teachers, whoever was in his way, he was shooting everybody,” he said. Ramos, who was armed with a handgun and possibly a rifle, was wearing body armor, Olivarez added. A parent told media at the scene that the shooter opened fire in a … [Read more...] about Gunman Who Killed 19 Kids at Texas Elementary School Shot ‘Whoever Was in His Way’

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Philadelphia Fire Department has released logistical information for the funeral of Lt. Sean Williamson . He died during a building collapse after a fire in the city’s Fairhill section last weekend. Williamson, a 27-year veteran of the department, was assigned to Ladder 18 in the Nicetown, Tioga section. He also served in the United States Marine Corps before joining the fire department. READ MORE: Major Water Main Break In North Philadelphia Floods At Least 6 Basements, Damages Several Cars A viewing will be held in South Philadelphia on Sunday, and a viewing and funeral service will be held on Monday. You can watch the procession and funeral streaming on CBS News Philly on Monday. Below are the details for the viewing and funeral provided by the PFD: READ MORE: Officers Find Loose Goat Roaming Streets Of Medford Township Viewing Due to expected parking congestion in the neighborhood surrounding the church, mourners are … [Read more...] about Philadelphia Fire Department Releases Logistical Details For Funeral Services Of Lt. Sean Williamson

(CBS DETROIT) — A 34-year-old woman accused of killing a cyclist last month in Austin, Texas, has been captured in Costa Rica. Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, who is a Michigan native,  was arrested on Wednesday at a hotel on Santa Teresa Beach in Provincia de Puntarenas, the U.S. Marshals Service said in a press release. She will be deported and returned to the United States. READ MORE: First Monkeypox Case Confirmed In Michigan: How To Keep Your Family Safe Kaitlin Armstrong (courtesy: U.S. Marshals) “The Marshals Service elevated the Kaitlin Armstrong investigation to major case status early in this investigation, which likely played a key role in her capture after a 43-day run,” Susan Pamerleau, U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Texas, said in a press release. “This is an example of combining the resources of local, state, federal and international authorities to apprehend a violent fugitive, bring an end to that run and hopefully a sense of closure to the … [Read more...] about Michigan Native Accused Of Killing Cyclist In Texas Captured In Costa Rica