Truck fire, separate crash led to I-10 closure near Tornillo
TORNILLO, Texas — Interstate 10 near Tornillo was shut down in both directions by authorities on Thursday morning after two separate incidents…
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Houston hospital employee fired for not getting vaccine: ‘Don’t take away my choice’
HOUSTON, Texas — An ultrasound technologist who says she was fired by a Houston hospital because she wouldn’t get vaccinated against the…
Continue Reading Top Texas Democrat slams ‘out of control’ governor in fight over restrictive voting bill
AUSTIN, Texas — The top Democratic Party official in Texas on Wednesday blasted Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent decisions to veto a…
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Year after Vanessa Guillén’s death, Congress seeks to pass military crime reforms
WASHINGTON, DC — A year after U.S. Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén’s death in Texas, which spurred a movement against sexual assault and harassment in…
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Texas grand jury declines to indict jailers involved in Marvin Scott in-custody death
COLIN COUNTY, Texas — A grand jury in Texas declined Tuesday to indict the eight former detention officers involved in the in-custody death of…
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153 Houston hospital employees resign or are fired after refusing to get Covid-19 vaccine
HOUSTON, Texas — More than 150 Houston Methodist Hospital employees were officially out of a job Tuesday, 10 days after a judge dismissed a…
Continue Reading Abbott orders special session of Texas legislature in July
AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday ordered lawmakers back to work in July, raising expectations of another attempt to…
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Gov. Abbott vetoes 20 bills including anti-animal cruelty law
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed 20 bills that were passed during this year’s legislative session, including two criminal justice…
Continue Reading Charges dropped against 2 suspects in Austin mass shooting
AUSTIN, Texas — Prosecutors are dropping criminal charges against two juveniles after police identified a different gunman in a mass…
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Federal Covid jobless benefits end for Texans this week
EL PASO, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott has opted Texans out of all additional federal unemployment aid as of the end of this week. In May,…
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Amber Alert issued for 2 Texas boys taken by murder suspect
DALLAS, Texas — Officials issued a statewide Amber Alert Monday evening for two children out of Dallas who they said were believed to be in…
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Nebraska sending state troopers to Texas to help at border
LINCOLN, Nebraska — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts plans to send about two dozen state troopers to Texas later this month to help patrol the…
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Fear shakes Mexico along Texas border after violence kills 18
REYNOSA, Mexico — Fear has invaded the Mexican border city of Reynosa after gunmen in vehicles killed 14 people, including taxis drivers, workers…
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American Airlines canceling hundreds of flights through mid-July due to labor shortages
DALLAS, Texas — American Airlines is canceling hundreds of flights through at least mid-July as the company strives to maintain service in the…
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WATCH: Beto O’Rourke holds voting rights rally at Texas Capitol
AUSTIN, Texas — El Paso’s very own Beto O’Rourke is on the road again, trying to build public pressure on Congress to take action on voting…
Continue Reading At least 18 killed in violence near U.S.-Mexico border
REYNOSA, Mexico — Gunmen in vehicles opened fire in the Mexican city of Reynosa on the U.S. border this weekend, killing at least 14 people and…
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Houston deputy’s wife and stepchild shot by gunman inside their apartment
HOUSTON, Texas — An off-duty deputy’s wife and his 4-year-old stepdaughter were shot early Sunday morning when a gunman forced entry into…
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El Paso leaders fear Abbott’s migrant ‘invasion’ talk will incite violence
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso political leaders and immigration rights advocates are condemning Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan…
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Abbott vetoes Texas Legislature’s funds as punishment for Dems’ voting bill walkout
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott late Friday afternoon followed through on a threat to veto a section of the state budget that funds the…
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Fort Hood, Fort Bliss lead all Army posts in risk of sexual assault
WASHINGTON, DC — Female soldiers at two Army bases in Texas face a greater risk of sexual assault and harassment than those at other posts,…
Continue Reading Texas woman known as ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ celebrates federal holiday
FORT WORTH, Texas — Before Juneteenth became an official federal holiday, 94-year-old Opal Lee was on a mission. “I’m not just…
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El Pasoans protest Texas’ new permit-less gun carry law
EL PASO, Texas — ‘Abbott failed Texas’, those are what some of the signs read at a protest in downtown El Paso on Thursday opposing…
Continue Reading Man killed in Austin mass shooting was visiting from Michigan and planned to marry his high school sweetheart
AUSTIN, Texas –The man killed in a recent mass shooting that left more than a dozen people injured in Austin was visiting the city from…
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Biden signs Juneteenth national holiday into law
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden signed a bill into law on Thursday establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a U.S.…
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Jan. 6 rioter from Texas charged with bringing gun to Capitol, undercutting claims that pro-Trump mob was unarmed
WASHINGTON, DC — The Justice Department on Thursday charged a U.S. Capitol rioter with bringing a handgun onto Capitol grounds — two days…
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas challenge to Obamacare, upholds coverage for millions
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Obama era health care law, preserving insurance coverage for millions…
Continue Reading Texas authorities threaten SpaceX with legal action over beach closures, private security
BOCA CHICA, Texas — SpaceX received a warning from a district attorney in Texas this week, warning that the company could be violating several…
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Abbott says Texas is providing initial $250 million ‘down payment’ for border wall
AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday began announcing details of his plan for Texas to build its own border wall, starting the…
Continue Reading Congress votes to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
WASHINGTON, DC — The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the nation. The U.S. House voted 415-14…
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Alleged Texas cop shooter, subject of Blue Alert, kills self
UPDATE, June 16: HONEY GROVE, Texas — Authorities say a man suspected of shooting a police officer in the leg in a small North Texas city,…
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