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South Texas police officer dies 3 days after being shot

KINGSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A south Texas police officer has died three days after being shot while responding to a reported domestic disturbance, police...

Texas isn’t ready for another deep freeze

Mark Chediak and Naureen Malik Bloomberg News It's been more than eight months since a glacial chill — the magnitude of which nobody quite anticipated...

State’s new House map challenged in court

By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Opening a second front in widening legal wars over redistricting, a coalition of mostly Hispanic, Democratic members of the Texas...

2 postal contractors accused of stealing $4M worth of mail

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Two postal contractors accused of stealing more than 8,000 pieces of mail worth more than $4 million have been charged...

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...

Canadian snowbirds primed to flock south as US opens border

By ANITA SNOW and TERRY TANG Associated Press (AP) — Canadians Ian and Heather Stewart are savoring the idea of leaving behind this winter's subzero...

American plagued by major flight cancellations for 4th day

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines struggled to fix its operation Monday but still canceled more than 400 flights as...

Man convicted of killing Texas officer found dead in cell

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A 33-year-old man sentenced to death in the 2012 fatal shooting of an Austin police officer at a Wal-Mart has...

Supreme Court questions Texas law banning most abortions

By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of the Supreme Court signaled Monday they would allow abortion providers to...

Some states are cloaking prison COVID data

Michael Ollove Stateline.org The Texas Department of Criminal Justice maintains a public dashboard showing the status of COVID-19 in its prisons, including a tally of...