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IRAPUATO, Mexico (AP) -- As a train roared in the distance, some 5,000 mostly Venezuelan migrants hoping to make it to the U.S. snapped into action.
by MEGAN JANETSKY, The Associated Press September 24, 2023LINDEN, Texas -- A food store employee has died after being struck in the chest by a rifle round while loading groceries into a vehicle.
by Gazette Staff September 24, 2023HOUSTON -- The highest profile Republican candidate who had sued seeking to overturn election results in the nation's third-most populous county, a Democratic …
by JUAN A. LOZANO, The Associated Press September 23, 2023MEXICO CITY -- From a White House podium in May, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas outlined new legal pathways to the United States for Venez…
by REGINA GARCIA CANO and ELLIOT SPAGAT, The Associated Press September 23, 2023DALLAS -- Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson says he is switching political parties from Democrat to Republican, making the city the country's largest led by a Republic…
by Everton Bailey Jr., The Dallas Morning News September 22, 2023WASHINGTON -- Texas Republicans threatening to trigger a government shutdown to force improvements in border security say the situation along the southern bord…
by Caroline Petrow-Cohen, The Dallas Morning News September 22, 2023The Biden administration is contending with a recent influx of migrants at the Texas-Mexico border that has stretched holding capacity to the brink.
by Michael Robinson Chávez and Arelis R. Hernández, The Washington Post September 22, 2023OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma judge was arrested in Austin last week after authorities say he opened fire on parked vehicles while out driving, striking at leas…
by KEN MILLER, The Associated Press September 22, 2023FORT WORTH, Texas -- A 16-year-old who opened fire at a Dallas-area school earlier this year, killing one student and injuring another, was sentenced Thursday …
September 22, 2023HOUSTON -- The debate over whether a Black high school student in Texas should be serving in-school suspension for wearing twisted dreadlocks to class intensif…
by Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press September 21, 2023AUSTIN -- Gov. Greg Abbott signed a handful of bills into law in June that aim to fight the fentanyl crisis in Texas.
by Aarón Torres, The Dallas Morning News September 21, 2023AUSTIN -- Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday ratcheted up pressure on the Texas House to pass a school choice plan by year's end.
by Robert T. Garrett, The Dallas Morning News September 20, 2023Dallas could become the latest city to use a gunshot detection system to help police address crime. But the tool has gotten mixed results for decades as cities…
September 19, 2023DALLAS -- A man accused of killing nearly two dozen older women and who was convicted last year in the slayings of two was killed Tuesday morning by his cellma…
September 19, 2023MONT BELVIEU, Texas -- A Black high school student in Texas has been punished with an in-school suspension over his hairstyle for over two weeks. The family ha…
by Cheyanne Mumphrey and Juan Lozano, Associated Press September 18, 2023