Plans to tear down a small Texas church where a gunman in 2017 killed more than two dozen worshippers are bringing visitors back to the rural sanctuary as there's a last-minute push to stop the demolition. Leaders of First Baptist Church…
President Joe Biden has proposed a new rule to address excessive heat in the workplace. The Democrat warns as tens of millions of people in the U.S. are under heat advisories that high temperatures are the country’s leading weather-related…
Doggett adds his “decision to make these strong reservations public is not done lightly nor does it in any way diminish" his respect for all Biden has achieved as president.
A Texas judge has ruled against the state attorney general in his effort to shut down a migrant shelter in El Paso that he claimed encourages illegal migration. Judge Francisco X.
Texas plans to double a state fund aimed at expanding the power grid as demand for electricity is expected to nearly double over the next six years. Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced on Monday that the state will look to…
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the adult entertainment industry seeking to upend a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the age of their users. The justices said Tuesday they'll review an appellate…
A Louisiana judge says the Biden administration can't delay consideration of projects aimed at exporting liquefied natural gas while a legal challenge plays out in federal court. U.S. District Judge James Cain, Jr. issued his ruling Monday…
In a story published Jun. 24, 2024, The Associated Press reported the results of a study that analyzed infant mortality in Texas after the state passed a law that restricted access to abortion. The story should have made clear that Texas…
Jury selection has begun in the murder trial of a former Houston police officer who took part in a 2019 drug raid that led to the death of a couple and revealed systemic corruption within the police department’s narcotics unit. Gerald…
A Texas court has set an execution date for Robert Roberson, who was sentenced to death for killing his 2-year-old daughter. Lawyers for Robertson say the science used to sentence him is questionable and that prior health issues could…
Authorities say a Texas man has died while hiking in Grand Canyon National Park. Officials said Monday that 69-year-old Scott Sims, of Austin, was trying to reach Phantom Ranch on Saturday for an overnight stay via the South Kaibab Trail.…
A grand jury in Tarrant County, Texas, has indicted two county jail guards on murder charges for the asphyxiation death of an inmate at the jail in Fort Worth.
Two indictments against former Uvalde, Texas, schools police officers were the first charges brought against law enforcement for the botched response that saw hundreds of officers wait more than an hour to confront an 18-year-old gun who…
A federal judge has approved the Biden administration’s request to partially end a nearly three-decade-old agreement to provide court oversight of how the government cares for migrant children in its custody. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee…
A federal judge in Oklahoma has granted a motion to temporarily stop the state from enforcing its new anti-immigration law that would make it a state crime to be in Oklahoma illegally. U.S. District Judge Bernard M. Jones issued the order…