Texas
The death toll from a human trafficking incident on Monday in which migrants suffered under extreme Texas heat inside a truck rose to 50 on...
Stacks of bodies’: 46 dead migrants found in abandoned Texas truck (Update)
The bodies of 46 dead migrants were discovered inside a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, city officials said, in one of the most deadly recent incidents...
‘Send the police now’: Kids called 911 from Texas classroom during massacre as police waited
Panicked children called 911 emergency services at least half a dozen times from the Texas classrooms where a massacre was unfolding, pleading for police to...
Police face questions over their response to Texas school massacre
The gunman in the Texas school massacre barged unchallenged through an unlocked door, then killed 19 children and two teachers while holed up in their classroom for...
Gunman kills 19 children, 2 teachers at Texas elementary school (Update)
A teenage gunman murdered at least 19 children and two teachers after storming into a Texas elementary school on Tuesday, the latest bout of gun-fueled...
Texas governor bans all Covid vaccine mandates, rips Biden for ‘bullying’
Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott, responding to what he called “bullying” by the Biden Administration, barred all COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the state by any entity, including...
Texas law sparks hundreds of U.S. protests against abortion restrictions
Women marched by the thousands on Saturday on the Supreme Court, the Texas Capitol and cities across the United States to protest increasing state restrictions...
Texas governor lifts state’s mask mandate, business restrictions
Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued the most sweeping rollback of coronavirus restrictions of any U.S. state on Tuesday, lifting a mask mandate and saying most businesses...
Residents flee fourth major Texas petrochemical fire this year
Three workers were injured and residents of four towns were told to evacuate after explosions on Wednesday at a Texas petrochemical plant, the latest in a series...
Former US policeman jailed for 15 years for black teen’s murder
A white former Texas policeman was jailed on Wednesday for 15 years over the deadly shooting of an unarmed black teenager in a Dallas suburb last year...