Texas Archives

Appeals court sides with asylum-seekers on Trump policy

March 5, 2020 3:57 PM Associated Press

PHOENIX, Arizona — A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Thursday that a partial ban on asylum doesn’t apply to…

Court now blocks ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy on only portion of U.S. border — Texas, New Mexico not included

March 4, 2020 8:01 PM Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, California — In the latest twist on a key Trump administration immigration policy, a federal appeals court said it will prevent the…

Biden rode late momentum to Texas primary victory with large county wins – but El Paso went for Sanders

March 4, 2020 2:23 PM Texas Tribune

Pink indicates counties that voted for Biden, Blue for Sanders and Orange for Bloomberg. (Map: Texas Tribune) EL PASO, Texas — Former vice president…

Texas man gets jail for video of himself licking ice cream tub

March 4, 2020 4:47 PM Associated Press

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — A 24-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail for posting on social media a video last August of himself…

Joe Biden won Texas primary in a stunning turnaround

March 3, 2020 9:13 PM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Former Vice President Joe Biden has won the Texas presidential primary, continuing a stunning revival of his once-struggling…

Biden wins Texas primary in resounding Super Tuesday finish

March 4, 2020 1:23 AM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Joe Biden ended a triumphant Super Tuesday with a narrow victory over Bernie Sanders in Texas, the giant red state where Democrats…

Complete 2020 primary election results from El Paso County and Texas

March 3, 2020 9:44 PM KVIA ABC-7

Key El Paso County & Texas races at-a-glance Entire results index for all El Paso County…

Former White House doctor Jackson goes to Texas GOP runoff

March 4, 2020 12:09 AM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former White House physician whose nomination by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs was…

Trump, Cornyn win Texas GOP vote

March 3, 2020 7:00 PM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn were renominated Tuesday evening by Texas Republicans as primary polls across…

Quarantined ship passengers in San Antonio set to go home

March 3, 2020 1:10 PM CNN

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — More than 120 people quarantined in Texas after a coronavirus outbreak aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in…

Will eating Whataburger with Beto win Biden Texas? It sure can’t hurt

March 3, 2020 12:29 AM Jim Parker

DALLAS, Texas — What’s more Texas than Whataburger? Appearing Monday night at a Dallas rally to endorse Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential…

O’Rourke, Klobuchar & Buttigieg endorse Biden at Texas campaign rally

March 2, 2020 6:28 PM KVIA ABC-7, ABC News, Texas Tribune

DALLAS, Texas — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden came to Texas on Monday looking to capitalize on his big win in South Carolina — and…

Klobuchar ends 2020 presidential campaign, will endorse Joe Biden at Texas rally

March 2, 2020 11:33 AM CNN, ABC News

DALLAS, Texas — Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota announced an end to her presidential bid on Monday and will endorse Joe Biden, campaign aides…

A Wuhan evacuee was released from quarantine in Texas and later tested positive for the coronavirus

March 2, 2020 10:13 AM CNN

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A woman in San Antonio who had previously tested negative twice for the coronavirus, and was released by the Centers for…

Police K-9 sniffs out $1.2 million worth of meth

March 1, 2020 12:01 PM CNN

LEWISVILLE, Texas — Police dog Stryker proved himself to be the ultimate good boy when he sniffed out approximately 595 pounds of…

Houston paralyzed after water main break floods freeway

February 27, 2020 12:31 PM Associated Press

HOUSTON, Texas — Businesses and schools shut down Thursday after a main line from a plant that supplies water to about half of Houston burst open,…

Far-right extremists killed 42 people in 2019 — more than half those deaths came in El Paso’s Walmart shooting

February 26, 2020 3:26 PM Associated Press

EL PASO, Texas — White supremacists and other far-right extremists killed at least 42 people in the U.S. in 2019, the sixth-deadliest year for…

Texas demolition company accidentally tears down the wrong house

February 26, 2020 1:39 PM CNN

DALLAS, Texas — A demolition company was hired to tear down a house last week in Dallas, but it mistakenly tore down a different home on the same…

Watch LIVE: How long will take to bring down the ‘Leaning Tower of Dallas?’

February 26, 2020 12:58 PM ABC News

DALLAS, Texas (WFAA) — Another day, another bit of progress made on taking down the ‘Leaning Tower of Dallas.’ But as day three of the demolition…

New migrant detention center opening in northeast El Paso after last year’s overcrowding complaints

February 25, 2020 2:48 PM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas — A year after asylum-seekers and other migrants overwhelmed U.S. immigration authorities at the southern border, the Border Patrol…

Statewide Amber Alert issued for abducted 8-month-old Texas girl

February 24, 2020 6:54 PM Jim Parker

MESQUITE, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert was issued Monday evening for an 8-month-old Texas girl whom police said was abducted. The girl, Nyla…

Watch LIVE: ‘Leaning Tower of Dallas’ endures blows from wrecking ball

February 24, 2020 11:15 AM ABC News, Associated Press

DALLAS, Texas — The “Leaning Tower of Dallas,” a social media sensation born when a part of a building survived implosion, endured hundreds of…

Texas farmers look to learn how to grow hemp

February 23, 2020 3:25 PM JC Navarrete

EL PASO, Texas — Texas Hemp Growers put together a class for farmers to learn how to grow and use hemp. The association is made up of farmers,…

Ex-NFL players Robinson, Bray granted bond by El Paso federal judge on pot charges

February 21, 2020 2:57 PM Associated Press

EL PASO, Texas — Two former NFL players were walking free on bond Friday after federal agents said they caught them with over 150 pounds of…

Updated image released of unidentified girl found in barrel — she may be from Texas

February 20, 2020 2:09 PM Associated Press

CONCORD, New Hampshire — Officials have released an updated digital facial reconstruction for an unidentified girl whose decomposed body was found…

Feds plan major crackdown on meth trafficking hubs — El Paso is one of those cities

February 20, 2020 2:45 PM Associated Press

EL PASO, Texas — Federal authorities are targeting methamphetamine “transportation hubs” around the country in an effort to block the…

New details emerge about Cleveland Browns player’s arrest with 157 pounds of pot in rental car at Sierra Blanca

February 20, 2020 2:08 PM CNN

SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — Cleveland Browns player Gregory Robinson was arrested and jailed in El Paso after U.S. Border Patrol agents found 157…

Most Texas voters would admit refugees from other countries, new poll shows

February 20, 2020 12:44 PM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — A narrow majority of Texas voters said the state should accept refugees from other countries who have gone through a security…

He’s a seasoned lawyer on Trump’s impeachment defense team. But Ken Starr had a troubled tenure as president of Baylor University

February 20, 2020 8:59 AM CNN

Ten years before Ken Starr joined President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team, he was named president of Baylor University in Waco,…

Gun control group Everytown to spend $8 million on Texas races

February 19, 2020 1:55 PM CNN

DALLAS< Texas — Everytown for Gun Safety announced Wednesday that it is pouring $8 million into Texas to elect “gun sense”…