Jan 22 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments in case about standards for use of deadly force by police By News Desk Barnes v. Felix is a Texas case that began when Ashtian Barnes was pulled over by police in 2016 for outstanding toll violations. Continue reading
Jan 21 Rare winter storm brings heavy snow, sleet and ice to Texas and northern Gulf Coast By Sarah Brumfield, Associated Press A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. Continue reading
Jan 14 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on Texas law restricting access to porn websites By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed open to a Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing online pornography, though the justices could still send it back to a lower court for more consideration of how the age verification measure… Continue reading
Jan 10 Winter storm plods into the Deep South, prompting states of emergency and school closures By Jamie Stengle, Kendria LaFleur, Associated Press Another blast of winter storms is closing schools, snarling flights and putting millions of residents on alert across parts of the Deep South and south-central U.S. Continue reading
Jan 09 Schools close, flights canceled across parts of the South as winter storm sweeps through By Jamie Stengle, Sean Murphy, Associated Press Snow and icy conditions threatened to paralyze parts of the U.S. South from Texas to Alabama on Thursday, as officials closed schools, canceled or delayed flights and warned residents in some of the worst-hit areas to stay off roads as… Continue reading
Jan 08 Polar vortex heads for Texas and neighboring states, with snow and sleet expected By Jamie Stengle, Sean Murphy, Associated Press An area stretching from Texas to Tennessee braced Wednesday for the possible arrival of freezing rain and snow even as some other parts of the U.S. hit by the plunging polar vortex this week began to shake off its icy… Continue reading
Jan 07 As much of the country reels from severe weather, the next round of bitter cold is set to hit the South By Patrick Whittle, Brian Witte, Associated Press The National Weather Service said the wind chill temperature was 16 at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport early Tuesday. Continue reading
Dec 30 Storm system spawning tornadoes kill 4 across southern U.S. By Makiya Seminera, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press A meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center said Sunday there were at least 45 reports of tornado damage over the weekend across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Continue reading
Dec 29 Severe weather system moves east after tornadoes in Texas and Mississippi kill 2, injure 6 By Associated Press A strong storm system threatened to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, a day after severe weather claimed at least two lives as twisters touched down in Texas and Mississippi. Continue reading
Dec 19 Judge refuses to drop criminal charges against former Uvalde schools police chief By Nadia Lathan, Associated Press A Texas judge has refused to throw out criminal charges accusing the former Uvalde schools police chief of endangering children in the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 Robb Elementary shooting. Continue reading