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,…
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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…
Continue Reading Employees protest against Houston hospital’s policy that all staff must be vaccinated against Covid-19
A group of Houston Methodist Hospital workers protested on Monday the health care system’s requirement that staffers be vaccinated against…
Continue Reading Abbott signs 2 new laws to overhaul Texas’ electrical grid
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed two sweeping pieces of legislation Tuesday to overhaul the state’s power grid after the disastrous…
Continue Reading Colonial Pipeline CEO grilled on Capitol Hill after crippling ransomware attack
WASHINGTON, DC — Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount told lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday it was the “right decision” to halt…
Continue Reading Feds threaten legal action against Abbott over migrant shelters
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration is threatening to pursue legal action if Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doesn’t rescind his order shutting down…
Continue Reading Jeff Bezos is going to space on 1st crewed flight of Blue Origin rocket from Van Horn
VAN HORN, Texas — Jeff Bezos will be flying to space on the first crewed flight of the New Shepard, the rocket ship made by his space company,…
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Abbott signs law to punish Texas businesses that require proof of Covid-19 vaccination
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas businesses that require customers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 will be denied state contracts and could lose their…
Continue Reading DOJ seizes millions in ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department has recovered the majority of a multimillion-dollar ransom payment to hackers after a cyberattack that…
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Texas Republican leaders promised action on gun safety after the El Paso shooting; instead, they passed permit-less carry
AUSTIN, Texas — There was hope in the air when state lawmakers from El Paso arrived in Austin for the 2021 Texas Legislature. For them, this was…
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El Paso women protest 6-week abortion ban in Texas
EL PASO, Texas- – Dozens of El Paso women and men took to the streets of downtown El Paso this weekend to rally for reproductive rights. “It really…
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West Texas crude oil hits $70 for 1st time in nearly 3 years
MIDLAND/ODESSA, Texas — U.S. oil prices hit $70 a barrel on Sunday for the first time in nearly three years. While prices have since backed off…
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Baby found dead in porta-potty near river area in Texas park
HOUSTON, Texas — The body of a newborn baby was found this week in a portable toilet at a Houston-area riverside park, authorities said. Maj. Susan…
Continue Reading Ransomware attackers used compromised password to access Colonial Pipeline network
HOUSTON, Texas — Ransomware attackers gained access to Colonial Pipeline’s computer networks in April using a compromised password,…
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Houston woman allegedly kept missing child’s body in a plastic storage tote
HOUSTON, Texas — A Houston woman who was charged with tampering with physical evidence in the case of a missing 6-year-old boy kept his body in…
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Up to 80 people found inside trailer in San Antonio human smuggling case
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — San Antonio police are looking for dozens of people who escaped from an 18-wheeler, parked on a road outside of town, in what’s…
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Border Patrol says 19-year-old U.S. citizen who ran Hudspeth checkpoint shot self
UPDATE, June 4: U.S. Border Patrol officials now say a man who died after refusing to stop at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint earlier this week took his…
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