LIVE updates: Tropical Storm Cristobal makes landfall in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall Sunday on the Louisiana coast, packing 50 mph winds and spinning dangerous weather…
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall Sunday on the Louisiana coast, packing 50 mph winds and spinning dangerous weather…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: Matthew McConaughey has wrapped up his delivery of face masks to Texas hospitals with a donation to University Medical Center in El Paso. UMC…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — A Republican activist in Texas under fire for posting a Martin Luther King Jr. quote next to a banana following George Floyd’s…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — George W. Bush will not support the re-election of Donald Trump, according to people familiar with his thinking, The New York…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three promoted a Facebook post suggesting George Floyd’s death was staged. Another shared a Martin Luther King Jr. quote…
Continue Reading(Editor’s note: The exact impact of the additional testing and study announcements on El Paso have not yet been detailed.) AUSTIN, Texas — The…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — With the potential of Tropical Depression Cristobal to bring heavy rain and strong winds to parts of Texas this weekend,…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK, NY — J.C. Penney said Thursday that it will start closing 154 of its stores next week in what it is calling the first phase of its…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Reported coronavirus infections and hospitalizations continued to surge Thursday in Texas as Gov. Greg Abbott continues his phased…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Demonstrators gathering to protest the death of unarmed George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police believe they are being…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — A newly minted mural celebrating the life of George Floyd has become a vigil in his hometown and has even attracted the…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday afternoon announced his third phase of reopening Texas during the coronavirus pandemic, allowing…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — The day after one of Texas’ lowest new coronavirus case counts in six weeks, state health officials reported a spike of 1,688…
Continue ReadingDALLAS, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday afternoon addressed the state’s response to the protests sparked by the death of George…
Continue ReadingTexas football coach Tom Herman empathizes with black student-athletes and the double standard that he says fans have regarding them. Discussing race…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: The statewide Amber Alert was cancelled late Tuesday morning by Texas authorities after a body of a small child matching the missing boy’s…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas entered the new month with summer camps, including sports camps, allowed to open as the state relaxed some of the rules…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tweeted Monday afternoon that the death of George Floyd, a Minneapolis black man, is “clearly police…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Texas rose by nearly 2,000 Sunday and there were another 24 deaths tied to the disease…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Is El Paso really ready to continue reopening? State and local officials seem to disagree on that answer. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott…
Continue ReadingDALLAS, Texas — About 700 protesters took to the streets of downtown Dallas on Saturday afternoon in response to the death of George Floyd in…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of people in Austin gathered Saturday to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott announced Saturday evening he was activating the Texas National Guard “in response to protest…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Murder. Brutality. Reprehensible. Indefensible. Police nationwide, in unequivocal and unprecedented language, have condemned the…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas will soon allow outdoor pro sports events to have spectators, but the numbers will be strictly limited, under a new order…
Continue ReadingMIDLAND, Texas — When police stopped a Texas man for an alleged traffic violation, the confrontation turned tense, videos of the incident show.…
Continue ReadingDALLAS, Texas — A woman managed to go into labor and give birth alone in a Texas jail cell without any corrections officers noticing until after…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Joe Biden will close out Texas Democrats’ virtual convention next month that was moved online over fears of the…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas officials fighting to block widespread mail-in voting during the pandemic claimed victory after the state’s highest…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — U.S. officials cited the owners of a Southeast Texas chemical plant where November blasts and fires injured three workers and…
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