Oct 24 Watch 5:46 Octavio Solis on growing up a 'skinny brown kid' on the U.S.-Mexico border By Jeffrey Brown As politicians spar over immigration, playwright Octavio Solis recounts his childhood as a “skinny brown kid” in El Paso in his memoir “Retablos”. Solis says that though he was in the U.S. legally, Border Patrol would ask him to recite… Continue watching
Oct 23 Trump escalates immigration rhetoric at Texas rally for Ted Cruz By Catherine Lucey, Associated Press President Donald Trump escalated his immigration rhetoric at a midterm rally in Texas on Monday, falsely accusing Democrats of "encouraging millions of illegal aliens to break our laws, violate our borders and overwhelm our nation."… Continue reading
Oct 22 WATCH: Trump campaigns for Ted Cruz in Texas By Catherine Lucey, Associated Press President Donald Trump is ramping up his rhetoric about immigration ahead of the midterm election, casting Democrats of being soft on border security. Continue reading
Oct 18 Ex-USA Gymnastics head indicted in Texas on tampering charge By Associated Press Former USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny was arrested Wednesday after a Texas grand jury indicted him, alleging he tampered with evidence in the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch 5:15 How Texas Senate race reflects state's demographic divide By Tomeka Weatherspoon Considered one of the most expensive races in the country this election year, the Texas Senate race could transform Texas politics. Texas Senator Ted Cruz and his Democratic opponent, El Paso Congressman Beto O'Rourke, faced off in a combative debate… Continue watching
Oct 17 Tornadoes are spinning up farther east in U.S., study finds By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Over the past few decades tornadoes have been shifting — decreasing in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas but spinning up more in states along the Mississippi River and farther east, a new study shows. Scientists aren't quite certain why. Continue reading
Oct 17 Trailing in polls, Beto O'Rourke lays into Ted Cruz in Texas debate By Will Weissert, Associated Press Democrat Beto O'Rourke abandoned his usual message of unity and optimism and laid into Ted Cruz, hoping to reverse polls that show him fading against the Republican incumbent during the second debate of a Texas Senate race that's become one… Continue reading
Oct 14 Immigrants face hurdles to prove abuse by U.S. agents By Nomaan Merchant, Claudia Lauer, Associated Press Within hours of being booked at a Border Patrol station in far West Texas, two teenage sisters from Guatemala came forward to allege that an agent conducted an improper strip search. Continue reading
Oct 11 Beto O'Rourke needs surge of Latino turnout to beat Cruz in Senate race By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press O’Rourke must pull in a broader electorate than his rival to become the first Texas Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate in 30 years. Continue reading
Sep 09 Dallas officer who killed black man also shot a man in 2017 By Ryan Tarinelli, Associated Press Dallas police on Saturday named Amber Guyger as the off-duty white officer who shot and killed 26-year-old Botham Jean Thursday night. Continue reading