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Winter storm barrels across Texas; two dead, four million without power supply as subfreezing cold sweeps US
•Law enforcement reported two men were found dead along Houston-area roadways. Causes of death were pending, but officials said the subfreezing temperatures were likely to blame
Vessels stall and sink at pro-Donald Trump boat parade held on Texas' Lake Travis
•There was no evidence of foul play, the sheriff's office said, adding that no injuries or medical emergencies were reported at the parade
Spanish MotoGP 2019: Fabio Quartararo becomes youngest-ever polesitter, Marc Marquez masterclass and other talking points
Mithila Mehta And Kunal Shah •For the third time out of four races this season, we saw three different manufacturers on the podium at the Spanish MotoGP
3 Indian-origin consultants charged in H-1B visa fraud in US; trio indicted of submitting 'sham applications'
•The defendants allegedly used Nanosemantics to submit fraudulent I-129 petitions and obtain H-1B visas for workers that the defendants could later place at local companies
Maryland warehouse shooting: 4 dead, including suspect who came to work with a bad mood and a handgun
•An employee at a Rite Aid warehouse opened fire at work Thursday, killing three people before taking her own life, authorities said. Several other people were wounded.
As Donald Trump Govt mulls federal funding for guns in schools, Florida massacre survivors march 50 miles to Smith & Wesson HQ demanding gun control
•Gun control advocates, including one of the survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting and the parents of one of the victims, are marching 50 miles (80 kilometers) across Massachusetts this week to the headquarters of gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson as part of a youth-led push for stricter gun laws.
Dallas shooting: 5 injured as gunman on moped opens fire at football game
•Police say five people were shot and wounded, including two women who are seriously hurt, when a man drove a moped onto a football field in Dallas and opened fire on spectators as a game was being played.
Texas high schooler kills at least 10 in Santa Fe; America reels after deadliest attack since Parkland massacre
•A 17-year-old boy carrying a shotgun and a revolver opened fire at a Houston-area high school Friday, killing 10 people, most of them students, authorities said. It was the nation's deadliest such attack since the massacre in Florida that gave rise to a campaign by teens for gun control.
Austin bombings suspect identified as Mark Anthony Conditt; officials warn he may have planted more bombs
•A white man, identified by US media as Mark Anthony Conditt, suspected of carrying out a series of deadly parcel bombings in the Texas state capital Austin blew himself up easing tensions in a city that has been on edge for weeks.
Austin bombings suspect blows himself up; police identifies him as '24-year-old white man'
•The suspect in a spate of bombing attacks that have killed two people and injured four others in March blew himself up with an explosive device as authorities closed in, the city police said.