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State Officials Will Pursue Death Penalty Against Suspected El Paso Gunman

4:04pm August 04, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, John Bash, said the investigation into the deadly attack is proceeding with a "view towards bringing federal hate crime charges."

The University of Texas-Austin announced Tuesday it is offering full tuition scholarships to in-state undergraduates whose families make $65,000 or less a year.

University of Texas-Austin Promises Free Tuition For Low Income Students In 2020

7:32pm July 10, 2019

The governing board voted to offer full tuition scholarships to in-state undergraduates whose families make $65,000 or less a year. They also extended financial assistance to middle class students.

A search team looks for a 2-year-old girl who went missing in the Rio Grande near the border city of Del Rio, Texas.

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U.S. Border Patrol, Mexican Authorities Search Rio Grande For Missing 2-Year-Old

12:11pm July 03, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The search has been focused in an area near Del Rio, Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the girl's mother told agents that her daughter went missing while they tried to cross the river.

Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, speaks alongside members of the Hispanic Caucus after touring the Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, on Monday.

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Lawmakers Respond To 'Vile,' Secret Facebook Group Created By Border Patrol Agents

9:00am July 02, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Among the group's most offensive posts were discussions of recent migrant deaths, jokes about throwing burritos at lawmakers and illustrations depicting sexually aggressive acts.

Arts

Das Barbecü Brings A Taste Of Texas With A Wagnerian Ring

4:44pm June 20, 2019

by David Ford

The off-Broadway hit Das Barbecü is a 20th-century reimagining of the five operas that make up Richard Wagner's Ring cycle.

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U.S. citizens use ropes to cross the Rio Grande from San Antonio del Bravo, Mexico, into Candelaria, Texas. U.S. citizens depend on the free health clinic in San Antonio del Bravo.

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In Rural West Texas, Illegal Border Crossings Are Routine For U.S. Citizens

8:20am May 25, 2019

by Lorne Matalon

In some remote border towns in Texas along the Rio Grande, U.S. citizens cross back and forth for medical care in Mexico. It's a technically illegal reality that local Border Patrol acknowledges.

Drivers line up in the border city of Juárez in Mexico's Chihuahua state, as they attempt to cross the border at El Paso, Texas. The Guatemalan consul has confirmed that a Guatemalan boy apprehended with his mother last month had died Tuesday night.

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Guatemalan Toddler Apprehended At U.S. Border Dies After Weeks In Hospital

2:47pm May 16, 2019

The child's mother informed federal agents that her 2 ½-year-old son was sick after they were taken into custody last month on the north bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, U.S. officials say.

A vehicle drives through floodwaters in downtown Jackson, Miss., on Thursday, as strong winds and substantial rains added to the flash flooding throughout Mississippi.

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Severe Weather And Storms Pummel Southern States

1:58pm May 10, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Residents of southeastern Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi are bracing for a multiday barrage of dangerous heavy rain and flash flooding.

Cellphone footage shot by Sandra Bland and made public Monday night shows her encounter with state Trooper Brian Encinia that led to her arrest in 2015. Days later, Bland was found dead in her jail cell.

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Sandra Bland's Phone Video Of Her Own Arrest Surfaces, Reviving Calls For New Inquiry

5:13pm May 07, 2019

by Bill Chappell

"Open up the case, period," Bland's sister, Shante Needham, said after seeing a video that Bland made with her cellphone, recording the traffic stop that put her in jail and led to her death.

Mike Hollinger of IBM joined a group of business leaders at a news conference on the steps of the capitol in Austin, Texas. The business leaders oppose the so-called religious refusal laws currently under consideration in the Texas legislature.

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Business Leaders Oppose 'License To Discriminate' Against LGBT Texans

11:07am May 06, 2019

by Wade Goodwyn

Texas legislators are considering a bill that would allow professionals to deny service to people based on religious beliefs. Critics say the law would sanction discrimination against LGBT Texans.

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