Aqua RichJo / October 5,2026 Somebody reportedly picked up the phone. Texas authorities say a credible tip warned them about an alleged plan to attack the Texas Capitol on October 1. Less than a day before the alleged target date, Texas DPS SWAT arrested Benny Caldera Jr., 40, at his home in Converse. He was initially charged by the state with making a terroristic threat against a public servant. Then things escalated. After Caldera posted bond on the state charge— THE FBI TO

Federal prosecutors say Wilber Rafael Garces Perez assaulted an ICE officer. His lawyers dispute the government's account. And the moment an agent shot him wasn't captured on body camera. Aqua RichJo — October 1, 2026 The federal government has officially filed its version of what happened before an ICE agent shot 28-year-old delivery driver Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin. Now the government wants to prosecute him. Federal prosecutors charged Garces Perez with assaultin

Aqua RichJo| September 25, 2026 At UT Austin, students may still be able to take classes on Black women’s history, LGBTQ literature and women’s lives. But under the university’s redesigned core curriculum, none of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies courses submitted for review were approved to satisfy core requirements. That is a decision about what counts toward every undergraduate’s foundational education—and who gets to make that call. Reporting published September

Aqua RichJo | September 24, 2026 Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot during an ICE stop in Austin. The officer who fired had been issued a body camera but was not wearing it, according to news reports. Now Garces Perez is in ICE detention, and a member of Congress says he needs surgery to remove a bullet near his spine. A camera cannot answer every question about a shooting. Here, the footage that might show the moment an officer fired reportedly does not exist. Another offic