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The Texas power grid operator said electric demand hit another record high on Monday as consumers cranked up their air conditioners to escape a brutal heat wave.
ODESSA, Texas (AP) —
Four members of a West Texas drug ring have been sentenced to life in federal prison after their convictions of murder in a dispute over crystal methamphetamine.
Authorities said the Odessa residents operated in the oil and gas-rich Permian Basin.
Forty-year-old Raymond Hernandez Olgin Jr., 34-year-old Rudolfo Romero Parades, 40-year-old Stacey Louise Castillo and 32-year-old Anthony Ryan Gonzalez face up to life in prison.
Prior to jury selection, 35-year-old Liz Sanchez Hernandez pleaded guilty to murder. Her son, 18-year-old Brian Adan Hernandez, pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge.
Prosecutors argued Olgin and Paredes, along with 35-year-old Noe Garcia Galan, abducted and murdered Sean Michael Lamb over suspicions that he'd stolen a large quantity of crystal meth. Galan and one other man remain at large.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —
A 10-month-old boy is dead after his unconscious body was found inside a car parked outside an Austin diner.
Police were called to the Waffle House on Texas 71 in southeastern Austin about 2:45 p.m. Thursday and found the child's body inside the car.
Austin police Cpl. Chad Martinka says efforts by Waffle House employees and ambulance crew members to revive the child failed. No charges have been filed, but police have been questioning the man who owns the car.
The temperature at nearby Austin-Bergstrom International Airport at the time was 98 degrees with a heat index of 106 at the time of the incident.