Dec 06 Texas police take suspect in deadly series of attacks into custody By Associated Press Authorities believe the man is responsible for killing six people and injuring three others in Austin and San Antonio Tuesday. Continue reading
Dec 04 Texas prosecutor drops charges against 17 Austin police over tactics used during 2020 George Floyd protests By Paul J. Weber, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press Monday's announcement is a reversal for Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza, a progressive who ran on promises to hold police accountable in the Texas capital. Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 7:34 Texas goes green: How oil country became the renewable energy leader By William Brangham and Caleb Hellerman, Global Health Reporting Center One of the big announcements at the UN climate conference this weekend in Dubai was a pledge by more than 110 countries to triple the amount of renewable energy they are generating by 2030. That work is already underway in… Continue watching
Dec 01 Court orders Texas to move floating barrier that drew backlash from Mexico By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press The decision Friday comes months after the Biden administration sued Abbott for installing the roughly 1,000-foot linked and anchored buoy barrier in the river straddled by Mexico on one side and Texas on the other. Continue reading
Nov 28 Watch 7:00 Texas Supreme Court hears case brought by women denied abortions despite risks to health By Geoff Bennett, Maea Lenei Buhre, Saher Khan The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments in a case brought by 20 women who allege they have been denied emergency care because of the state’s abortion laws. They argue the medical exceptions in the state’s abortion bans are too narrow… Continue watching
Nov 19 Texas Gov. Abbott endorses Trump at campaign stop on southern border By Jill Colvin, Paul J. Weber, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Donald Trump returned to the U.S.-Mexico border for a visit Sunday and was endorsed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas as the former president campaigns on a hard-line immigration agenda that would be far more expansive than the policies… Continue reading
Nov 16 Texas jury convicts woman of fatally shooting cyclist Anna ‘Mo’ Wilson By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press Prosecutors say Armstrong gunned down the 25-year-old Wilson in a jealous rage. Armstrong then fled to Costa Rica where prosecutors say she got plastic surgery to change her appearance. Continue reading
Nov 11 Pope forcibly removes Texas Bishop Joseph Strickland, a vocal U.S. conservative By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Francis on Saturday forcibly removed the bishop of Tyler, Texas, a conservative prelate active on social media who has been a fierce critic of the pontiff and has come to symbolize the polarization within the U.S. Catholic hierarchy. Continue reading
Nov 09 Texas man who said death sentence was based on discredited testimony is executed for 1990 killing By Juan A. Lozano, Michael Graczyk, Associated Press The execution was carried out after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected claims by Brewer's attorneys that prosecutors at a 2009 resentencing trial had relied on false and discredited expert testimony. Continue reading
Nov 07 Mother whose daughter was killed in Uvalde shooting loses bid for mayor By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press The race tested the mood of the South Texas town more than a year after one of America’s deadliest mass shootings and a botched police response that remains under criminal investigation. Continue reading