Bill Moyers dead: PBS journalist and former White House aide dies
Bill Moyers, a soft-spoken former White House aide turned journalist who became a standard bearer of quality in TV news, died Thursday in New York.…
Faith leaders and families sue to block Texas’ new Ten Commandments in schools law
AUSTIN, Texas — A group of Dallas-area families and faith leaders have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a new Texas law that requires copies of the…
Faith leaders challenge Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms | Education News
The complaint alleges that a law requiring the religious text violates ‘fundamental religious-freedom principles’ in the US.A group of faith leaders in the United States…
Trump sues to end tuition benefits for undocumented students
For 24 years, immigrants lacking documentation who graduated from high school in California have received in-state tuition benefits at public colleges and universities under a…
Texas family detention center witnesses describe adults fighting kids for clean water
McALLEN, Texas — Adults fighting kids for clean water, despondent toddlers, and a child with swollen feet denied a medical exam: These first-hand accounts from immigrant families…
U.S. dominates Trinidad and Tobago in its CONCACAF Gold Cup opener
SAN JOSÉ — The U.S. hopes a blowout win over the world’s 100th-ranked team can start to lessen the pessimism created by the Americans’ longest losing streak…
NCAA super regionals: UCLA baseball surges late to win Game 1
Texas San Antonio wasn’t going to be a team UCLA could walk over.Just a week ago, the Roadrunners made a mockery of the Austin Regional…
Texas claims its first Women’s College World Series title
OKLAHOMA CITY — Mia Scott hit a grand slam, Teagan Kavan claimed another win and Texas defeated Texas Tech 10-4 in Game 3 of the Women’s College…
Texas hospital that discharged woman with doomed pregnancy violated the law, a federal inquiry finds
WASHINGTON — A Texas hospital that repeatedly sent a woman who was bleeding and in pain home without ending her nonviable, life-threatening pregnancy violated the law, according…
Republican push for proof of citizenship to vote proves a tough sell in the states
AUSTIN, Texas — President Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship before they can register to vote.…
Grupo Firme cancels La Onda festival, citing visa issues
Grupo Firme was unable to show up for its previously planned June 1 set at Napa’s La Onda festival.The Tijuana band announced the cancellation Friday…
Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas this year has been the center of the nation’s largest measles outbreak in more than two decades, as a mostly eradicated disease has…
Texas to require age verification for app purchases | Social Media
Law to take effect on January 1 has support of social media companies, but Apple and Google oppose it.Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into…
Texas woman sues for $83.5 million in lottery winnings
May 25 (UPI) -- A Texas woman has sued the state's lottery commission for not awarding her $83.5 million three months after she had the…
Texas moves closer to mandating Ten Commandments displays in classes
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas would require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a Republican proposal that cleared a major vote Saturday and would…
Supreme Court rebukes Texas judges, backs hearing before deportation for detained Venezuelans
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday told conservative judges in Texas they must offer a hearing to detained Venezuelans whom the Trump administration wants to send…
Google agrees to pay $1.375B in Texas data privacy settlement
May 10 (UPI) -- Google will pay $1.375 billion to settle a 2022 data privacy lawsuit, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday. The lawsuit…
Column: Watch for even small shifts in Texas politics. Sometimes tectonic movements follow
Waskom, Texas, is an old railroad town of about 2,000 nestled at the midway point between Dallas and Shreveport, La. According to the city’s website,…
Voters make SpaceX’s Starbase, Texas, its own city
SpaceX's Super Heavy booster is pictured on the launch pad at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, where staffers at the company voted to incorporate a…
Texas Gov. Abbott signs controversial private school vouchers bill
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday signed a controversial $1 billion bill into law that provides parents with vouchers to send their children to private…