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Abbott promises to ramp up virus vaccinations after Texas’ slow start

January 11, 2021 10:10 AM Texas Tribune

ARLINGTON, Texas — After a rocky start, Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday promised to ramp up Covid-19 vaccinations across Texas. Twenty-eight coronavirus…

Incoming Texas House speaker discusses priorities amid pandemic as state faces $1B deficit

January 11, 2021 11:04 AM Texas Tribune, Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Presumptive Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan on Monday detailed what legislating during the coronavirus pandemic may look like this…

Gonzaga, Baylor remain atop AP Top 25 college basketball poll

January 11, 2021 10:06 AM Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Gonzaga and Baylor were the top two teams in The Associated Press preseason men’s college basketball poll. After eight weeks of…

First Texas case emerges of new, potentially more contagious UK variant of Covid-19

January 7, 2021 11:49 AM Texas Tribune

HOUSTON, Texas — The first known case of a new and possibly more contagious coronavirus strain has been reported in Texas, in an adult male resident…

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz defends objections to Electoral College votes as ‘right thing’ despite violence

January 7, 2021 2:33 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is defending his objection to the Electoral College results as “the right thing to do.” The Texas…

George W. Bush derides U.S. Capitol breach as ‘sickening and heartbreaking’

January 6, 2021 5:21 PM CNN

HOUSTON, Texas — Republican former President George W. Bush derided the rioters who forced a shutdown of the House and Senate chambers of the…

Texas shuts down state Capitol in wake of D.C. unrest by Trump supporters

January 6, 2021 3:45 PM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety closed the state Capitol and surrounding grounds Wednesday afternoon after supporters of…

Texas Republican Congressman Kevin Brady tests positive for Covid-19

January 5, 2021 9:19 PM CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, the top Republican on the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, has tested positive for coronavirus, he…

1 in 5 hospital beds in Texas now occupied by virus patients; ICUs exhausted as cases soar

January 5, 2021 8:21 PM Associated Press, Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Coronavirus cases are exhausting the availability of intensive-care unit beds in parts of Texas as hospitalizations with…

Houston hospital system is offering its employees a $500 bonus if they get Covid-19 vaccine

January 5, 2021 7:10 PM CNN

HOUSTON, Texas — Houston Methodist, a Texas hospital system with more than 26,000 employees, is offering a $500 bonus to workers if they get…

Ted Cruz to object to Arizona’s Electoral College votes on Wednesday

January 5, 2021 11:07 AM CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — Texas Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz plans to object to Arizona’s Electoral College results during the joint session of…

Texas on brink of record 13,000 in hospitals as virus surges, vaccination goals fall short

January 4, 2021 7:50 PM Associated Press, Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Texas was on the brink Monday of surpassing a record 13,000 patients hospitalized with Covid-19 as the number of new cases after…

Fort Bliss soldier among 2 Army women found dead in Texas in recent days

January 4, 2021 3:18 PM ABC News

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The apparently unrelated deaths of two female Army soldiers in Texas are under investigation after officials said one died…

Texas surges into top five of new AP Top 25 basketball poll after thrashing Kansas

January 4, 2021 10:04 AM Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) —While Gonzaga and Baylor remain firmly atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, Shaka Smart and the…

Texas dashboard provides updates on how many vaccine shots have been given in El Paso, across state

January 4, 2021 5:22 AM Madeline Ottilie

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the City of El Paso heads into its third week of Covid-19 vaccinations, a new Texas dashboard allows the public to follow…

Pastor dead, 2 hurt in Texas church shooting; suspect arrested

January 3, 2021 11:17 AM CNN, ABC News, Associated Press

WINONA, Texas — A pastor was killed and two other people were injured in a shooting at an east Texas church Sunday after the pastor confronted…

Surveillance video shows 15-year-old beating mother to death in Texas, police say

January 3, 2021 4:57 PM CNN

McKINNEY, Texas — A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder after surveillance video captured him beating his mother to death in McKinney,…

Cowboys lose to NY Giants 23-19 in last bid for playoffs

January 3, 2021 2:50 PM Associated Press, ABC News

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey — Dallas’ playoff hopes are over after losing to New York 23-19 Sunday. In what was in essence a playoff elimination…

Graham criticizes Cruz’s bid to dispute election: ‘Zero chance of becoming reality’

January 3, 2021 12:06 PM Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is calling the effort by Sen. Ted Cruz and other Republican senators to overturn the…

3 sheriff”s deputies shot and 1 woman killed outside Houston-area nightclub

January 3, 2021 7:57 AM CNN

HOUSTON, Texas — Three Harris County sheriff’s deputies were shot and one woman was killed early Sunday outside a Houston nightclub. The…

Texas A&M runs past North Carolina in Orange Bowl, 41-27

January 3, 2021 2:38 AM Associated Press

MIAMI GARDENS, Florida — Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher pulled a hamstring as he tried to avoid the players who wanted to give him a celebratory…

El Paso lifts virus order that mandated 10 p.m. restaurant closing time after Texas high court ruling

January 2, 2021 3:33 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas – The Texas Supreme Court has struck down rules banning Austin-area restaurants from offering late-night dine-in service,…

Texas virus hospitalizations remain at near-record levels as 1 out of every 5 tests are positive

January 2, 2021 8:19 PM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Coronavirus hospitalizations fell slightly in Texas on Saturday but remained near their record high, as health officials said there…

Texas Longhorns’ football coach Tom Herman fired; Bama’s Sarkisian named replacement

January 2, 2021 9:59 AM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas fired Tom Herman because it was tired of waiting for him to deliver a Big 12 title and turn the Longhorns back into national…

Texas’ Ted Cruz among 11 GOP senators who plan to vote against counting electoral votes

January 2, 2021 12:51 PM CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — Nearly a dozen Republican senators and senators-elect announced Saturday they will vote against counting electoral votes next…

Federal judge throws out Gohmert’s Texas lawsuit asking Pence to interfere in Electoral College count

January 2, 2021 12:29 AM CNN

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit from U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas and several Arizona Republicans seeking to force Vice President Mike…

Couple killed when semi-truck crashes into their motor home along I-10 near Tornillo

December 31, 2020 4:38 PM Jim Parker

UPDATE, Jan. 1: Texas state troopers on Friday identified two Las Vegas, Nevada residents as the victims of deadly crash along I-10 near Tornillo the…

Pence asks judge to reject Gohmert’s Texas lawsuit asking the VP to interfere in the Electoral College count

January 1, 2021 1:20 PM CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — Vice President Mike Pence’s lawyers asked a federal judge Thursday to reject a request from U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of…

Gov. Abbott tells restaurants to defy virus orders in El Paso & Austin banning late night dine-in services

December 31, 2020 8:14 PM KVIA ABC-7, Associated Press, Texas Tribune

EL PASO, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed restaurants to ignore local curfews — specifically in El Paso and Travis counties —…

Texas hits new virus hospitalization record, passing 12,000 to end year

December 31, 2020 6:26 PM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas hit another grim milestone Thursday when it surpassed 12,000 patients hospitalized with Covid-19, setting a new record high…