Texas

The Texas Legislature approves a ban on gender-affirming care for minors

11:39pm May 17, 2023

by The Associated Press

The bill cleared the GOP-controlled Legislature after a final vote in the Senate over the objections of Democrats. Texas is now poised to join at least 17 other states that have enacted similar bans.

This file photo shows a sign for a Sonic Drive-In.

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A 12-year-old is charged with murder in the shooting of a Sonic restaurant employee

5:19am May 16, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The juvenile suspect allegedly fled the scene with Angel Gomez, 20, who had gotten into a physical altercation with the employee before the shooting occurred, police said.

A screenshot taken from Google Street View shows the gas station parking lot in Dallas where Gabriella Gonzalez was fatally shot the morning after she'd gotten an abortion in Colorado.

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A Texas woman was killed by her boyfriend after getting an abortion, police say

12:38pm May 13, 2023

by Emily Olson

Harold Thompson is facing murder charges in connection with the death of Gabriella Gonzalez. Dallas police say he fatally shot his girlfriend the day after she'd traveled to Colorado for an abortion.

Robert Jackson and his mother Cheryl Jackson hug as they visit a memorial near the scene of a mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets mall on Monday in Allen, Texas.

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What we know about the deadly Allen, Texas mass shooting

9:53pm May 08, 2023

Authorities have released the victims of some of the victims killed in the mass shooting. Also, new details are emerging about the shooter's background.

Jonathan Mitchell, pictured on April 27 inside the statehouse in Austin, Texas, is credited with devising the legal strategy behind the near-total abortion ban in Texas known as S.B. 8.

He helped craft the 'bounty hunter' abortion law in Texas. He's just getting started

9:26am May 08, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

The attorney Jonathan Mitchell is known for leveraging the law to achieve his conservative clients' goals — regardless of the potential political fallout.

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A fire burns at a Shell chemical facility in Deer Park, Friday, May 5, 2023, east of Houston.

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Texas petrochemical plant fire sends 5 workers to hospital

11:31pm May 05, 2023

by The Associated Press

Emergency responders were called to help around 3 p.m. on Friday at the Shell facility in Deer Park, a Houston suburb. A Deer Park official said that there was no shelter-in-place order.

Law enforcement respond to a crime scene where five people, including an 8-year-old child, were killed after a shooting inside a home on Saturday in Cleveland, Texas.

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A Texas man fatally shot 5 neighbors after he was asked to stop firing in his yard

7:56pm April 29, 2023

by Juliana Kim

Authorities say the suspect is not in custody and are asking for the public's help in locating him. A neighbor had asked him to stop shooting in his yard because there was an infant trying to sleep.

The Texas Department of Agriculture has handed down a new dress code for its employees — mandating they follow with it in a "manner consistent with their biological gender." Here in this Dec. 30, 2016, file photo, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller waves as he arrives at Mar-a-Lago to meet with President-elect Donald Trump's transition team in Palm Beach, Fla.

Texas agriculture department's new dress code is based on 'biological gender'

5:21pm April 25, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

Under a new dress code issued by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, department employees are expected to comply "in a manner consistent with their biological gender."

Police in Elgin, Texas say 25-year-old Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr. faces a third-degree felony count of deadly conduct after an early-morning shooting in an H-E-B parking lot.

2 Texas cheerleaders were shot after 1 tried to get in the wrong car after practice

10:22am April 19, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The shooting happened just after midnight in the grocery store parking lot the cheerleaders use when carpooling to practice. One of them, described as an all-star cheer icon, was critically injured.

Galveston, Texas has some of the fastest sea level rise in the world. To protect the city, engineers need to know how fast ice in West Antarctica will melt.

How disappearing ice in Antarctica threatens the U.S.

4:58pm April 17, 2023

by Rebecca Hersher

Galveston, Texas has some of the fastest sea level rise in the world. To protect the city, engineers need to know how fast ice in West Antarctica will melt. Scientists are racing to figure it out.

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