San Antonio sports bar shooting leaves 3 dead, 2 wounded, authorities say
By Kelly Murray, CNN An argument between two people at a bar in San Antonio, Texas, ended in a mass shooting early Sunday, with three people killed…
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Is the oil market broken?
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Are the supply and demand fundamentals that have governed oil markets for decades coming unstuck? In normal times, a…
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Love ‘dinged’ in Packers’ 26-7 preseason loss to Texans
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Tyrod Taylor went 4 of 4 for 40 yards in his lone series and rookie quarterback Davis…
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San Antonio police officer wounded, man killed in shooting
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Police in San Antonio say an officer was wounded and a man killed in a shooting that also involved a second officer. Police…
Continue Reading ‘Bursting at the seams’: Full ICUs are creating a dangerous ER backlog and forcing hospitals to cancel surgeries
Dallas County official Clay Jenkins issues a warning that there are zero ICU beds left for children in the county, and explains what that means for…
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Judge extends order blocking Texas state troopers from stopping migrant transports
EL PASO, Texas — A federal judge on Friday extended a temporary restraining order that blocks Texas from having state troopers stop vehicles…
Continue Reading Homeland Security chief visits south Texas border, calls migrant surge ‘unprecedented’
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The Biden administration is facing a “serious challenge” at the U.S.-Mexico border, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro…
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Texas Supreme Court clears way for law enforcement to round up Texas House Dems
UPDATE: AUSTIN, Texas — Texas law enforcement was deputized Thursday to track down Texas House Democrats still missing from the chamber and bring…
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6 Texas school districts sue Gov. Abbott over mask-mandate ban
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas — Six school districts in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley filed a lawsuit Thursday afternoon against Gov. Greg Abbott in the…
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White House Covid task force says Texas, Florida have 40% of all U.S. hospitalizations
WASHINGTON, DC — The White House Covid-19 task force, including the president’s chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci and Centers for Disease…
Continue Reading Texas Senate passes elections bill after 15-hour Dems filibuster
By Dianne Gallagher, CNN The Texas state Senate passed Senate Bill 1, an election overhaul bill that would add new restrictions and criminal…
Continue Reading ‘I am frightened by what is coming’: Texas officials scramble to staff hospitals as Covid-19 surge continues
By Travis Caldwell, Keith Allen and Carma Hassan, CNN With the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant and lagging vaccination rates, states…
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Dems bring Texas Senate to halt with filibuster of GOP elections bill
AUSTIN, Texas — The GOP voting restrictions push that left the Texas House scrambling to round up absent Democrats also shut down work in the Texas…
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Census data kicks off effort to reshape U.S. House districts in Texas, other key states
Redistricting season officially kicks off with the release of detailed population data from the U.S. Census Bureau that will be used to redraw voting…
Continue Reading Gov. Abbott going to court to defend his ban on mask mandates
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton are asking Texas’ 5th Court of Appeals to block Dallas County…
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Arrest warrants for Texas House Dems served; still stalemate
AUSTIN, Texas — Officers of the Texas House of Representatives delivered civil arrest warrants for more than 50 absent Democrats on Wednesday as…
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Dallas mandates masks as 2,500 more medical workers deployed to Texas hospitals
DALLAS, Texas — Mask-wearing is now required in Dallas public schools and businesses after Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins on Wednesday became the…
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Texas-native Patrick Mahomes misses Whataburger so much, he’s bringing it to Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — One of the things Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes longed for after moving from his native Texas to KC was…
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They were forced to repeat first grade three times in the 1950s. Soon, Texas students might not even know about them
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Decades after Lupe Alemán was forced to repeat the first grade three times, her son is making it his life’s work to…
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NCAA says Baylor’s failed handling of sexual assault allegations against athletes did not violate NCAA rules
WACO, Texas (AP) — The NCAA infractions committee says its investigation into the Baylor sexual assault scandal would result in four years…
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Texas House Speaker signs arrest warrants for absent Dems
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan on Tuesday night signed civil arrest warrants for 52 House Democrats still missing from…
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Two Texas judges issue temporary restraining orders against governor’s mask mandate order
By Keith Allen and Christina Maxouris, CNN Two Texas judges have issued restraining orders which will temporarily block the enforcement of Gov. Greg…
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Texas House can’t make quorum, orders missing Dems arrests
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday afternoon to authorize law enforcement to track down Democrats absent from the chamber…
Continue Reading Texas judge blocks Abbott’s restriction on mask mandates
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A Texas district judge granted the city of San Antonio and Bexar County a temporary restraining order, blocking Gov. Greg…
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Texas Supreme Court allows for arrest of Dems who don’t show up to Legislature
AUSTIN, Texas — House Democrats who refuse to show up for the state Legislature could soon be detained by law enforcement and brought back to the…
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Cornyn, Cruz vote against infrastructure bill giving Texas $30B
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate passed a rare bipartisan initiative Tuesday that would deploy at least $30 billion across the state to repair…
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SISD may join Dallas, Austin & Houston schools to defy Abbott on masks
UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas — The Socorro Independent School District may join three other key school districts in the state – Dallas, Austin and…
Continue Reading Dallas County judge asks for temporary restraining order against governor’s mask mandate ban
By Keith Allen, CNN Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins asked a Texas court Monday for a temporary restraining order seeking to hold portions of Gov.…
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Abbott appeals for out-of-state help against Covid in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is appealing for out-of-state help to fight the third wave of Covid-19 in Texas. The Monday appeal comes as a…
Continue Reading Quorum not met yet again for Texas House special session
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House on Monday fell just short of having enough members to begin conducting official business and voted overwhelmingly…
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