Texas ‘constitutional gun carry’ signed into law, will start Sept. 1
AUSTIN, Texas — Texans can carry handguns without a license or training starting Sept. 1, after Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed the…
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Harris meets with Texas lawmakers, talks voting rights strategy
WASHINGTON, DC — Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday that all American citizens should have the unequivocal right to vote during a…
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2 Fort Hood soldiers charged with attempting to smuggle undocumented immigrants into Texas
FORT HOOD, Texas — Two Fort Hood active-duty soldiers have been charged with attempting to smuggle two undocumented Mexican citizens into Texas…
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33 migrants found near death crammed into U-Haul in Van Horn
VAN HORN, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents detailed late Tuesday how they uncovered a human smuggling operation in Van Horn and rescued over 30…
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Trump to tour Texas border wall with Abbott at end of June
AUSTIN, Texas — Former president Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he “accepted the invitation” to tour Texas’ southern border…
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Tech snafus disrupt Southwest Airlines flights for 2nd day
DALLAS, Texas — Southwest Airlines said it was “resuming normal operations” and investigating the cause of technical issues that paused departing…
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Abbott says he’ll use crowdfunding to build a Texas border wall
AUSTIN, Texas — When Gov. Greg Abbott announced last week that Texas would build its own border wall, one of the immediate questions…
Continue Reading 2nd suspect arrested in Austin shooting that killed 1, hurt 13
AUSTIN, Texas — A second suspect has been arrested in connection to the mass shooting in Austin on Saturday morning. On Monday afternoon, ABC…
Continue Reading They say he once protected Biden; now jailed Texan’s parents want him to stand up for their son
HOOD COUNTY, Texas — The parents of a former U.S. Marine from Texas imprisoned in Russia are pleading with Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir…
Continue Reading Violence in Texas, Georgia and Illinois brings number of US mass shootings to 270 so far this year
As the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando on Saturday, it has a staggering and grim new statistic to…
Continue Reading 1 of 14 victims hurt in Austin mass shooting dies
AUSTIN, Texas — One of 14 people injured in a mass shooting in downtown Austin has died, police say. Douglas John Kantor, 25, died from his…
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Judge rules in favor of Houston hospital requiring employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19
HOUSTON, Texas — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Houston Methodist Hospital by employees who opposed a Covid-19 vaccine mandate as a…
Continue Reading Arrest made in Austin mass shooting that injured 14
AUSTIN, Texas — Authorities have arrested one person in connection with the mass shooting overnight in downtown Austin, Texas, that left 14…
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Violence in Texas, Georgia and Illinois brings number of U.S. mass shootings to 267 so far this year
AUSTIN, Texas — As the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday, it has a staggering…
Continue Reading At least 13 injured, 2 critically, in shooting in downtown Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — At least 13 people were injured early Saturday morning in a shooting in downtown Austin, officials said. Two of the people…
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5 shot and wounded in Dallas, including 4-year-old girl
DALLAS, Texas — Dallas police are investigating a shooting that injured five people Friday, including a 4-year-old girl. Around 4:45 p.m.,…
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Caught on video: 4 rescued off boat ‘teetering’ at the edge of a Texas dam
AUSTIN, Texas — When police in Austin responded to calls about a boat at the edge of Longhorn Dam earlier this week, they found it teetering…
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Vanessa Guillen’s fiancée, friends speak out on ABC’s 20/20
HOUSTON, Texas — Vanessa Guillen will forever be 20 years old, engaged but will never be married. She was murdered, inside one of the Army’s…
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11 hurt when Border Patrol van carrying migrants is run off I-10 near Van Horn
VAN HORN, Texas — Eleven people were injured, two of them seriously, in a Thursday morning rollover crash near Van Horn involving a U.S. Border…
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Abbott tells ‘Border Security Summit’ he will build a Texas wall
DEL RIO, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday afternoon held what he billed as a “Border Security Summit” with a group of Texas sheriffs,…
Continue Reading Caught on video: Migrant teen in Texas shelter tased by cop
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Texas officials are investigating after newly released body camera footage obtained by the non-profit news outlet Reveal…
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Covid fear no longer accepted reason for jobless Texans to reject work
AUSTIN, Texas — Jobless Texans who refuse work offers because they feel like the job isn’t safe during the pandemic won’t be able to receive…
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Texas teen, her baby found safe after alleged kidnapping by ex-boyfriend
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — An 18-year-old and her baby who were believed to have been kidnapped in Texas have been found safe, Corpus Christi…
Continue Reading Fact check: Texas Congressman Gohmert’s attempts to connect moon orbits and solar flares to climate change
WASHINGTON, DC — Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas made an argument about climate change at a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday that…
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‘All clear’ at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland after gunfire
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Officials at Texas’ Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland gave the “all clear” and lifted a lockdown Wednesday afternoon, hours after…
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Keystone XL pipeline sponsor pulls the plug on contentious project
BILLINGS, Montana — The sponsor of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline pulled the plug on the contentious project Wednesday after Canadian officials…
Continue Reading Talks for bipartisan deal on gun background checks are over, Texas’ Cornyn says
WASHINGTON, DC — After months of negotiations, the effort to reach a bipartisan agreement on gun background checks has ended, a key GOP senator…
Continue Reading Republican governors of Florida and Texas battle with cruise lines over vaccine requirements
AUSTIN, Texas — The Republican governors of Florida and Texas are headed toward showdowns with some of the world’s largest cruise lines,…
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Texas bakery lost customers after selling rainbow Pride cookies; thanks to supporters, it has sold out of cookies every day since
LUFKIN, Texas — The hateful reaction to an LGBTQ Pride-inspired sugar cookie threatened to tank a bakery in Lufkin. But when cookie lovers from…
Continue Reading Texas Amber Alert: Murder suspect said to abduct ex-girlfriend, 1-year-old daughter
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A man wanted for murder is accused of kidnapping his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend and her 1-year-old daughter, prompting the…
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