Nation Jun 03 Texas senator says police chief had no radio during Uvalde school shooting A Texas state senator says the state agency investigating the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde has determined that the commander facing criticism for the slow police response was not carrying a radio as the massacre unfolded.
Nation May 25 WATCH: Candlelight vigil held for Uvalde school shooting victims On Wednesday, stories began to emerge about the lives of the 19 children and their two teachers who were gunned down behind a barricaded door at Robb Elementary School in the southwestern Texas town of Uvalde.
Politics May 25 WATCH: Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke confronts Texas Gov. Abbott at news briefing for Uvalde school shooting Beto O’Rourke interrupted a press conference Wednesday about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, calling the tragedy “totally predictable when you choose not to do anything.”…
Nation May 25 In Texas school massacre, shooter took aim at ‘anyone that was in his way’ An official says an 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself inside a classroom, "shooting anyone that was in his way."…
Politics May 13 Texas Supreme Court to allow state to investigate trans youth parents The Texas Supreme Court is allowing the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse.
Politics Apr 06 Texas governor orders increased patrolling at border, taunts Biden administration’s lack of action The move announced Wednesday amounts to a taunt at President Joe Biden and Congress over what the Republican governor calls a failure by the federal government to stop the flow of migrants coming to the southern border.
Nation Mar 22 Tornado strikes New Orleans as storms move through Deep South A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans, spawned by a storm that produced multiple tornadoes through parts of Texas and Oklahoma, killing one person and causing multiple injuries and widespread damage.
Politics Mar 16 Texas mail-in ballot rejections soar under new restrictions Final figures from Texas' primary election earlier this month show nearly 23,000 mail ballots in all were discarded and not counted.
Politics Dec 06 Justice Department sues Texas over new redistricting maps The maps passed by Texas' Republican-dominated Legislature favor incumbents and decrease political representation for growing minority communities that have driven growth in the nation's largest red state.
Education Nov 18 Fearful of new laws, many teachers deterred from covering race-related topics Education officials have nixed a contemporary issues class in a Tennessee district and removed Frederick Douglass' autobiography from reading lists in an Oklahoma school system, among other examples.