Texas

George Family Photo (MONT BELVIEU, Texas) — A judge has ordered a trial to take place and determine if a school district can continue penalizing a Black Texas high school student for the length of his dreadlocks which would run afoul of the state’s CROWN Act, a law which protects from hair discrimination. The judge […]

In this Aug. 24, 2023, file photo, law enforcement officials patrol the edge of Eagle Pass’ Shelby Park, in Eagle Pass, Texas. — Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (EAGLE PASS, Texas) — The Department of Justice accused the Texas National Guard of blocking Border Patrol agents from accessing a 2.5-mile stretch of the southern […]

In this Aug. 24, 2023, file photo, law enforcement officials patrol the edge of Eagle Pass’ Shelby Park, in Eagle Pass, Texas. — Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (EAGLE PASS, Texas) — The state of Texas has seized control of a nearly 50-acre park on the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, […]

Robert Yancy, Jr., 39, in a photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. — Texas Department of Criminal Justice (BRAZORIA, Texas) — A man serving a life sentence in Texas for continuous sexual abuse of a child was captured Monday after nearly a day on the run, law enforcement officials said. Robert Yancy […]

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 […]