KILLEEN, Texas — A military suspect who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and a civilian suspect arrested by the Texas Rangers are connected to the disappearance and apparent death of missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, according to ABC affiliate KTRK. The military suspect was a junior soldier who fled Fort Hood Tuesday night.
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HOUSTON, Texas — Peyton Chesser wasn’t taking chances when the coronavirus pandemic locked down the country in March. The 23-year-old Houston woman stayed home, even conceding grocery pickups to her roommate. After Texas’ stay-at home order ended April 30 and some businesses opened, she cautiously ventured out. Even though early data showed Covid-19 was most
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Watch the latest video at foxnews.com AUSTIN, Texas — Despite Texas’ surge of new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said that he doesn’t need the advice of the nation’s top infectious disease doctor, Anthony Fauci. John Wittman, the chief spokesman for Gov. Greg Abbott, didn’t immediately respond to questions from ABC-7 about whether the
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Animal Defense League of Texas took field trips to the San Antonio Zoo during June, bringing foster kittens and dogs to look over the zoo animals. Footage of the interactions, separated by glass, shows kittens curiously investigating leopards and hippos. The dogs met lions, hyenas, giraffes, and a gibbon. Both
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Betty and Curtis Tarpley were together for most of their lives — they went to the same high school in Illinois, met and fell in love in California as adults, got married, and raised two kids. On June 18, after 53 years as a married couple, the two died from coronavirus within an hour of
Continue Reading CLICK HERE for UPDATES to this story KILLEEN, Texas — Human remains found Tuesday are believed to be those of missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, ABC affiliate KTRK reported. While officials have not confirmed the remains are those of Guillen, Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller told KTRK, “The search for Vanessa is now over.”
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Dr. Anthony Fauci said coronavirus cases could grow to 100,000 a day in the U.S. if Americans don’t start following public health recommendations. The nation’s leading infectious disease expert made the remark Tuesday at a U.S. Senate hearing on re-opening schools and workplaces. Asked to forecast the outcome of recent surges in
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Workforce Commission decided Tuesday to postpone reinstating a work-search requirement for out-of-work Texans receiving unemployment benefits. The requirement that Texans be actively searching for a job in order to receive benefits was initially slated to go into effect Monday. But the TWC’s executive director cited rising numbers of coronavirus cases and
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EL PASO, Texas — A group of Texas bar owners filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to overturn Gov. Greg Abbott’s order that closed their businesses to help contain the spread of the coronavirus in Texas. Abbott has pinpointed the re-opening of bars last month as one of the sources behind a dramatic spike in new
Continue Reading The Houston bars Scott Repass co-owns had been open about three weeks before the governor shut down their business again in response to a surge in new coronavirus cases. In the short time they were open, Repass says staff followed safety guidelines to a T: they required customers wear masks when moving around. They offered
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DALLAS, Texas — Both Vice President Mike Pence and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott acknowledged Sunday that there has been a rapid rise in the number of coronavirus cases in the state in recent weeks after Abbott begin allowing businesses to start reopening in early May. “Covid 19 has taken a very swift and very dangerous
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HOUSTON, Texas — The din of conversation and music that normally fills The Cottonmouth Club in downtown Houston fell silent when the owners shut it down for a second time during the coronavirus pandemic — a week before the Texas governor ordered all bars to follow suit amid a surge in infections. Co-owner Michael Neff
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KILLEEN, Texas — Witnesses reported finding “unidentified” remains in a Killeen field on Saturday evening, according to police. ABC affiliate KTRK indicated the discovery was made within walking distance of the site where investigators found missing Fort Hood soldier Gregory Wedel-Morales’ remains on June 19. The discovery came as search crews continued to look for
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AUSTIN, Texas — The state of Texas reported over 5,500 patients in the hospital for coronavirus on Saturday – that’s 16 consecutive days of record-high hospitalizations. Confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Texas also continued to surge on Saturday, with the state reporting 5,747 new cases. A day earlier, Gov. Greg Abbott shut down bars again and
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HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge late Friday ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee’s order applies to children held for more than 20 days at three family detention centers in Texas
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas surpassed 5,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients for the first time Friday afternoon as Gov. Greg Abbott acknowledged in an interview with ABC-7 that he allowed bars in the state to reopen too soon. “If I could go back and redo anything, it probably would have been to slow down the re-opening of
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AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott shut down bars in Texas again on Friday and scaled back restaurant dining to 50% capacity, the most dramatic reversals yet as confirmed coronavirus cases surge to record levels after the state embarked on one of America’s fastest reopenings. RELATED STORY: Gov. Abbott tells ABC-7 he let bars re-open
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday afternoon denied a request from Texas Democrats to expand access to vote-by-mail in the state amid the coronavirus pandemic. The court’s order is the latest move in an ongoing battle between the state’s Democrats and state Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, over voting during the pandemic. In
Continue Reading NEW YORK, NY — The Dow and the broader U.S. stock market tumbled Friday as investors grew increasingly worried as the great reopening of the economy began stalling as Covid-19 cases rise across the country. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered further restrictions on local businesses on Friday, one day after the reopening was “paused” to contain the
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — Change the batteries. It’s a task that sounds simple enough, unless you’re floating in outer space. Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken suited up Friday and left the confines of the International Space Station to replace aging nickel-hydrogen batteries. During the spacewalk, the astronauts relied on help and monitoring from the Mission
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AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday morning that he will pause any further phases of reopening Texas as the state is facing a “massive outbreak” in the coronavirus pandemic, with the numbers of new cases and hospitalizations continuing to hit record highs. The governor also put new restrictions into place on elective surgeries
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DALLAS, Texas — Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott says he is feeling “normal” after testing positive for the coronavirus earlier this month. “I would say I maybe had one or two days where I felt symptoms, and even then it wasn’t too bad,” Elliott said during a Twitch chat with Scooter Magruder this week.
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CANTON, Ohio — The NFL on Thursday canceled the Hall of Fame game that traditionally opens the preseason and is delaying the 2020 induction ceremonies for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Aug. 6 exhibition game in Canton between the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers is the first on-field event the league has
Continue Reading WACO, Texas — A top doctor in Texas is warning that the state’s big cities could see “apocalyptic” coronavirus case numbers. That warning, based on the current Texas trajectory, comes from Dr. Peter Hotez, a professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology who is also working on a potential Covid-19 vaccine. In addition, he’s
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IRVING,Texas –Chuck E. Cheese – where kids could be kids while parents nursed headaches – is filing for bankruptcy protection. The 43-year-old chain, which drew kids with pizza, video games and a singing mouse mascot, was struggling even before the coronavirus pandemic. But it said the prolonged closure of many outlets due to coronavirus restrictions
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HOUSTON, Texas — The Houston Association of Realtors will use “primary” to describe bedrooms and bathrooms on its listing service and replace the word “master.” The move comes after several members raised the issue and called for a review, according to CNN affiliate KPRC. Amid increasing calls for racial justice, “master” has fallen out of
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AUSTIN, Texas — As the number of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations continues to climb, the Texas Department of Emergency Management said it’s prepared with plenty of personal protective equipment – or PPE – for hospitals across the state. Chief Nim Kidd told ABC-7 in an interview on Wednesday that the state has about 24 million
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EL PASO, Texas — As coronavirus cases surge across Texas, setting daily records for new infections and hospitalizations, ABC News confirmed Wednesday that the Trump administration plans to pull funding for community testing efforts in El Paso, Houston and Dallas. In all, El Paso is among 13 community testing sites across five states in hard-hit
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Saying that voting is “wrought with uncertainty” this year regardless because of the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge Wednesday allowed Texas to proceed with banning straight-ticket voting this November, dismissing a lawsuit brought by Democrats. Most states don’t offer straight-ticket voting, which allows voters to simply choose a party’s entire slate
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ALPINE, Texas — A priest in Alpine has been diagnosed with Covid-19, the Catholic Diocese of El Paso announced Wednesday. Rev. Edilberto “Beto Lopez, the pastor of Our Lady of Peace in Alpine, has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Diocese. Lopez and Father Joe Raj, who serves as the vicar at the
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