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Chromosomes and double helix over silhouettes of man

National

'Great Pause' Among Prosecutors As DNA Proves Fallible

8:18pm October 09, 2015

by Martin Kaste

Experts say the field of forensic DNA is having a moment of truth about years of overstated claims, and it may tarnish its reputation as the "gold standard" of legal evidence.

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World News

Ahmed, The Clockmaking U.S. Student, Visits Qatar And Saudi Arabia

4:24pm October 07, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Saudi Arabia's government is hosting Ahmed and his father for an umrah — a pilgrimage to Mecca. He'll also visit relatives in Jiddah.

A car filled with bales of marijuana is seen at a police station in La Grulla, Texas, in 2013. A lot of drugs pass through the Border Patrol inspection station in Brooks County, where La Grulla is located; it, too, is refusing to take checkpoint cases.

National

At 'Checkpoint Of The Stars,' Texas Sheriff Takes A Pass On Pot Cases

7:03pm October 05, 2015

by John Burnett

The lawman says local taxpayers should not pay to house prisoners arrested for pot possession at the Sierra Blanca border checkpoint. "I'm not gonna do the federal government's job," he says.

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None of the biocontainment treatment centers in U.S. hospitals were specifically designed for kids — until now. Texas Children's Hospital aims to fill that gap.

Kids With Ebola, Bird Flu Or TB? Texas Children's Hospital Will Be Ready

7:25pm September 30, 2015

by Carrie Feibel

A pediatric hospital in Houston is opening a new biocontainment wing — the first in the U.S. designed for children. Kids will even get dolls sporting mini versions of "spacesuits" doctors wear.

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Ahmed Mohamed speaks during a news conference on Wednedsay in Irving, Texas. The 14-year-old was detained for building what a teacher thought was a bomb; it was an alarm clock.

National

Texas High School Student Shows Off Homemade Clock, Gets Handcuffed

9:46am September 17, 2015

by Bill Chappell

An aspiring engineer, 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed repeatedly said that his clock was not, in fact, a bomb. But a teacher and the principal of MacArthur High School called the police.

Mourners stand near the casket of Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Darren Goforth at Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, on Friday. Two people who were with the deputy on the night he was killed told his family Friday that he wasn't alone when he died.

National

Deputy Goforth Is Mourned And Buried In Houston

6:48pm September 04, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Lt. Roland De Los Santos said that Ryan Goforth, 5, and his father had bought matching Captain America T-shirts — and that while Ryan has his on today, "underneath his uniform, so does Darren."

Medical student Karen Duong worked in Hereford, Texas, with Dr. Akinyele Lovelace, an instructor with the University of North Texas Health Science Center's rural medical education program.

Texas Strives To Lure Mental Health Providers To Rural Counties

2:17pm September 02, 2015

by Lauren Silverman

In a state where 185 of 254 counties have no psychiatrist, how do you get students to want to become one — and then go to work in underserved areas? A loan repayment program may not be enough.

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Members of the Nicaraguan Human Rights Center, CENIDH, hold signs against the execution in the U.S. of Nicaraguan Bernardo Aban Tercero in Managua, Nicaragua.

Politics & Government

Texas Set To Execute Nicaraguan National, Despite Legal Controversy

2:55pm August 25, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

Bernardo Tecero was convicted of killing a Texas school teacher. Supporters say he should not be executed because he wasn't informed of his right to contact a consular official.

Attorney General Ken Paxton was booked on three felony securities fraud charges in Texas on Monday morning.

National

Texas Attorney General Turns Himself In On Fraud Charges

3:37pm August 03, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Facing three felony charges of securities fraud, Ken Paxton was processed at a county jail and released on bail Monday morning.

Texas Fights Suit After Denying Birth Certificates To Children Of Illegal Immigrants

1:58pm July 30, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The state asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by parents who argue the state is discriminating against mothers because of their "immigration status and national origin."