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Associated Press
23-04-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
AirMatrix Deploys Libra in Texas
04/22/2025, Toronto, Ontario // PRODIGY: Feature Story // AirMatrix has successfully deployed Libra in Texas in order to provide situational awareness to drone operators and state-level agencies. It expanded real-time visibility across low-level airspace to support the growing demand for scalable drone operations occurring in Texas. The Dallas–Fort Worth area alone accounts for an estimated 15% of national commercial drone flight hours, logging over 75,000 BVLOS missions in 2024 across delivery, inspection, and public safety use cases. This deployment, in partnership with local drone operators, marks a key milestone in advancing the North Texas corridor—one of the most active regions for commercial drone activity in the United States. Texas ranks among the top three states for commercial drone registrations. Drone adoption is not limited to commercial players. Texas agencies operate hundreds of drones across law enforcement, fire rescue, and infrastructure inspection programs. Dallas Fire-Rescue flew over 3,500 drone-assisted response missions in 2023, while the Texas Department of Public Safety regularly conducts aerial patrols and accident assessments using drones. Despite this growth, stakeholders across Texas—ranging from drone operators to city planners, public safety teams, and local residents—are asking the same question: What's in our skies, and how do we manage it? The DHS has called for a combined system to manage UAS traffic akin to existing air traffic control systems. The Government Accountability Office has also highlighted the necessity of a drone traffic management system to integrate drones into the national airspace. 'As drone operations scale across Texas, cities and agencies need tools that offer both visibility and control,' said Bashir Khan, CEO of AirMatrix. 'Libra gives stakeholders—from operators to zoning teams to concerned residents—a real-time, trusted view of what's happening in the sky within milliseconds. This deployment is a foundation for smarter, safer airspace management across the state.' AirMatrix coverage will be expanding beyond Dallas into Houston over the coming months. This marks the fourth new deployment of Libra in the government sector this year. Contact Information: Dustin Sirios | COO | AirMatrix | [email protected]| Source published by Submit Press Release >> AirMatrix Deploys Libra in Texas
CBS News
22-04-2025
- CBS News
Alleged 2024 Wilmer-Hutchins High School shooter to attend plea hearing
The alleged teen gunman in a 2024 shooting at Dallas ISD's Wilmer-Hutchins High School will appear in court on Tuesday. Ja'Kerian Rhodes-Ewing, who was 17 years old at the time of the shooting on April 12, 2024, will appear at 9 a.m. in a Dallas County courtroom for a plea hearing where he will plead guilty or not guilty. He allegedly shot another student in the leg with a Pink Lady 38 revolver inside a Wilmer-Hutchins High School classroom after a dispute. A witness quoted in the affidavit told Rhodes-Ewing to leave the classroom and the building "to prevent further harm to the victim and others." No other injuries were reported from the shooting. Rhodes-Ewing fled from the campus and was later found on Langdon Rd., near Wilmer-Hutchins Athletic Stadium. Police found the revolver hidden in a semi-wooded area nearby. The now 18-year-old remains in the Dallas County Jail with one charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlicensed carrying a weapon in prohibited places. His bond is set at $200,000. Dallas ISD said it had strengthened security measures since the shooting . Several people were hospitalized after a shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas on April 15, authorities said. According to Dallas Fire-Rescue, there were a total of five victims - four directly from the shooting and the fifth indirectly impacted by the incident with anxiety-related symptoms. Tracy Haynes Jr. is currently being held in the Dallas County Jail on six counts of aggravated assault mass shooting. Five charges are for $500,000 and one charge is for $600,000. His total bond is $3.1 million, according to Dallas County court records.
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Yahoo
Dallas shooting: 18-year-old killed, 1 injured in shooting on Malcolm X Boulevard
The Brief Two people were shot on Easter morning in South Dallas. 1 person died, the other was taken to the hospital where they are said to be stable. No arrests have been announced. DALLAS - One person was killed and another was injured in an Easter morning shooting in South Dallas, according to police. What we know Dallas police were called to the shooting on South Malcolm X Boulevard shortly after 3:30 a.m. on Sunday morning. Investigators learned that two people had been shot in the area. Dallas Fire-Rescue took one of the victims to the hospital, where they were later pronounced dead. The victim was later identified as 18-year-old Kamron Taque. The second vehicle was taken to the hospital in a private vehicle. Dallas police say that the victim is stable. What we don't know The circumstances that led to the shooting are not known at this time. Police have not announced any arrests, or if they are looking for any suspects. The Source Information in this article comes from the Dallas Police Department.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Wednesday's Mini-Report, 4.16.25
Today's edition of quick hits. * Here we go: 'U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said probable cause exists to find the Trump administration in contempt for violating his order over deportation flights last month, explaining that he didn't reach that conclusion lightly but that officials failed to provide satisfactory answers to explain their actions.' * In case you were wondering why it was a rough day on Wall Street: 'Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed concern in a speech Wednesday that the central bank could find itself in a dilemma between controlling inflation and supporting economic growth.' * California's tariffs lawsuit: 'California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Attorney General Rob Bonta on Wednesday sued the Trump administration in federal court over President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners, arguing that it was illegal for Trump to use certain emergency powers to impose them.' * The latest school shooting: 'Four students were injured, including three with gunshot wounds, after a shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Officials with Dallas Fire-Rescue confirmed the injuries and said the patients' ages were 15 to 18. They had injuries that ranged from serious to non-life-threatening, the agency said.' * Efforts to control the free press are ongoing: 'The White House said Tuesday that it has eliminated a permanent spot for wire services in the White House press pool, ending a long-standing tradition that allowed the outlets to have expanded access to the president's public activities and angering news organizations that have long covered him up close.' * This case was filed in U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman's Texas district for a reason: 'A Texas judge on Tuesday threw out a federal rule that would have capped credit card late fees after officials with President Donald Trump's administration and a coalition of major banking groups agreed that the rule was illegal.' * It's unlikely these developments represent the last time the Trump administration reverses a Biden administration policy to benefit Orbán's Hungarian government: 'The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it is lifting sanctions placed on Antal Rogan, a close aide of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, earlier this year.' * A case worth watching: 'The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Department of Defense's education agency on Tuesday, arguing that the removal of books in response to Trump administration orders infringed on the First Amendment rights of students. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia, centers on a school system for children of military families run by the Defense Department.' See you tomorrow. This article was originally published on
New York Times
16-04-2025
- New York Times
4 Injured in Dallas School Shooting, Authorities Say
Three students were wounded in a shooting on Tuesday at a Dallas high school where, almost exactly a year ago, a student was shot in the leg by a classmate, the authorities said. A fourth student suffered a 'musculoskeletal injury' to his lower body during the shooting on Tuesday, said Jason Evans, a spokesman for Dallas Fire-Rescue, who said that all four victims were male. Three of the victims were between the ages of 15 and 18, while the fourth student's age was not immediately known. The authorities said that they were searching for a suspect, whose identity was known to investigators. The injuries ranged in severity, some of them serious, according to emergency medical workers, who responded around 1:10 p.m. local time to Wilmer-Hutchins High School, about 10 miles southeast of downtown Dallas. The gunfire erupted inside the school, which is part of the Dallas Independent School District, sending it into a lockdown and drawing a large number of officers from several law enforcement agencies to the campus. 'Today, as we all know, the unthinkable has happened,' Stephanie S. Elizalde, the school district's superintendent, said during a news conference. 'And quite frankly, this is just becoming way too familiar, and it should not be familiar.' A motive for the shooting was not immediately clear. It was the second episode of gun violence in just over a year at the school, which has about 900 students. A nearby elementary school, which has the same name as the high school, was also placed on lockdown during the episode, the authorities said. On April 12, 2024, a 17-year-old student fired a .38-caliber revolver at a classmate in a classroom at the school, wounding him in the leg in what the authorities said at the time was a targeted shooting. A teacher was credited with getting the student who fired the weapon to leave the school building before he was taken into custody near the school's stadium. The victim's injuries were not life-threatening. That episode prompted a walkout — a year to the day before the shooting on Tuesday — by students in protest of what they said were lax security measures at the school, which has metal detectors. Asked on Tuesday how someone had been able to bring a gun into the school and get it past the metal detectors, the school district's assistant police chief, Christina Smith, said, 'We do know that the gun did not come through during regular intake time.' 'So it was not a failure of our staff, of our protocols of the machinery that we have,' she said. Chief Smith declined to elaborate. Representative Jasmine Crockett, Democrat of Texas, who represents the area of Dallas where the school is located, said on social media on Tuesday that she was heartbroken to learn of another shooting there. 'No child should fear for their life at school,' Ms. Crockett wrote on X. 'No teacher should have to barricade a classroom door. Let me be clear: this is not normal. This is not acceptable. Guns do not belong in our schools.' Footage from a local news helicopter showed students streaming out of the school on Tuesday and into campus parking lots. The Dallas Independent School District used the school's football stadium as a reunification area and told parents to bring photo IDs with them when meeting their children. It said that it was making counselors available and canceling classes at the high school for the rest of the week. Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas said in a statement on social media on Tuesday that he had spoken with the school district's superintendent and police chief to offer support. 'Our hearts go out to the victims of the senseless act of violence at Wilmer-Hutchins High School,' Mr. Abbott said, adding, 'We'll provide law enforcement the tools needed to arrest & bring the criminals to justice.'
