Tag: Texas
US officials defend expulsion of Haitians from South Texas
By JUAN A. LOZANO, ERIC GAY, ELLIOT SPAGAT and EVENS SANON Associated Press
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — More than 6,000 Haitians and other migrants...
Military training jet crashes in Texas, injuring both pilots
LAKE WORTH, Texas (AP) — A military training jet crashed Sunday in a neighborhood near Fort Worth, Texas, injuring the two pilots and damaging...
At least 92 Texas hospitals were out of ICU beds last week
By Carla Astudillo and Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune
As the highly contagious delta variant of COVID-19 spreads and sends unvaccinated Texans to the...
Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens Gulf Coast with heavy rain
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas gathered strength Monday and threatened to blow ashore in Texas as a hurricane...
Are Texas hemp crops concealing marijuana?
Bob Sechler Austin American-Statesman
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is known as a big booster of hemp production in the state, cheering...
Game Warden field notes
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) law enforcement reports.
Trial by Fire
A Polk County Game Warden responded to...
Central Texas runs out of ICU beds, first time since start of pandemic
Nicole Villalpando Austin American-Statesman
AUSTIN, Texas — Central Texas had no available intensive care unit beds on Sunday. It was the first time since the...
Portland to vote on Texas trade ban over abortion law
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The City Council in Portland, Oregon will vote Wednesday on an emergency resolution that would ban the purchase of goods...
EXPLAINER: What to know about the new Texas abortion law
By PAUL J. WEBER and DAVID A. LIEB | Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Supreme Court allowing a new Texas law that bans...
Police: Florida man killed Texas Instagram influencer
HOUSTON (AP) — An Instagram influencer from Texas has been found dead in her apartment and the Florida man investigators believe killed her then...