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Billy Chemirmir, 50, was convicted of two murders and accused of killing nearly two dozen womenA man who Texas authorities say smothered at least two dozen elderly women in a two-year killing spree, while stealing possibly millions of dollars worth of …
Ken Paxton, impeached in May, has been found not guilty of bribery and dereliction of duty and may resume officeAfter a dramatic impeachment trial that lasted more than a week, Ken Paxton, the ultraconservative Texas attorney general, has been acquitte…
Number of book challenges nationwide doubled from 2021 as book ban movement gathers speed in Republican-led statesTexas made the most attempts to ban or restrict books in 2022, according to a new report from the American Library Association (ALA).Last …
Brandon Johnson took a drastically different approach than his counterpart to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in their citiesChicago’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, has attacked his New York counterpart, Eric Adams, for the latter’s aggressive comments tha…
Small rise in global temperatures would affect hundreds of millions of people and could cause a sharp rise in deathsLife-threatening periods of high heat and humidity will spread rapidly across the world with only a small increase in global temperature…
A federal appeals court on Thursday issued a temporary stay halting a previous judge’s order to remove a controversial buoy barrier in the Rio Grande, Politico reports.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling will allow the Lone Star state to kee…
Experts say official data obscures scale of emergencies and underscores how little is known about abortion in states with bansIf you’re a pregnant person in Texas and you find yourself facing a medical emergency, you are legally able to have an abortio…
Preliminary order issued by judge David Ezra requires the floaters to be relocated to an embankment on the state side of the riverA US judge ordered Texas to move a line of floating buoys that were placed in the middle of the Rio Grande to block migran…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) got bad news on Wednesday when a federal judge ordered him not to construct any more “migrant barrier” buoys in the Rio Grande — and to remove the existing ones by Sept. 15.The DOJ originally threatened to sue Abbott in Jul…
Historic trial in state senate centers on allegedly corrupt relationship with real estate developer Nate PaulThe impeachment trial of the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, began on Tuesday – a rare and historic event in the state.The ultra-conservati…