Texas woman known as ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ celebrates federal holiday
FORT WORTH, Texas — Before Juneteenth became an official federal holiday, 94-year-old Opal Lee was on a mission. “I’m not just…
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas — Before Juneteenth became an official federal holiday, 94-year-old Opal Lee was on a mission. “I’m not just…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — ‘Abbott failed Texas’, those are what some of the signs read at a protest in downtown El Paso on Thursday opposing…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas –The man killed in a recent mass shooting that left more than a dozen people injured in Austin was visiting the city from…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden signed a bill into law on Thursday establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a U.S.…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — The Justice Department on Thursday charged a U.S. Capitol rioter with bringing a handgun onto Capitol grounds — two days…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Obama era health care law, preserving insurance coverage for millions…
Continue ReadingBOCA CHICA, Texas — SpaceX received a warning from a district attorney in Texas this week, warning that the company could be violating several…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday began announcing details of his plan for Texas to build its own border wall, starting the…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the nation. The U.S. House voted 415-14…
Continue ReadingUPDATE, June 16: HONEY GROVE, Texas — Authorities say a man suspected of shooting a police officer in the leg in a small North Texas city,…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texans can carry handguns without a license or training starting Sept. 1, after Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed the…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday that all American citizens should have the unequivocal right to vote during a…
Continue ReadingFORT HOOD, Texas — Two Fort Hood active-duty soldiers have been charged with attempting to smuggle two undocumented Mexican citizens into Texas…
Continue ReadingVAN HORN, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents detailed late Tuesday how they uncovered a human smuggling operation in Van Horn and rescued over 30…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Former president Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he “accepted the invitation” to tour Texas’ southern border…
Continue ReadingDALLAS, Texas — Southwest Airlines said it was “resuming normal operations” and investigating the cause of technical issues that paused departing…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — When Gov. Greg Abbott announced last week that Texas would build its own border wall, one of the immediate questions…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — A second suspect has been arrested in connection to the mass shooting in Austin on Saturday morning. On Monday afternoon, ABC…
Continue ReadingHOOD COUNTY, Texas — The parents of a former U.S. Marine from Texas imprisoned in Russia are pleading with Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir…
Continue ReadingAs the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando on Saturday, it has a staggering and grim new statistic to…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — One of 14 people injured in a mass shooting in downtown Austin has died, police say. Douglas John Kantor, 25, died from his…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Houston Methodist Hospital by employees who opposed a Covid-19 vaccine mandate as a…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Authorities have arrested one person in connection with the mass shooting overnight in downtown Austin, Texas, that left 14…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — As the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday, it has a staggering…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — At least 13 people were injured early Saturday morning in a shooting in downtown Austin, officials said. Two of the people…
Continue ReadingDALLAS, Texas — Dallas police are investigating a shooting that injured five people Friday, including a 4-year-old girl. Around 4:45 p.m.,…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — When police in Austin responded to calls about a boat at the edge of Longhorn Dam earlier this week, they found it teetering…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — Vanessa Guillen will forever be 20 years old, engaged but will never be married. She was murdered, inside one of the Army’s…
Continue ReadingVAN HORN, Texas — Eleven people were injured, two of them seriously, in a Thursday morning rollover crash near Van Horn involving a U.S. Border…
Continue ReadingDEL 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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