By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday filed to run for reelection in Texas, officially entering what is shaping up to be one of the most high-profile contests in 2022. Abbott launched his campaign with a focus on border security and police support, saying in a video posted to his Twitter account:
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By Daniel Dale Democrat Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman who ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate in 2018 and the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, announced last week that he is running for Texas governor in 2022. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who announced Tuesday that he had filed to run for reelection, started attacking
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VAN HORN, Texas (KVIA) — Blue Origin announced its crew for its upcoming Dec. 9 flight into space. ABC’s Good Morning America anchor Michael Strahan will be part of the six-person crew. Laura Shepard Churchley, the eldest daughter of Alan Shepard, who was the first American to fly to space, will also be part of
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Stacker investigated the size of the Native American population in Texas using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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DALLAS, Texas — After the triumph of Clyde Warren Park in Dallas, the Paso Del Norte Community Foundation thinks El Paso could emulate the same success. Covering over five acres on top of the Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Clyde Warren connects downtown Dallas to the arts and historical district. According to the Dallas Fort Worth Real
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CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say the pilot who died in a small plane crash last week outside Carlsbad, New Mexico was a 27-year-old Texas man. New Mexico State Police were quoted Monday by the Carlsbad Current-Argus saying that Michael Kozlovsky of Burnet, Texas was the pilot of the Cessna that crashed before noon Friday
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Stacker compiled a list of the colleges with best ROI in Texas using data from a Georgetown University study.
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Missouri — For the Dallas Cowboys offense on Sunday, things went from bad to worse really quick, reports ABC affiliate WFAA. Dak Prescott and the offense just couldn’t get any points on the scoreboard in a 19-9 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. And to pour salt on the wound, Dallas also lost
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By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tyrod Taylor ran for two touchdowns and threw for 107 yards and the Houston Texans snapped the NFL’s longest active skid by beating the Tennessee Titans 22-13 on a wet and rainy Sunday. The Texans came in having lost eight straight since winning
Continue Reading CNN By Aaron Pellish Beto O’Rourke, who announced his campaign for Texas governor last week, declined to invite President Joe Biden to campaign alongside him, pushing a message of nonpartisan unity in his upcoming bid for the highest office in Texas. O’Rourke said his campaign is “not going to be about anyone from outside of
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Stacker investigated how many power outages occurred in Texas during the last year using data from the Department of Energy.
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UPDATE: The Associated Press quoted the Texas Dept. of Public Safety as saying a third victim died Friday night as a result of a wrong-way pickup truck that slammed into a bus carrying members of a high school band on a west Texas highway. DPS Sgt. Justin Baker said those killed included two adults from
Continue Reading By Rosa Flores and Raja Razek, CNN A new lawsuit has been filed on behalf of more than 280 Astroworld Festival concertgoers, the Thomas J. Henry Law firm announced in a news release Thursday. Ten people died as a result of the chaotic crowd surge at the Houston concert when headliner Travis Scott began performing
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By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A Texas judge has declared a mistrial in the first murder case against a man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span. Judge Raquel Jones issued the ruling Friday when a jury deadlocked after deliberating since Thursday afternoon in the
Continue Reading By Caroll Alvarado, CNN One pilot is dead and two others are injured following an aircraft accident at Laughlin Air Force Base in southwestern Texas on Friday morning, according to a base social media post. The accident occurred on the runaway around 10 a.m. and involved two T-38C Talon trainer aircraft, officials said in a
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court could rule as soon as Monday on Texas’ ban on abortion after roughly six weeks. The court said on its website Friday that the justices are planning to issue at least one opinion Monday, the first of its new term. There’s no guarantee the
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KTRK) — A statewide Texas Amber Alert was issued early Friday morning for a missing 13-year-old San Antonio girl. Law enforcement officials believe Bella Martinez is in grave or immediate danger, according to ABC affiliate KTRK. Police are looking for 17-year-old Aryel Moreno in connection with her abduction. Bella is described as
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Continue Reading SOUTHLAKE, Texas (AP) — The Civil Rights office of the U.S. Department of Education is investigating a Texas school district after discrimination complaints of racism and sexual orientation were filed. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that OCR has opened three investigations involving the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake. Complaints begin from three years ago
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden asked the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday to “immediately” investigate whether illegal activity by oil and gas companies is pushing up gas prices. In a letter to the FTC commissioner, Biden cites “mounting evidence of anti-consumer behavior by oil and gas companies.” “The bottom line is this: gasoline
Continue Reading By Raja Razek, CNN The family of Axel Acosta Avila, one of 10 people who died in the chaotic crowd surge during the Astroworld Festival in Houston this month, is among 125 plaintiffs who brought a lawsuit Tuesday against the event’s organizers and others. The lawsuit seeks damages for loss of mental and physical health,
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UPDATE, Nov. 16: A 37-year-old man was charged with capital murder Tuesday in the death of a native El Paso woman whose body was set on fire in Midland County earlier this month in retaliation for a drug dispute, sheriff’s officials announced. Sergio Antonio “Tony” Cerna of Pecos was served with a murder warrant in
Continue Reading By Raja Razek and Amir Vera, CNN A Texas State University student who the FBI said wrote “I set a synagogue on fire” has been federally charged with arson, according to a Tuesday news release from the US Department of Justice. The charges stem from a fire that was intentionally set at the Congregation Beth
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — As abortion returns to the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket, majorities of Americans support maintaining Roe v. Wade, oppose states making it harder for abortion clinics to operate and see abortion primarily as a decision to be made by a woman and her doctor, not lawmakers. Americans — 60-27% — say the high
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Stacker compiled a list of the best places to live in Texas.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke officially announced on Monday that he’s running for governor of Texas. The Democrat released a two-minute long video on his Youtube channel to make the announcement. (You can watch it in the video player below.) “I’m running for governor,” he tweeted alongside the video announcement. “Together,
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, Natasha Chen, Rosa Flores, Stephanie Becker and Paul Vercammen, CNN The CEO of ParaDocs, the medic company hired by Astroworld organizers, spoke on camera for the first time Monday to “set the record straight” on what his team did and to defend how hard his staff of more than 70 people worked
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HOUSTON (AP) — A 9-year-old Dallas has become the youngest person to die from injuries sustained during a crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival in Houston. Ezra Blount of Dallas died Sunday at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, family attorney Ben Crump said. He was placed in a medically induced coma after he suffered
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DALLAS — If the Dallas Cowboys mission on this Sunday afternoon was to show the rest of the NFL that last week’s ugly loss to the Broncos was a fluke, they succeeded – Times 1,000, reports ABC affiliate WFAA. Dak Prescott completed 24-of-31 passes for 296 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for a third
Continue Reading By Kay Jones and Amanda Jackson, CNN A Southwest Airlines employee was taken to a Dallas hospital Saturday after being assaulted by a passenger at Love Field Airport, according to the airline and the Dallas Police Department. The female passenger “verbally and physically” assaulted the female operations agent shortly after being asked to get off
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