Former sheriff’s detective arrested in Austin shooting that left 3 dead
AUSTIN, Texas — Authorities say they arrested a former sheriff’s office detective suspected of killing three people in a shooting in…
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Texas Gov. Matthew McConaughey? New poll has him with double-digit lead over Greg Abbott
DALLAS, Texas — Actor and Texas native Matthew McConaughey has said that running for governor of Texas is a “true consideration” that he’s giving…
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3 dead in Austin active shooter case called ‘domestic situation’; ex-cop sought as gunman
AUSTIN, Texas — Three people were pronounced dead from gunshot wounds at the scene of an active shooter incident in Austin on Sunday, according…
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Texas’ longest-serving death row inmate to get new sentence
HOUSTON, Texas — A court in Texas has thrown out the death sentence of convicted killer Raymond Riles, who has spent more than 40 years on the…
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San Antonio police officer wounded and 2 dead after shooting during traffic stop
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Two people are dead and police officer was wounded after a traffic stop Friday ended in gunfire, according to the San…
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SpaceX tops Blue Origin for NASA contract to fly astronauts to moon
WASHINGTON, DC — SpaceX has beaten out Blue Origin, in a battle between two space companies with Texas ties, to win a $2.9 billion NASA contract to…
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Attempted mass shooting at San Antonio Airport foiled by officer; shooter dead
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — An attempted mass shooting outside the San Antonio International Airport on Thursday was prevented by a parks officer working…
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Multiple earthquakes reported across Texas
HOUSTON, Texas — Multiple earthquakes have been reported across Texas in recent days, including a magnitude 4.3 quake in the northern part of the…
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Texas House OKs dropping permit to carry handguns in public to the dismay of El Paso Rep. Joe Moody
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas handgun owners would no longer need a license or training to carry their weapon in public under a bill that cleared a major…
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Scammers are stealing Texans personal info and filing fake unemployment claims
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is warning of a spike in fraudulent unemployment claims. A representative from the…
Continue Reading Ted Cruz joins Rand Paul in ditching masks on Capitol Hill despite CDC recommendations
WASHINGTON, DC — Sen. Ted Cruz is no longer wearing a face mask as he walks the halls of the Capitol complex or goes to the Senate floor for…
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Beto blasts Texas AG after he issues ‘Consumer Alert’ on O’Rourke’s PAC
EL PASO, Texas — Former El Paso congressman Beto O’ Rourke accused Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of attempting to use his office “to hurt…
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Federal judge rules private land on Texas border can be seized for the wall, despite Biden’s construction halt
HOUSTON, Texas — The federal government can take “immediate possession” of a Texas family’s land along the US-Mexico border…
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Blue Origin launches another Van Horn rocket to the edge of space
VAN HORN, Texas — Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company strapped two employees into a fueled rocketship for practice, but pulled them out shortly…
Continue Reading ‘I felt like I was dying,’ a mom says after watching her children cross the border into Texas alone
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas — The mother’s mind raced as she watched her sons from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. The two boys were…
Continue Reading Analysis: Cornyn critical of Biden’s media doctrine that less is more
Editor’s note: This commentary is authored by Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN political commentator, who was a political consultant for…
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Texas sues Biden administration in effort to reinstate Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration Tuesday in an attempt to restore a policy put in place by former…
Continue Reading U.S., Texas recommend ‘pause’ for J&J vaccine over blood clot reports
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine to investigate…
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Hospitalizations from Covid-19 in Texas at lowest levels since last June
AUSTIN, Texas — The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in Texas has been hovering under 3,000 so far this month — the lowest levels…
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Former House Speaker John Boehner calls Texas Sen. Ted Cruz ‘Lucifer in the flesh’
WASHINGTON, DC — Former U.S. House speaker John Boehner shares why he details his animosity for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (whom he calls “Lucifer in the…
Continue Reading Nearly 1/3 of Texans have received virus vaccine, but state now getting fewer doses
AUSTIN, Texas — The percentage of Texans who have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine is nearing one-third, according to the…
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Migrant boy found wandering alone in Texas had been returned to Mexico and kidnapped
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — Nicaraguan authorities have put out a news release identifying the 10-year-old migrant boy seen wandering alone along the…
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A Texas man ran from Disneyland to Disney World. Here’s why
A Texas man, wanting to raise awareness of diabetes, just finished running from Disneyland in Southern California to Walt Disney World in Orlando,…
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1 dead, 5 hurt in Fort Worth freeway shooting
FORT WORTH, Texas — One person was killed and at least five others were injured when people in two vehicles shot at each other on a Fort Worth,…
Continue Reading Judge expected to rule whether or not NRA can file for bankruptcy, which could pave the way for move to Texas
The financial future of the National Rifle Association is playing out in a contentious battle in a Texas courtroom. The country’s largest gun…
Continue Reading Four women suing Texans QB Deshaun Watson ordered to refile complaints with real names
HOUSTON, Texas — At two separate emergency court hearings Friday, Harris County judges ruled that four of Deshaun Watson’s accusers must…
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Texas man charged with trying to bomb Amazon data center claimed he was outside US Capitol during riot, insurrection
Federal prosecutors have arrested and charged Seth Aaron Pendley of Wichita Falls, Texas, with trying to blow up an Amazon data center. Court filings…
Continue Reading Reports on child migrant care at Texas facility did not allege abuse, contradicting governor’s claims
Reports received by the state of Texas about the care of unaccompanied migrant children housed in a San Antonio facility and released Friday by Gov.…
Continue Reading Suspected gunman in Texas mass shooting held on $2.2M bond
BRYAN, Texas — A gunman killed one person and wounded at least five others — four of them critically — at a cabinet manufacturer in…
Continue Reading Texas GOP chairman Allen West falsely says Texas could secede from the US: ‘We could go back to being our own Republic’
Texas Republican Party chairman Allen West falsely suggested that Texas could secede from the United States and become an independent country, a CNN…
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