Nation Feb 22 Judge rules that Texas high school legally suspended Black student over hairstyle A Black high school student’s monthslong punishment by his Texas school district for refusing to change his hairstyle does not violate a new state law that prohibits race-based hair discrimination, a judge ruled on Thursday.
Nation Feb 12 Motive remains unclear after shooting at Joel Osteen’s Texas megachurch The shooting happened Sunday in between services at Lakewood Church, one of the nation's largest megachurches.
Nation Feb 11 Sheriff says suspect downed after shooting at megachurch of pastor Joel Osteen in Texas A Texas sheriff said Sunday that a shooter was down after a shooting at the Houston megachurch of celebrity pastor Joel Osteen on Sunday afternoon.
Nation Dec 01 For the first time, more Americans believe death penalty is applied unfairly, report finds Whether the public’s waning support for the death penalty and the declining number of executions and death sentences will ultimately result in the abolition of capital punishment in the U.S. remains uncertain, experts said.
Politics Nov 09 Texas man who said death sentence was based on discredited testimony is executed for 1990 killing The execution was carried out after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected claims by Brewer's attorneys that prosecutors at a 2009 resentencing trial had relied on false and discredited expert testimony.
Education Sep 23 Texas Gov. Abbott, AG Paxton sued by family of Black student suspended for his hairstyle The family of a Black high school student in Texas who was suspended over his dreadlocks filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Saturday against the state's governor and attorney general, alleging they failed to enforce a new law outlawing discrimination…
Education Sep 18 Black student in Texas suspended twice for hairstyle despite state ban on racial discrimination After serving an in-school suspension over his hairstyle, a Black high school student in Texas immediately received the same punishment when he arrived at school Monday wearing his hair as before in twisted dreadlocks.
Politics Sep 16 Texas Attorney General Paxton acquitted of 16 corruption charges at impeachment trial The verdict reaffirmed Paxton’s durability in America’s biggest red state and is a broader victory for Texas’ hard right after an extraordinary trial that put on display fractures within the GOP nationally heading into the 2024 elections.
Politics Sep 13 Federal judge declares DACA illegal again, issue likely to be decided by Supreme Court A federal judge has declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
Politics Sep 07 Texas heat brings the state’s power grid closest it has been to outages since 2021 winter storm The sweltering heat wave in Texas has the power grid manager again asking residents to cut electricity use. This comes a day after the system was pushed to the brink of outages for the first time since a deadly winter…