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Texas House GOP votes to track down absent Dems, arrest them

July 13, 2021 10:29 AM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House voted Tuesday morning to send law enforcement to track down Democrats who left the state a day earlier in protest of…

Lawsuit targets Texas law using citizens to enforce abortion ban

July 13, 2021 9:41 AM Jim Parker

AUSTIN, Texas — Abortion rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block a new Texas law empowering individuals to sue anyone…

Hear why some Texas lawmakers are vowing to stay out of their state until August 7

July 13, 2021 6:09 PM CNN

Texas state House Democrats left the state in an effort to block Republicans from passing a restrictive new voting law in the remaining 27 days of…

Texas Dems fly out of state to halt GOP vote bill in Legislature

July 12, 2021 11:00 AM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7, Saul Saenz, Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Democrats in the Texas Legislature on Monday afternoon bolted for Washington, D.C., and said they were ready to remain there for…

Texas sheriff’s office releases video showing in-custody death of Marvin Scott III

July 12, 2021 8:58 PM CNN Newsource

By Deanna Hackney and Amir Vera, CNN The Collin County Sheriff’s office in Texas has released 41 minutes of jail security video showing the…

Blue Origin gets FAA ok to fly humans to space from Van Horn

July 12, 2021 6:24 PM Jim Parker

WASHINGTON, DC — Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is now ready to send humans to the edge of space as the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday expanded…

Iowa troopers going to patrol border at ‘no cost to Texas’

July 12, 2021 6:37 PM Jim Parker

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Agreements released Monday show Iowa is donating the use of state troopers and their equipment at “no cost to Texas” to fight…

Trump wins the CPAC straw poll in Texas as attendees clamor for him to run again

July 11, 2021 6:44 PM CNN Newsource

DALLAS, Texas — Former President Donald Trump bathed in the adulation of an adoring crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference…

Texas man who waited ‘over six hours’ last Super Tuesday to vote now faces illegal voting charges

July 11, 2021 11:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Ed Lavandera, Chris Boyette and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A Texas man who told CNN he waited for “a lit bit over six hours” at a…

Beto among hundreds of Texans who lined up at state Capitol to testify on voting bill

July 10, 2021 2:30 PM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke was among hundreds of Texans who lined up at the state Capitol on Saturday for their first…

Trump’s false election claims persist at conservative gathering in Texas

July 11, 2021 7:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Maeve Reston and Sara Murray, CNN As Texas’ battle over voting rights continues to unfold during the special session in Austin, the outrage…

Gunman opens fire on couple at Downtown Aquarium in Houston

July 10, 2021 6:56 AM CNN

A man open fired at a couple, killing the man and injuring the woman, at the Downtown Aquarium in Houston. Houston Police Executive Chief Matt…

Race to space: Billionaires ready for Borderland blastoffs

July 8, 2021 7:20 PM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7

SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico — Two billionaires are putting everything on the line this month to ride their own rockets into space from the…

More rain ahead for Texas as cleanup begins after flooding emergency hits Gulf Coast

July 8, 2021 10:14 AM CNN Newsource

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist While Tropical Storm Elsa was dumping heavy rain on Florida on Wednesday, Texas was dealing with its own…

The beginning of the end for Big Oil

July 8, 2021 7:23 AM CNN Newsource

Opinion by Rabah Arezki and Per Magnus Nysveen for CNN Business Perspectives After a pandemic and a price war sent petroleum prices tumbling in 2020,…

Texas Republicans set to resume push for voting restrictions as special legislative session begins

July 8, 2021 5:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Eric Bradner, CNN Texas Republicans are set to mount another push for restrictive new voting laws in their state as lawmakers on Thursday begin a…

Federal judge largely faults Air Force for 2017 Texas church shooting

July 7, 2021 2:32 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Killough and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the negligence of the United States government was mostly responsible…

Texas Amber Alert issued for abducted 2-year-old boy

July 7, 2021 12:12 PM ABC News

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – A statewide Amber Alert was issued Wednesday asking for the public’s help in locating a 2-year-old Texas boy who is…

FAA will look into American Airlines flight delayed by mask mandate noncompliance

July 7, 2021 2:15 PM CNN Newsource

By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Federal officials say they will look into a group of 30 “disruptive” high schoolers who American…

About 160 Covid-19 infections are linked to a Texas church youth camp — including cases of the Delta variant

July 7, 2021 11:34 AM CNN Newsource

By Keith Allen and Holly Yan, CNN A Covid-19 outbreak stemming from a Texas church summer camp has grown to about 160 cases, including infections of…

Pressure mounts on Biden administration to lift restrictions on US borders

July 7, 2021 6:08 AM CNN Newsource

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A group of mayors recently pressed US immigration officials on Covid-19-related travel restrictions that remain in effect…

Abbott puts voting restrictions, border security on special session agenda

July 7, 2021 9:29 AM Associated Press, Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday revived the GOP’s thwarted efforts to pass new voting laws in America’s biggest red state…

Billionaires race to be first in space

July 14, 2021 5:23 AM CNN

CNN’s Rachel Crane looks at the race between billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson to be the first in…

El Paso woman killed in west central Texas after blown tire leads to SUV crash

July 6, 2021 7:48 PM KVIA ABC-7

OZONA, Texas — An El Paso woman was killed over the holiday weekend when the SUV she was riding in crashed along Interstate 10 in west central…

New poll shows McConaughey formidable candidate against Abbott for governor

July 6, 2021 5:05 PM ABC News

HOUSTON, Texas — While it’s not 100% sure actor Matthew McConaughey will be running for Texas governor, he seems to already be a fan favorite…

McConaughey on U.S.’ struggles: America’s going through puberty

July 5, 2021 8:32 AM CNN

Matthew McConaughey posted a message to America in celebration of Independence Day, likening issues the country is facing “as basically going through…