The Supreme Court supported most of the Texas congressional map engineered by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, but overturned one district on the grounds that Hispanics were denied fair representation. Marcia Coyle discusses the decision, followed by analysis from…

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a controversial case centering on the Republican-lead redistricting in Texas that gave the GOP control of six seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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A Texas grand jury indicted House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and two of his political aides Wednesday, charging them with one count of criminal conspiracy in connection with an alleged illegal campaign finance scheme.

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Drawing upon the harsh lessons of Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of thousands of Texans -- many from Houston -- continued to evacuate the southeast corner of the state Thursday as Hurricane Rita spun toward the Gulf Coast.

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In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down Thursday a Texas law making homosexual sex illegal, ruling that the ban unconstitutionally infringed on privacy rights.

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Local authorities discovered 18 dead people in and around a tractor-trailer rig parked at a truck stop in southeastern Texas early Wednesday.

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Texas' highest criminal court on Wednesday rejected the PBS Frontline program's request to videotape jury deliberation of a death penalty trial of a minor.

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A series of vicious tornadoes in the Midwest have left at least 44 people dead and hundreds more injured in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas. Officials estimate that damage from the twisters could aproach a billion dollars.

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