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After year of isolation, Texas nursing home residents can have visitors

By Karen Brooks Harper, Texas Tribune After a year of isolation from loved ones and lack of physical contact with their families in some cases,...

Suit proceeds over ammo sold to accused Texas school shooter

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Tennessee-based online retailer accused of illegally selling ammunition to a student who fatally shot 10...

Number of newly reported coronavirus cases decline in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The number of newly reported coronavirus virus cases in Texas declined Sunday and the rolling average of cases in the...

Biden aims to prevent border crossings from swamping agenda

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is scrambling to manage a growing humanitarian and political challenge at the U.S.-Mexico border that threatens to overshadow its...

Texas court dodges saying whether grid operator can be sued

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court sidestepped a ruling Friday on whether the state's embattled power grid operator that remains under fire...

As Texas expands vaccine eligibility, racial disparities persist among minorities

Black and Hispanic Texans, who have already been disproportionately killed and hospitalized after being infected with COVID-19, appear to be vastly underrepresented among those...

Texas’ COVID-19 hospitalizations, cases continue to decline

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The number of COVID-19 cases in Texas were still declining on Thursday, as were the number of people hospitalized with...

Republicans seize on immigration as border crossings surge

WASHINGTON (AP) — Delegation trips to the border. Apocalyptic warnings. A flurry of news conferences. Republicans still divided over former President Donald Trump's legacy are...

Emergency sites for migrant children raising safety concerns

McALLEN — The U.S. government has stopped taking immigrant teenagers to a converted camp for oilfield workers in West Texas as it faces questions...

Homeland Security head rejects GOP claims of border ‘crisis’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Department of Homeland Security pushed back Wednesday against Republican criticism of the Biden administration's border policies, refusing...