As The Pandemic Spreads, Battles Over Abortion Play Out In Court
Republican officials in several states have sought to suspend abortions during the pandemic.
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Life On The U.S.-Mexico Frontier Dramatically Altered By Partial Border Shutdown
The coronavirus outbreak led President Trump to close U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico last week. At the southern border, the closure is affecting life on both the U.S. and Mexico sides.
Anti-Abortion Rights Groups Ask HHS To Urge End To Abortion During Pandemic
Groups opposed to abortion rights have signed a letter asking federal health officials to urge abortion providers to "cease operations" in an effort to preserve medical equipment.
A Migrant Father Sends His Son To The U.S.: 'I Know That He's Safe'
More parents are sending children across the Gateway International Bridge to Brownsville, Texas, to get them away from squalid, dangerous conditions in a displaced persons camp in Matamoros, Mexico.
Gov. Greg Abbott Says New Refugees Won't Be Allowed To Settle In Texas
"Texas has carried more than its share in assisting the refugee resettlement process," Abbott, a Republican, said in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday.
'I Want To Be Sure My Son Is Safe': Asylum-Seekers Send Children Across Border Alone
Some migrant parents who were told to wait in Mexico under President Trump's asylum policies are sending their children, unaccompanied, across the bridge to surrender to U.S. agents.
Massive Explosion Rips Through Texas Chemical Plant
The blast is the latest in a string of industrial incidents in east Texas. The explosion at the petrochemical plant injured three people and blew out windows and mangled doors of some nearby homes.
'It's Going To Get Worse': How U.S. Countertop Workers Started Getting Sick
The story of the first worker in the U.S. to suffer lung damage after cutting a new kind of countertop material shows the way a workplace hazard emerged in this country.
Unskilled Jobs Draw Migrants, Changing Face Of Small Towns Across America
A meatpacking town in the Texas Panhandle is a magnet for immigrants who will do unpopular jobs. The once majority-white county has adjusted to its more diverse population.
In Texas, Home Sellers Must Now Disclose More About The Risk Of Flooding
In many places there's no requirement to tell a home buyer if a house is at risk of flooding, even as climate change increases that risk. Some hope a new Texas law will be a national model.