ARANSAS PASS, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a South Texas teen who said he killed his family and posted graphic images of their bodies on social media killed himself after officers found him at his home. The Aransas Pass police and San Patricio County sheriff’s office said Thursday that they started investigating after being alerted
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EAGLE PASS, Texas — A U.S. Border Patrol agent made a shocking discovery while on a boat patrol in the Rio Grande. He found a two-year-old girl and three-month-old baby boy abandoned by the riverbank, with not a single adult was in sight. A note found underneath the baby’s carrier said that the two children
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration on Wednesday began notifying governors and state refugee coordinators across the country about how many Afghan evacuees from among the first group of nearly 37,000 arrivals are slated to be resettled in their states. California is projected to take more arrivals than any other — more than 5,200 people, according to
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A federal judge Wednesday set a hearing date for October 1 to consider a request from the Justice Department to freeze a Texas law that bars most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The judge’s order means that the law will remain in place for now. Although
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By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer The new Texas law that bans most abortions in the state is being welcomed by many of the religious leaders who help bolster the anti-abortion movement. Yet some abortion opponents in U.S. religious circles are wary of the law and questioning the movement’s current direction. Some of the wariness
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Stacker compiled the most popular baby names for girls of the 1980s in Texas using data from the Social Security Administration.
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter In its boldest move to date, the Department of Justice asked a federal judge on Tuesday to issue a temporary restraining order to block enforcement of a controversial Texas law that bars abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. “The United States has the authority to seek
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SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas — Tropical Storm Nicholas weakened to a tropical depression Tuesday evening after slowing to a crawl over southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana but still drenching the area with flooding rains. The downgrade came the same day Nicholas blew ashore as a Category 1 hurricane, knocking out power to a half-million homes and
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are giving the go-ahead for temporary storage of highly radioactive waste in west Texas. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted a license to Interim Storage Partners to build and run a facility that could take up to 5,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel rods from power plants and 231 million
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The Texas law barring abortions at six weeks of pregnancy has women’s rights advocates up in arms for a number of reasons, including because it makes no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. CNN’s Randi Kaye reports.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law sweeping GOP-led bail legislation that requires people accused of violent crimes to put up cash to get out of Texas jails. Senate Bill 6 was passed by the Texas Legislature last month, after Abbott declared changes to the state’s bail system an emergency at the beginning of the
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Nicholas is pushing heavy rain and a flash flood threat to the Texas and Louisiana coastline, and some locations could get over a foot of rainfall. CNN meteorologist Tom Sater has the forecast.
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Stacker ranked the counties with the oldest homes in Texas using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Tyrod Taylor threw for 291 yards and two touchdowns filling in for Deshaun Watson to lead the Houston Texans to a 37-21 win over Trevor Lawrence and the mistake-prone Jacksonville Jaguars. Taylor took over at quarterback for Houston this season with Watson’s future with the team
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Nicholas has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to bring significant flooding to portions of Texas and Louisiana early this week. Meteorologist Allison Chinchar has the latest on the timing.
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Stacker compiled the most popular baby names for boys of the 1980s in Texas using data from the Social Security Administration.
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Tahj Brooks ran for two touchdowns in the third quarter, including a 67-yarder for the lead, and Texas Tech held on to beat lower-division Stephen F. Austin 28-22. The Red Raiders made a stand in the final two minutes, forcing a turnover on downs after the FCS Lumberjacks had a first
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By ERIC W. BOLIN Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas piled up 333 rushing yards and got touchdowns from four different players on the ground in a 40-21 win over No. 15 Texas. Dominique Johnson scored from five yards in the second quarter. Trelon Smith, Raheim Sanders and AJ Green scored in the second
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By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Freshman quarterback Haynes King’s backup started out slowly, finished precious few drives and even fumbled the football a whisker from the goal line. Sophomore Zach Calzada came up clutch in the end, though, throwing an 18-yard touchdown pass to running back Isaiah Spiller with 2:41 remaining
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Quentin Johnston caught two of Max Duggan’s three touchdown passes and TCU beat California 34-32. Johnston got the go-ahead score with a nifty catch-and-run that covered 45 yards. Duggan then added a 9-yard rushing TD. Zach Evans ran for 183 yards on 22 carries,
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HOUSTON, Texas — A 1-year-old girl has died after being left in a hot car all day in the Houston area, authorities said. On Thursday morning, the baby’s mother drove three children — ages 5, 3 and 1 — to day care, where she dropped off the 5-year-old and 3-year-old, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez
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AUSTIN, Texas — The nation’s largest and oldest Latino civil rights organization has filed a federal lawsuit in hopes of preventing a sweeping new Texas voting law signed earlier this week by Gov. Greg Abbott from going into effect. The lawsuit, filed by lawyers for the League of United Latin American Citizens in U.S. District
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By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer DALLAS (AP) — The NFL has suspended Dallas Cowboys right tackle La’el Collins for five games for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. The suspense comes a day after Collins played his first game since 2019 in the Cowboys’ 31-29 loss to Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay in
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration appealed on Friday a Texas court ruling that found the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program unlawful — injecting fresh uncertainty into the lives of thousands of immigrants. The Justice Department filed a notice to appeal US District Judge Andrew Hanen’s ruling, kicking off the appeals process
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, Dianne Gallagher and Jade Gordon, CNN Some clinics and groups helping fund abortion care in Texas are seeing an uptick in calls from people trying to “catch” them running afoul of the state’s restrictive new ban. “We have those people calling saying things like, ‘oh but can’t you slip me in’ because
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Aaiden Diggs, the son of Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs, mixed up his quarterbacks when he got to meet the Cowboys’ QB Dak Prescott on an episode of HBO’s “Hard Knocks” and confused him with Kansas City Chiefs’ QB Patrick Mahomes.
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Stacker compiled a list of the best counties to retire in Texas using 2025 data from Niche.
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Stacker compiled a list of states where people in Texas are finding new jobs using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Stacker compiled a list of the counties most concerned about climate change in Texas using data from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
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Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest deaths from COVID-19 in Texas using data from U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
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