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News Articles: Texas

Construction workers walk past a monument with the Ten Commandments outside the Texas Capitol in Austin last year.

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  • News

Texas could join Louisiana with a law to require the Ten Commandments in classrooms

Similar proposals are in multiple states after a court ruling in 2022, though opponents say the move would impose one religious view on people with different religious traditions

January 20, 2025
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By:
  • Andrew Schneider / Houston Public Media
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is shown speaking at a news conference in Dallas on June 22, 2017.

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  • Law

Texas attorney general's statement rejects supporters of death row inmate's appeal

The statement from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton "corrects falsehoods" from critics who say death row inmate Robert Roberson was unjustifiably convicted in the death of his toddler child.

October 24, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Georgia head coach Kirby Smart argues with an official during a timeout against Texas in the first half of an NCAA college football game held in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024.

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  • News

SEC fines Texas $250,000, Longhorns apologize after fans throw trash on field against Georgia

Texas has apologized after fans littered the field with water bottles and trash after an interception for the top-ranked Longhorns against No. 5 Georgia was initially wiped out by a pass-interference penalty before officials changed the call.

October 21, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A Waymo minivan arrives to pick up passengers for an autonomous vehicle ride, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Mesa, Ariz.

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  • News

Uber to dispatch Waymo's robotaxis in Atlanta and Austin next year

Ride-hailing leader Uber on Friday announced it will dispatch robotaxis built by driverless technology pioneer Waymo beginning next year in Austin, Texas, and Atlanta in a deal that deepens the bond between once-bitter rivals.

September 13, 2024
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  • Associated Press
The Rio Grande is shown between the border towns of Del Rio, Texas, and Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, in January 2023.

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  • Politics

Water treaty between Mexico and U.S. faces biggest test in 80 years

The water-sharing systems between Mexico and the U.S. are facing one of the biggest tests in their 80-year history after Mexico has fallen behind on billions of gallons of water deliveries.

August 16, 2024
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By:
  • Bria Suggs
Law enforcement and other first responders gather outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

Uvalde gunman's uncle begged to talk him out of shooting, 911 call shows

The uncle of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter begged police to let him try to talk his nephew down, according to a 911 call included in a trove of recordings and transcripts released by officials.

August 10, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The "Rally for Life" march at the Texas State Capitol in Austin in January. Even groups that oppose abortion are asking for more clarity on exceptions to the state's abortion bans.

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  • Health

New rules are in the works about abortion bans in Texas. Almost nobody's happy.

The Texas Medical Board has drafted guidelines for doctors to decide when an abortion is necessary and legal under the state's strict ban. The rules were widely panned at a recent public hearing.

May 25, 2024
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin and
  • Diane Webber
A video photojournalist shoots footage of damage at a tire shop at the intersection of Sowden and Bingle in the aftermath of a severe storm on Friday, in Houston.

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  • National

Widespread power outages from deadly Houston storm raise new risk: hot weather

As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to thousands after deadly storms, it will do so under a smog warning and as all of southern Texas starts to feel the heat.

May 18, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Workers survey the site where a barge crashed into the Pelican Island Bridge, on Wednesday in Galveston, Texas.

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  • National

Barge hits bridge connecting Galveston and Pelican Island, causing oil to spill

The collision's impact sent pieces of the bridge, which connects Galveston to Pelican Island, tumbling on top of the barge and shut down a stretch of waterway so crews could clean up the spill.

May 16, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Law enforcement personnel work at the scene after a stolen 18-wheeler crashed into a Texas Department of Public Safety office on US-290 in Brenham, Texas on Friday.

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  • National

1 person killed and 13 injured in semitrailer crash at a Texas public safety office

A Texas semitrailer driver rammed a stolen 18-wheeler into a public safety building where his renewal for a commercial driver's license had been rejected, authorities said. The driver was arrested.

April 13, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Venezuelan migrants gather at the Vineyard Haven ferry terminal in Marthas Vineyard. The group was transported to Joint Base Cape Cod in Buzzards Bay.

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  • Law

A federal judge says migrants can sue the company that flew them to Martha's Vineyard

Migrants can sue an air transport company that they say misled them when it flew them from Texas to Martha's Vineyard. A judge dismissed claims against Florida officials, including Gov. Ron DeSantis.

April 01, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Allen
Crystal Mason, center, at the Tim Curry Justice Center in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 25, 2018.

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  • Elections

Texas appeals court acquits Crystal Mason's illegal voting conviction

The court said the state did not have enough evidence to prove that Mason knew she was ineligible to vote when she cast a ballot in the 2016 election. She was facing a five-year prison sentence.

March 29, 2024
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
The Spirit AeroSystems logo is pictured on an unpainted 737 fuselage as Boeing's 737 factory teams hold the first day of a "Quality Stand Down" for the 737 program at Boeing's factory in Renton, Washington on Jan. 25.

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  • Business

The Texas attorney general is investigating a supplier of Boeing 737 parts

In January, a door plug flew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane during a flight, leaving a hole in the fuselage, some of which are produced by Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc.

March 29, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
The new UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter sits on the tarmac at the National Guard's Eastern Aviation Training Site at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. A similar helicopter crashed in Texas on Friday, killing two National Guard members and a Border Patrol agent.

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  • National

2 National Guard members and Border Patrol agent are killed in Texas helicopter crash

Three National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent were on board when a helicopter crashed near the Mexican border. A soldier was seriously injured.

March 10, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
The Apollo Chamber Players create concerts in response to book banning, the refugee crisis, the war in Gaza and other world events. The members of the Houston based ensemble are Matthew Dudzik, left, Aria Cheregosha, Matthew J. Detrick and Anabel Ramírez.

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  • Music

This classical ensemble is tuned in to today's headlines

The Apollo Chamber Players in Houston, Texas, create concerts in response to book banning, the refugee crisis, the war in Gaza and other world events. Thousands of people attend their performances.

March 04, 2024
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  • Neda Ulaby
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