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Texans Evacuate As Hurricane Rita Approaches

By PBS News Hour

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.

Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Sodomy Law

By Admin, PBS News Hour

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.

Authorities Discover 18 Immigrants Dead in Texas

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

Texas Court Denies PBS Request to Film Jury

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.

Picking Up the Pieces After the Tornadoes in the Midwest

By PBS News Hour

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.