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Central American nations deploy troops to reduce migration

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has struck an agreement with a trio of Central American nations to temporarily surge...

One shot of vaccine may be enough for COVID-19 survivors, studies suggest

Amina Khan Los Angeles Times For people who have bared their arms for a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine, the message from public health officials has been...

Texas rep. joins Capitol Hill riot lawsuit against Trump, Proud Boys

Todd J. Gillman The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, joined a federal lawsuit Wednesday accusing Donald Trump of inciting the...

Mexico’s vaccine campaign faces problems, successes

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president lashed out Tuesday at criticism of the country's coronavirus vaccination effort, dismissing a pair of scandals as the...

With new aid, schools seek solutions to problems new and old

With a massive infusion of federal aid coming their way, schools across the U.S. are weighing how to use the windfall to ease the...

Car rams into police at Capitol barricade; officer killed

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the...

Senate advances bill limiting how, when voters can cast ballots, receive mail-in voting applications

By Alexa Ura, Texas Tribune Senate Republicans on Thursday cleared the way for new, sweeping restrictions to voting in Texas that take particular aim at...

Southwest Airlines orders 100 Boeing 737 Max planes

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines said Monday it is expanding its all-Boeing fleet with an order for 100 Max...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry dies at 84

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Larry McMurtry, the prolific and popular author who took readers back to the old American West in...

‘Arrested Development’ actor Jessica Walter dies at 80

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jessica Walter, whose roles as a scheming matriarch in TV's "Arrested Development" and a stalker in "Play Misty for Me"...