Counties with the lowest hospital bed capacity in Texas
Stacker compiled a list of counties with the lowest hospital bed capacity inTexas using data from U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
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Most popular boy names in the 70s in Texas
Stacker compiled the most popular baby names for boys of the 1970s in Texas using data from the Social Security Administration.
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Most rural counties in Texas
Stacker compiled a list of the most rural counties in Texas using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Most popular girl names in the 70s in Texas
Stacker compiled the most popular baby names for girls of the 1970s in Texas using data from the Social Security Administration.
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Counties with the highest rate of food insecurity in Texas
Stacker compiled a list of the counties with highest rate of food insecurity Texas using data from Feeding America.
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Counties with highest COVID-19 infection rates in Texas
Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest COVID-19 infection rates in Texas using data from U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
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Brady leads Bucs over Cowboys 31-29 in opener
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady threw for 379 yards and four touchdowns, helping the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers kick off the NFL season with a mistake-filled 31-29 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night. With seats in a NFL stadium filled to full capacity for the first time since the
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Stephen Breyer calls Supreme Court decision on Texas abortion law ‘very, very, very wrong’
During an NPR interview, US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer called the high court’s recent refusal to block a controversial Texas law that bars abortions at six weeks “very, very, very wrong.”
Continue Reading Justice Department sues Texas over 6-week abortion ban
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden Justice Department sued the state of Texas on Thursday over its new six-week abortion ban. “That act is clearly unconstitutional under long-standing Supreme Court precedent,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a news conference. “Those precedents hold, in the words of Planned Parenthood versus Casey, that ‘regardless of whether exceptions
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Brady, Buccaneers begin defense of title against Cowboys
By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Lofty expectations don’t faze Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The reigning Super Bowl champions open the 2021 season against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night, confident they have everything it takes to become the first team to win back-to-back titles since Brady led
Continue Reading After two teachers died of Covid-19 in one week, a Texas school district implements mask mandate
By David Williams, CNN A Texas school district that closed for a week after two junior high school teachers died from Covid-19 within a few days, is now requiring masks inside all of its facilities as the community is seeing surge of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Connally ISD, in McLennan County, shut down all
Continue Reading Fact Check: Texas abortion law doesn’t give full 6 weeks to get an abortion
During the signing of a bill that banned 24-hour and drive-thru voting, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott was asked by a reporter about the limitations of the state’s new abortion law.
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Texans who need insulin will pay less under new law
EDINBURG, Texas – A new measure signed into law Wednesday by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will bring some financial relief to those with diabetes that use insulin. The new law will lower the cost of prescription insulin. State Rep. James Talarico (D-Round Rock), a former San Antonio educator, knows firsthand what the life-saving medication means for
Continue Reading Supreme Court puts execution of Texas man on hold in dispute over pastor’s access
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court granted a request Wednesday from a Texas death row inmate who sought to block his execution because the Texas Department of Criminal Justice will not allow the inmate’s pastor to “lay hands” on him and audibly pray during the execution. In a brief order
Continue Reading The new Texas voting law includes these 7 major changes
Texas Governor Abbott signs election bill in law
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What to know about the developing state court fight over Texas’ abortion law
By Tierney Sneed, CNN Abortion clinics and their allies are engaged in a game of Whac-A-Mole as they’ve obtained state court orders blocking individual anti-abortion activists from enforcing Texas’ six-week abortion ban — for now. But the effort has a larger end game: securing a Texas Supreme Court ruling striking down the law. Those abortion
Continue Reading Texas governor defends abortion law with no rape exceptions
By PAUL J. WEBER and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is defending a new state law banning most abortions that also offers no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. The Republican said Tuesday that the law does not force victims to give birth even though it prohibits abortions
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams Texas GOP governor’s ‘deep ignorance’ on abortion
CNN’s Anderson Cooper talks to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s response when he was asked about the state’s new abortion ban impacting rape victims.
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Gov. Abbott calls 3rd special session of Texas legislature
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday announced a third special legislative session that will begin on Sept. 20 and tackle redistricting, restrictions on transgender student athletes and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. “The Texas Legislature now has the opportunity to redraw legislative and congressional districts in accordance with the new census numbers,” Abbott said
Continue Reading Abbott signs vote restrictions into law; Dems vow court fight
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed into law a bill that bans 24-hour and drive-thru voting, imposes new hurdles on mail-in ballots and empowers partisan poll watchers. The restrictive voting measure adds Texas to the list of Republican-controlled states that have seized on former President Donald Trump’s lies about widespread voter fraud and clamped down
Continue Reading How the Texas abortion law will hit the most vulnerable
Journalist Shefali Luthra from The 19th News breaks down one of the strictest abortion laws in the country and what happens next.
Continue Reading Attorney general pledges to protect abortion clinics in Texas that may come ‘under attack’
By Christina Carrega and Tierney Sneed, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged Monday to protect abortion clinics in Texas by enforcing a federal law that prohibits making threats against patients seeking reproductive health services and obstructing clinic entrances. While the Justice Department continues to explore legal avenues for challenging the six-week abortion ban in Texas,
Continue Reading Lyft General Counsel: I hope that more of Corporate America takes a stand on Texas abortion law
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Hours after the Supreme Court refused to block a Texas law prohibiting most abortions on Wednesday night, a small group of leaders at rideshare company Lyft convened to discuss how the company would respond. “Our President and CEO, John Zimmer and Logan Green, reached out and said, ‘What can we
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ABC-7 Xtra: El Paso leaders weigh in on ‘heartbeat bill,’ new Texas laws
EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 took an in-depth look at several new Texas laws, including the “heartbeat” bill that went into effect on Sept. 1. The new abortion restrictions have thrust the state into the national spotlight. The U.S. Supreme Court refused last week to block the new law. El Paso state representative, Claudia Ordaz-Perez
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Shough, Brooks lead Texas Tech to 38-21 win over Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — Tyler Shough accounted for two touchdowns, Tahj Brooks rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns, and Texas Tech beat Houston 38-21 in the season opener for both teams. Shough finished 17 of 24 for 231 yards passing with a touchdown and ran for another score in his debut for the Red Raiders.
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Card debut a winner for No. 21 Texas over La-Lafayette 38-18
By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Bijan Robinson scored twice and Hudson Card threw two touchdown passes in his first career start, leading No. 21 Texas to a 38-18 victory over No. 23 Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday in coach Steve Sarkisian’s Longhorns debut. Robinson caught a touchdown ad ran for another and
Continue Reading US Soccer agrees to equal pay deal
CNN’s Carolyn Manno looks at women’s professional athletes’ push for equal pay.
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Supreme Court ruling on Texas law was the result of decades of pressure from anti-abortion groups to shape the court
By Tierney Sneed, CNN The anti-abortion movement has won its biggest returns yet on its decades-long investment on reshaping the courts, with a Supreme Court order that allowed the country’s second most populous state to cut off almost all access to the procedure. For a generation, abortion foes have employed a multi-pronged strategy of electing
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Woman struck and killed while crossing I-10 near Van Horn with group of migrants
VAN HORN, Texas — A Mexican woman was struck and killed Thursday night while crossing Interstate 10 near Van Horn with a group of migrants, according to Texas state troopers. Authorities on Friday identified the victim as 23-year-old Yairet Zuleima Nunez of Moroleon, Guanajuato. The deadly incident happened just before 10 p.m. along I-10 eastbound
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Texas judge temporarily blocks anti-abortion group from suing Planned Parenthood abortion providers under new law
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) talks with CNN about her opposition to Texas’ restrictive abortion ban.
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