Tag: Texas
2 Texas deputies killed, city worker wounded in attack
EDEN, Texas (AP) — A suspect shot and killed two central Texas sheriff's deputies and critically wounded a city employee while they were responding...
Texas gains 4M residents, 2 congressional seats in Census
By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' torrid growth over the past decade is paying off with a major boost...
Texas lawmakers, lobby firm react to allegations lobbyist gave date rape drug to Capitol...
By Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
After the Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed Saturday it’s investigating an allegation that a lobbyist used a date...
Supreme Court rejects Texas suit over California travel ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider Texas' challenge to California's ban on state-funded business trips to Texas and other...
Texas per capita new COVID-19 cases still in bottom quarter
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is seeing 165 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population over the past two weeks, keeping the state in 40th...
Demand Drops: Less than a quarter of Texans fully vaccinated
By Marissa Martinez, Juan Pablo Garnham and Mandi Cai, The Texas Tribune
After months of not having enough COVID-19 vaccines to meet demand, Texas suddenly...
Rolling average shows coronavirus cases increasing in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The two-week rolling average of coronavirus cases in Texas is increasing, according to data from Johns Hopkins University on Saturday.
The...
Fatal deer disease found in Hunt County
Chronic wasting disease has been discovered in a deer-breeding facility in Hunt County, the first confirmed CWD case in northeast Texas, Texas officials report.
Another...
Texas truck driver indicted in deaths of 8 migrants in crash
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who drove a pickup truck involved in a deadly head-on crash, killing eight migrants he was...
Lawyer: Man accused in Texas mass shooting was harassed
BRYAN, Texas (AP) — The employee accused of opening fire at a Texas cabinet-making company was harassed by his colleagues before he fatally shot...