Austin prohibits large events in the city through May 1 as coronavirus concern spreads
AUSTIN, Texas — The City of Austin has prohibited events larger than 2,500 people as coronavirus concerns spread across the state and…
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will self-quarantine after shaking hands with man with coronavirus
HOUSTON, Texas — GOP Sen. Ted Cruz said Sunday he will self-quarantine at his home in Texas after learning that he shook hands and briefly chatted…
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Numerous California cruise ship passengers to be quarantined at Texas base
AUSTIN, Texas — Numerous Americans on a cruise ship off the California coast will be transferred to a military base in San Antonio for testing for…
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South by Southwest arts and music festival canceled over coronavirus fears
AUSTIN, Texas — Officials in Austin announced Friday that the South by Southwest arts and music festival has been canceled over coronavirus fears.…
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Lawsuit says website sold ammo to underage accused Texas shooter
SANTA FE, Texas — A teenager accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school in 2018 was able to buy more than 100 rounds of…
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4 new Houston-area coronavirus cases bring local total to 8
HOUSTON, Texas (AP) — The number of Houston-area residents testing positive for the new coronavirus has reached eight with the positive tests…
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Tito’s tells customers to not use their vodka for hand sanitizer
AUSTIN, Texas — Some people are attempting to counter the spread of coronavirus by making their own hand sanitizer out of rubbing alcohol and…
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Texas Rangers investigating El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association; probe may be focused on financial dealings
EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 has learned the association representing El Paso police officers is being investigated by the Texas Rangers. The Texas…
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Gov. Abbott says Texas labs can now test for coronavirus, but capacity remains limited
AUSTIN, Texas — Six Texas public health labs are now capable of testing for the new coronavirus, state officials announced Thursday, as the…
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Appeals court sides with asylum-seekers on Trump policy
PHOENIX, Arizona — A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Thursday that a partial ban on asylum doesn’t apply to…
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Court now blocks ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy on only portion of U.S. border — Texas, New Mexico not included
SAN FRANCISCO, California — In the latest twist on a key Trump administration immigration policy, a federal appeals court said it will prevent the…
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Biden rode late momentum to Texas primary victory with large county wins – but El Paso went for Sanders
Pink indicates counties that voted for Biden, Blue for Sanders and Orange for Bloomberg. (Map: Texas Tribune) EL PASO, Texas — Former vice president…
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Texas man gets jail for video of himself licking ice cream tub
PORT ARTHUR, Texas — A 24-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail for posting on social media a video last August of himself…
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Joe Biden won Texas primary in a stunning turnaround
AUSTIN, Texas — Former Vice President Joe Biden has won the Texas presidential primary, continuing a stunning revival of his once-struggling…
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Biden wins Texas primary in resounding Super Tuesday finish
AUSTIN, Texas — Joe Biden ended a triumphant Super Tuesday with a narrow victory over Bernie Sanders in Texas, the giant red state where Democrats…
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Complete 2020 primary election results from El Paso County and Texas
Key El Paso County & Texas races at-a-glance Entire results index for all El Paso County…
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Former White House doctor Jackson goes to Texas GOP runoff
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former White House physician whose nomination by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs was…
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Trump, Cornyn win Texas GOP vote
AUSTIN, Texas — President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn were renominated Tuesday evening by Texas Republicans as primary polls across…
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Quarantined ship passengers in San Antonio set to go home
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — More than 120 people quarantined in Texas after a coronavirus outbreak aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in…
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Will eating Whataburger with Beto win Biden Texas? It sure can’t hurt
DALLAS, Texas — What’s more Texas than Whataburger? Appearing Monday night at a Dallas rally to endorse Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential…
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O’Rourke, Klobuchar & Buttigieg endorse Biden at Texas campaign rally
DALLAS, Texas — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden came to Texas on Monday looking to capitalize on his big win in South Carolina — and…
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Klobuchar ends 2020 presidential campaign, will endorse Joe Biden at Texas rally
DALLAS, Texas — Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota announced an end to her presidential bid on Monday and will endorse Joe Biden, campaign aides…
Continue Reading A Wuhan evacuee was released from quarantine in Texas and later tested positive for the coronavirus
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A woman in San Antonio who had previously tested negative twice for the coronavirus, and was released by the Centers for…
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Police K-9 sniffs out $1.2 million worth of meth
LEWISVILLE, Texas — Police dog Stryker proved himself to be the ultimate good boy when he sniffed out approximately 595 pounds of…
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Houston paralyzed after water main break floods freeway
HOUSTON, Texas — Businesses and schools shut down Thursday after a main line from a plant that supplies water to about half of Houston burst open,…
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Far-right extremists killed 42 people in 2019 — more than half those deaths came in El Paso’s Walmart shooting
EL PASO, Texas — White supremacists and other far-right extremists killed at least 42 people in the U.S. in 2019, the sixth-deadliest year for…
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Texas demolition company accidentally tears down the wrong house
DALLAS, Texas — A demolition company was hired to tear down a house last week in Dallas, but it mistakenly tore down a different home on the same…
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Watch LIVE: How long will take to bring down the ‘Leaning Tower of Dallas?’
DALLAS, Texas (WFAA) — Another day, another bit of progress made on taking down the ‘Leaning Tower of Dallas.’ But as day three of the demolition…
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New migrant detention center opening in northeast El Paso after last year’s overcrowding complaints
EL PASO, Texas — A year after asylum-seekers and other migrants overwhelmed U.S. immigration authorities at the southern border, the Border Patrol…
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Statewide Amber Alert issued for abducted 8-month-old Texas girl
MESQUITE, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert was issued Monday evening for an 8-month-old Texas girl whom police said was abducted. The girl, Nyla…
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