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News Articles: Texas

The Department of Justice announced that a Texas man convicted last year of fraud and money laundering was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Rodney Mesquias owned a company that falsely told people they would die within six months in order to sell them hospice care.

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  • Law

Texas Man Sentenced To 20 Years For Hospice Fraud Scheme

Thousands of Texas patients with long-term diseases like Alzheimer's were falsely told they had just six months to live. Rodney Mesquias and others were convicted last year.

December 18, 2020
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
A former Houston police captain was charged Tuesday with allegedly running a man off the road and pointing a gun at his head in an attempt to prove his claims of a voter fraud conspiracy.

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  • Law

Ex-Houston Police Officer Charged In Attack Over Bogus Election Fraud Plot

Former police captain Mark Anthony Aguirre was paid $266,400 by the right-wing Liberty Center for God and Country to investigate an alleged ballot fraud scheme in Harris County, Texas.

December 16, 2020
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
NCAA announced plans are underway to play the entire women's Division I basketball tournament in one location, San Antonio. The Baylor-Notre Dame title game in Tampa, Fla., last year is pictured.

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  • Sports

NCAA Plans To Hold All Of Women's Basketball Tournament In San Antonio This Spring

"Conducting the championship in one geographic region allows for more planning and execution of safeguards," an NCAA official said on Monday. The NCAA hopes all 64 teams will play in San Antonio.

December 14, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
A map of Texas is displayed on a parking spot at the Old Glory Memorial in El Paso, Texas, last year.

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  • Race

Why Do So Many Places In Texas Have 'Negro' In Their Name, Despite A Law Against It?

Texas lawmakers voted to remove the word "Negro" from geographic features in 1991. But a federal board blocked the proposed name changes, and since then, almost none of them have been changed.

December 11, 2020
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By:
  • Reese Oxner
An inmate from the El Paso County detention facility prepares to load bodies wrapped in plastic into a refrigerated temporary morgue trailer.

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  • National

El Paso Issues New Curfew As 'Perfect Storm' Approaches With Arrival Of Holidays

The new curfew for El Paso County, Texas went into effect just after midnight Wednesday and runs through Monday. The judge who issued the order said it was "not as rigid" as he wanted.

November 25, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
A low-level inmate from El Paso County detention facility works loading bodies wrapped in plastic into a refrigerated temporary morgue trailer in a parking lot of the El Paso County Medical Examiner's office on Tuesday.

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  • National

El Paso County Posts Job Opening For Morgue Workers As Virus Death Toll Mounts

"The Morgue Attendant will be provided maximum PPE, will be tasked with physically moving bodies, and will require the ability to lift between 100-400 lbs. with assistance," the job listing states.

November 20, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Health care workers at the Covid-19 Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston on July 2.

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  • Health

Texas Surpasses 1 Million Coronavirus Cases, According To Johns Hopkins University

The state is the first in U.S. to reach the grim benchmark as the nation faces a widespread surge in infections.

November 11, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
Cars wait in line at a coronavirus testing site at the University of Texas at El Paso Saturday. As El Paso reports record numbers of active coronavirus cases, the Texas attorney general sued to block local shutdown orders.

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  • National

El Paso, Texas, Gets 4th Mobile Morgue As COVID-19 Deaths Rise

A spike in cases recently led El Paso's county judge to impose a shelter-in-place order closing many nonessential businesses. The Texas attorney general has sued to block that order.

November 02, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
Voters line up at the American Airlines Center during early voting in mid-October in Dallas.

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  • Elections

More Than 9 Million Texans Cast Ballots Early, Topping State's Total Turnout In 2016

The mark set Friday by Texas, with its 38 electoral votes, also comes on the last day of early voting in the state. Texas, once a reliably red state, is seen as a "toss-up" heading into Election Day.

October 30, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
Cars line up for coronavirus tests at the University of Texas at El Paso on Oct. 23. The city has seen a surge in cases, prompting a judge to issue a shutdown of nonessential businesses.

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  • National

El Paso County Judge Orders Shutdown Of Nonessential Businesses

The judge's order calls for the closure of hair salons, gyms and restaurant dine-in services. The Texas attorney general says the judge has "no authority" to impose the shutdown.

October 30, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Fisher Industries workers move sections on May 24, 2019 in Sunland Park, N.M., near International Boundary Monument No. 1 where New Mexico, Texas and Mexico come together.

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  • National

His Private Border Wall Enraged Neighbors. Then He Landed $2B To Build Walls For Trump

The privately built border wall in Texas teeters on the banks of the Rio Grande with serious erosion problems. The contractor was awarded more than $2 billion in official wall contracts.

October 14, 2020
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  • John Burnett
A federal appeals court is allowing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's limit of one absentee ballot drop-off spot per county to stand, saying voters have many options. Here, a worker puts a ballot into a lockbox at a drive-through mail ballot hand delivery center in Austin.

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  • Politics

U.S. Appeals Court Sides With Texas On One-Per-County Ballot Drop-Off

The court says Gov. Greg Abbott's rule is a refinement of an expansion of voting options, not a restriction or burden on voter rights. Voting rights groups have spoken out against limiting the sites.

October 13, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Former Wolfe City, Texas, police Officer Shaun Lucas, shown here in a booking photo, has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Black man at a convenience store.

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  • National

Texas Police Officer Fired, Charged With Murder In Fatal Shooting Of Black Man

Former Wolfe City police Officer Shaun Lucas faces a murder charge in the killing of Jonathan Price. Price reportedly extended his hand to Lucas for a handshake shortly before he was shot dead.

October 09, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
People gather for a march, rally and candlelight vigil in honor Jonathan Price in Wolfe City, Texas, on Monday. Wolfe City police officer Shaun Lucas has been charged in relation to the fatal shooting.

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  • National

Texas Police Officer Arrested, Charged With Murder After Fatally Shooting Black Man

Texas state officials announced the arrest of Wolfe City police officer Shaun Lucas for shooting and killing Jonathan Price. Officials said the officer's actions "were not objectionably reasonable."

October 06, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Thursday that certain sectors in most of the state can expand their occupancy limits starting Monday. He also said that hospitals in those regions can now resume elective procedures and that eligible long-term care facilities can resume limited visitation next week.

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  • National

Governor Says Most Of Texas Can Loosen Limits On Businesses, But Bars Must Stay Shut

Gov. Greg Abbott is relaxing restrictions on hospitals, nursing homes and certain industries in much of the state, citing an improvement in COVID-19 metrics.

September 18, 2020
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
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