Voters weigh new rights on food, worship and elderly visits
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press
Pandemic policies were being put to the test Tuesday in several states where ballot measures sought to rebuke or...
Texas push to close shelters for migrant kids alarms groups
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A move by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to shutter more than 50...
Texas GOP to revive voting bill, Democrats plot next move
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans pressed ahead with their push for tougher election laws Tuesday, vowing to ensure Democrats' weekend victory over one...
Biden to replace inaugural parade with short walk to White House
Gregory Korte, Bloomberg News
President-elect Joe Biden will receive a shortened military escort to the White House instead of the traditional inaugural parade that stretches from...
Abbott to receive COVID-19 vaccine today
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is getting the COVID-19 vaccine as the number of patients hospitalized...
Bidens to get first vaccine dose on Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, will be getting their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday.
That's according to Biden's...
Ex-top aide to Texas AG: ‘Shocked’ at his legal intervention
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former aide to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday spoke out for the first time since he stepped...
Bitter debate taunts overpower Trump’s, Biden’s visions
By JONATHAN LEMIRE, DARLENE SUPERVILLE, WILL WEISSERT and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) — The first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic...
‘Unfathomable’: US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 Tuesday, a figure unimaginable eight months ago when the...
Trini Lopez, 1960s-era singer mentored by Sinatra, dies
By RUSSELL CONTRERAS and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Trini Lopez, a singer and guitarist who gained fame for his versions...