Jun 04 Justice Department sues Texas for offering in-state tuition for students without legal residency By Jim Vertuno, Nadia Lathan, Associated Press The Justice Department on Wednesday sought to block a Texas law that for decades has given college students without legal residency in the U.S. access to reduced tuition rates. Continue reading
Jun 04 Texas hospital that sent woman home with nonviable pregnancy violated the law, federal inquiry finds By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press A federal investigation has found that a Texas hospital that repeatedly sent a woman who was bleeding and in pain home without ending her nonviable, life-threatening pregnancy violated the law. Continue reading
May 28 SpaceX Starship rocket tumbles out of control after launch By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press After back-to-back explosions, SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship again on Tuesday evening, but fell short of the main objectives when the spacecraft broke apart. Continue reading
May 27 Amid measles outbreak, Texas lawmakers vote to make school vaccine exemptions easier By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press Texas has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in decades. Continue reading
May 04 Voters in Texas approve SpaceX rocket launch site as new city of Starbase By Valerie Gonzalez, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press The South Texas home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company is now an official city with a galactic name: Starbase. Continue reading
Apr 30 Parts of Oklahoma and Texas see record rainfall after storm leaves 3 dead in Pennsylvania By Sarah Brumfield, Marc Levy, Associated Press Slow-moving thunderstorms dropped record rainfall across much of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas Wednesday, triggering flash flooding and forcing evacuations, as residents in Pennsylvania and Ohio picked up from a powerful storm that left more than half a million customers… Continue reading
Apr 08 Texas measles outbreak tops 500 cases across 10 counties By Jamie Stengle, Associated Press Public health officials say a day care facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated. Continue reading
Apr 06 RFK Jr. visits epicenter of Texas measles outbreak after second child who was infected dies By Devi Shastri, Amanda Seitz, Associated Press U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the epicenter of Texas' still-growing measles outbreak on Sunday, the same day a funeral was held for a second young child who was not vaccinated and died from a measles-related illness. Continue reading
Apr 06 Second child dies from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases approach 500 By Devi Shastri, Associated Press A spokesperson for UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, said that the child was “receiving treatment for complications of measles while hospitalized” and was not vaccinated. Continue reading
Apr 03 DOJ declined to prosecute Texas attorney general in final weeks of Biden’s term, AP reports By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department quietly decided in the final weeks of the Biden administration not to prosecute Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Continue reading