Nation Jul 26 Tropical Storm Hanna drenches South Texas amid virus crisis A day after roaring ashore as a hurricane, Hanna lashed the Texas Gulf Coast on Sunday with high winds and drenching rains that destroyed boats, flooded streets and knocked out power across a region already reeling from a surge in…
Health Jul 17 Countries across the globe battle flare-ups of COVID-19 Outbreaks in the world’s latest hot spots pushed the confirmed global case tally toward 14 million on Friday. Governments are frantically trying to prevent and put down fresh outbreaks and keep their economies running as the pandemic accelerates in some…
Nation Jul 16 Judge delays deadline to free detained migrant children U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles on Thursday granted a request for a 10-day extension to release children held in family detention centers longer than 20 days. In her ruling last month setting the Friday deadline, Gee said…
Politics Jul 15 WATCH: House Homeland Security Committee holds hearing on migrant children health in CBP custody Joseph Cuffari, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general, testified before the House Homeland Security Committee regarding the deaths of Jakelin Caal and Felipe Gomez Alonzo.
Politics Jul 13 WATCH: Officials testify on immigration detention facilities during COVID-19 HOUSTON (AP) — The House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on ICE contractor responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee heard from several contractors, including Mr. Damon T. Hininger, President and CEO of CoreCivic and Mr. George C. Zoley,…
Nation Jun 27 Judge: US must free migrant children from family detention A federal judge has ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic.
Nation Jun 26 U.S. police registry would fail without changes in states Without major changes in almost every state, a national police misconduct database like what the White House and Congress have proposed after George Floyd’s death would fail to account for thousands of problem officers.
Nation Jun 10 Federal judge briefly stops U.S. from expelling migrant teen A federal judge has temporarily stopped President Donald Trump's administration from expelling a teenager to Honduras under a policy enacted during the coronavirus pandemic that didn't give the teen a chance under federal law to stay in the United States.
Nation Jun 09 WATCH: George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, laid to rest in Houston Floyd was lovingly remembered Tuesday as “Big Floyd” — a father and brother, athlete and mentor, and now a force for change — at a funeral for the black man whose death has sparked a global reckoning over police brutality…
Nation Jun 08 WATCH: Memorial service and visitation for George Floyd takes place in Houston The last chance for the public to say goodbye to George Floyd has drawn thousands of mourners to a church in his native Houston.