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Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images (GALVESTON, Texas) — A city in Texas has lifted a shelter-in-place after a “temporary increase in sulfur dioxide emissions” earlier Sunday at the Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery. “The shelter-in-place has now been lifted. All roadways are open, and there is no longer a need to shelter in place,” the city said […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Texas’ Supreme Court on Monday ruled against a woman who sued for an emergency abortion in her home state, overturning a lower court’s ruling last week. Kate Cox, 31, filed a lawsuit after she said she was denied an abortion for a pregnancy with a severe anomaly. In its […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Texas woman who filed a lawsuit last week asking for an emergency abortion is now leaving the state to get care, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing the woman. After a judge in Travis County District Court allowed her to get an abortion Thursday, […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Dangerous thunderstorms are heading toward Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana on Thursday, bringing possible tornadoes, damaging winds and hail. The tornado threat will ramp up around noon in southeast Texas. The supercell thunderstorms will peak in southeast Texas and the Houston area early Thursday afternoon. The severe weather may spread into […]
ABC News After the pandemic hit, many schools across the country faced a growing problem of teacher shortages. Around 300,000 public school teachers and other staff members left the field as the pandemic took hold between February 2020 and May 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Kaetlynn Ruiz became a kindergarten paraprofessional, […]
Geo Piatt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After the pandemic hit, many schools across the country faced a growing problem of teacher shortages. Around 300,000 public school teachers and other staff members left the field as the pandemic took hold between February 2020 and May 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Kaetlynn Ruiz […]
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The Texas House of Representatives is expected to review on Tuesday what would be one of the strictest immigration laws in the country if passed. SB 4 is being considered as part of the fourth round of a special legislative session ordered by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to […]
John Moore/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the state’s National Guard to install a barrier in some parts along the Texas/New Mexico state line. Officials say guard members have been placing concertina wire in an area close to Sunland Park, New Mexico, which shares a border with El Paso, Texas. Footage […]
Eleanor Dearman/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was recently acquitted by the state Senate on 16 articles of impeachment, but the state’s top lawyer still has multiple legal battles ahead. Paxton has been under an ongoing federal investigation in Texas since the fall of 2020, […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against a Texas bill that restricted “sexually oriented performances” and has been criticized for limiting public drag performances in the state. U.S. District Judge David Hittner said the law is an “unconstitutional restriction on speech” and “violates the First Amendment as incorporated to […]
