Lawrence wraps preseason with 2 TDs, Jags beat Cowboys 34-14
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Trevor Lawrence threw for a pair of touchdowns in the preseason finale after…
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Indictment accuses 2 officers of murdering Austin scientist
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two Texas police officers have been indicted muon murder charges in a line-of-duty fatal shooting of an Austin scientist. One…
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Texas Marine among 13 U.S troops killed in Kabul attack
LAREDO, Texas — A Marine from Laredo is one of the 13 U.S. service members killed in Thursday’s attack at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan, family…
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Houston reports first pediatric Covid-19 death in youth with no underlying conditions
By Keith Allen and David Williams, CNN Health officials in Houston have confirmed the city’s first pediatric Covid-19 death of a youth who did…
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Texas House OK’s GOP vote restrictions after Dems’ holdout ends
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans advanced new voting restrictions Thursday night after months of protests by Democrats, who after returning from a…
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Texas Supreme Court pauses mask mandate in San Antonio case, but El Paso’s is still in effect
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked San Antonio’s mask mandate for public schools Thursday — the latest in the…
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Southwest trims schedule in effort to solve flight problems
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is reducing the number of flights it will operate the rest of this year.…
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El Paso federal judge grants injunction blocking migrant stops by Texas troopers
EL PASO, Texas — A federal judge in El Paso on Thursday granted the Biden administration’s request for a preliminary injunction halting an executive…
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Blue Origin successfully completes 1st test flight from Van Horn with no passengers after Jeff Bezos trip
VAN HORN, Texas — The rocket that flew Jeff Bezos to space last month just took another brief, suborbital jaunt to the upper reaches of the…
Continue Reading Abbott bans Texas vaccine mandates amid FDA status
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday announced an executive order banning Covid-19 vaccine mandates regardless of a vaccine’s…
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ICUs over 90% full in Texas, 7 other states from Covid
WASHINGTON, DC — There are now over 100,000 Covid-19 patients in U.S. hospitals, the most in seven months, according to federal data. The rate of…
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NRA cancels its annual meeting in Houston over Covid-19 concerns
By Kay Jones and Nicole Williams, CNN The National Rifle Association (NRA) announced Tuesday it has canceled its 2021 annual meeting in Houston,…
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Garcia’s strong start helps Astros cool off Royals, 4-0
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Luis Garcia pitched into the seventh inning and two relievers completed a four-hitter to lead the…
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Lowe’s homer, 5 hits, 3 RBIs lead Rangers past Indians 7-3
By STEVE HERRICK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe was 5 for 5 with a three-run homer in the first inning, leading the Texas Rangers…
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U.S. Supreme Court orders ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy reinstated
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Biden administration likely violated federal law in trying to end a Trump-era program…
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With Democrats back, Texas GOP pushes ahead with voting bill
By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans are bringing back their voting bill with no changes…
Continue Reading So many people in this Texas town got Covid-19 that the school district shut down and then the city essentially closed
As Covid-19 swept through the tiny west Texas town of Iraan, the schools were the first to shut down. The sheer number of cases and people in…
Continue Reading QB Rush solid for Cowboys in 20-14 preseason loss to Texans
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Cooper Rush’s days as the backup to Dak Prescott in Dallas might not be over.…
Continue Reading Gov. Abbott now tests Covid negative, 4 days after positive test
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he has now tested negative for Covid-19, four days after testing positive for the virus. “I…
Continue Reading Supreme Court halts reinstating ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court is temporarily halting a judge’s order that would have forced the government to reinstate a Trump…
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Police: Man dies after exchanging gunfire with Texas cops
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — Police say a man was fatally shot by Amarillo, Texas, police after opening fire on officers who approached him while looking…
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s COVID claim denounced as racist
By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ lieutenant governor is blaming unvaccinated Black people for…
Continue Reading Judge sides with Texas in fight over Medicaid waiver
TYLER, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has issued a ruling that keeps in place Texas’ Medicaid agreement. The decision Friday blocks an effort by…
Continue Reading Texas Supreme Court allows school mask mandates to remain in place for now
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court has dismissed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Gov. Greg Abbott’s request that it…
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In reversal, Texas now says schools must tell parents of Covid cases
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas school districts must now notify teachers, staff and students’ families of positive Covid-19 cases in classrooms or…
Continue Reading Texas Democrats’ effort to freeze voting bill ends
By Dianne Gallagher, CNN Texas House Democrats’ historic quorum break unexpectedly ended Thursday evening when at least three new Democrats…
Continue Reading Texas Democrats return, end 38-day holdout over voting bill
By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Some Democrats who left Texas to block a GOP voting bill have ended a…
Continue Reading American Airlines will not serve alcohol on flights until 2022
By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN American Airlines says it will not serve alcohol in the main cabin of its flights until January 18, 2022,…
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Fabens ISD welcomes nearly 2,000 students for fall semester
FABENS, Texas — It’s one of the smallest districts in the county, but the Fabens Independent School District has big plans for its students. FISD…
Continue Reading A Texas school superintendent speaks out after parents accosted 2 teachers over masks
CNN’s Rosa Flores takes a closer look at incidents erupting across the county as the argument over wearing masks…
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