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A cruise ship returned to Galveston, Texas, just hours after departing Sunday as the FBI responded to a suspected homicide aboard the vessel.
Authorities escorted 48-year-old Jason Watford off the MSC Seascape in handcuffs. A medical examiner confirmed receiving a woman’s body and the ship later resumed its voyage.
The musician behind such indelible songs as ‘Galveston’ and ‘Wichita Lineman’ recounts his story in a tribute special featuring Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett and others.
Fernwood Bakery on Maple Street in Galveston, Texas. Every morning at 8:10, the same thing happens. The door is propped open for deliveries. A tan mixed-breed with a gray muzzle walks in. Ignores the bread. Ignores the customers. Goes directly to the owner, Rosa, 67, who lost her husband of 41 years last spring. The dog, who the staff calls Dulce, stands up and wraps both paws around Rosa's shoulders. Holds for about fifteen seconds. Then leaves. This has happened every morning for six months. Rosa told us: "I don't know where she comes from. She won't take food. She won't stay. She just comes to hug me and then goes." Her daughter said: "Dulce started coming the week after the funeral. Same time. Every single day." Some things arrive exactly when they are needed most.
There’s something about visiting Galveston during the winter, when the barrier island known for sunny beach getaways layers on the holiday spirit. The result: it becomes a "Winter Wonder Island." w/ @GalvestonIsland #LoveGalveston#
Pro-voting plaintiffs argued before a Texas appeals court that Galveston County officials should not be allowed to:
🗺️ Hold primary elections under one set of district lines
🗺️ Use different boundaries for the general election just months later
The appeals court denied their effort. Here's why:
🚢 🇺🇸 WATCH: Cruise passenger ARRESTED after woman FOUND DEAD aboard ship sailing from Texas
Jason Leon Watford, 48, was reportedly escorted off the MSC Seascape in handcuffs after the vessel returned to Galveston following a suspected homicide.
Passengers allege the victim was his partner and was killed during an argument, though authorities have not confirmed those details.
Watford reportedly has a prior domestic assault arrest. He was placed on a federal hold as the FBI investigates.
What began as a Caribbean vacation is now a suspected MURDER INVESTIGATION.
Sources: Daily Mail, CBS 19 / Writer: Marie
Our first 52-ft. Mirage has hit the water! The third platform in our growing autonomous vessel fleet went from initial design to launch in under a year, and now begins on-water trials at our Gulf Coast test site in Galveston. The next hull is already on the production line at our headquarters.
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On Juneteenth, we commemorate the anniversary of the delayed news of freedom reaching the enslaved people of Galveston, Texas. Let’s keep building on the work of the generations who came before us and making sure that the arc of the moral universe continues to bend towards justice.