Allen mall gunman was discharged from Army training after only three months
NPR reported that Mauricio Garcia was discharged for 'designated physical or mental conditions.'
View ArticleBehind the Right's Ultimate Power Couple: Clarence and Ginni Thomas
Is Clarence Thomas the most corrupt Supreme Court justice in the history of the high court? In the middle of revelations of dealings with a Texas billionaire, comes a PBS Frontline exposé of Thomas and...
View ArticleTexas lawmaker resigns after committee finds he had inappropriate...
A Texas Republican has resigned from the Texas Legislature after an investigation found he had sex with a subordinate after he served the 19-year-old staffer alcohol at his apartment earlier this year.
View ArticleTexas’ water infrastructure is crumbling. Will the Legislature invest enough...
Texas loses billions of gallons of water a year to broken pipes and leaks. The problem is worse in rural areas.
View ArticleIf you're 40, it's time to start mammograms, according to new guidelines
The influential U.S. Preventive Task Force issue a draft of its new breast cancer screening guidelines. They're now recommending women start younger, amid a rise in breast cancer rates.
View ArticleRainy week brings drought relief to San Antonio and the Hill Country
Residents may see flash flooding this week. At least three to five inches of rain is expected to fall by the end of the week, according to the National Weather Service.
View ArticleTexas House expels Republican lawmaker accused of inappropriate conduct
Bryan Slaton’s expulsion comes just three days after the House General Investigating Committee released a scathing report accusing Slaton of supplying alcohol to his 19-year-old staffer and of having...
View ArticleA jury finds Trump liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll trial
Jurors believed that Carroll's allegation of sexual abuse in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s was more likely true than not. They awarded her $5 million in total damages.
View ArticleTexas Army base Fort Hood is renamed for Hispanic 4-star general Richard Cavazos
The redesignation of the installation is part of the military's larger effort to rename bases and other sites associated with the Confederacy. Cavazos is the Army's first Hispanic four-star general.
View ArticleA new federal law lets military spouses with professional licenses transfer...
The law’s backers say it will cut red tape so spouses can continue their careers without interruption. But it’s not clear yet exactly how the law will work or how states will comply.
View ArticleImmigration after Title 42
The end of an emergency immigration restriction rooted in COVID-19 known as Title 42 will mark a major policy shift in how the U.S. processes migrants who reach the southern border.
View ArticleTexas House committee to hold vote on school voucher bill
The Texas House Public Education Committee is expected to vote Wednesday on legislation to create education savings accounts. The vote is happening with little notice and no public testimony.
View ArticleWhen workers die in Texas, authorities aren’t always alerted
A Texas Observer investigation found that injuries and deaths related to the construction of the Tesla factory near Austin weren’t properly reported.
View ArticleMental health issues in Allen mass shooting resemble concerns that emerged...
Recent disclosures about the brief military service of the alleged shooter and his extremist ideology sparked comparisons to the deadliest shooting in Texas history, Sutherland Springs.
View ArticleThe COVID pandemic is over. Now what?
The national COVID emergency has been declared over. The World Health Organization says the pandemic is also now over. So does that mean we are done with COVID? Well, no. People are still getting COVID...
View ArticleTrump on CNN spreads lies to win GOP voters
Wednesday night, former President Donald Trump returned to CNN for a town hall that featured the proven sexual assaulter telling lies about January 6, his lost re-election, stealing classified...
View ArticleFlooding danger this weekend for Rio Grande Valley, SA, and the Hill Country
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch from 7 p.m. on Friday to 8 p.m. on Saturday for Bexar and all surrounding counties and the Hill Country.
View ArticleStorms may not end with Mother's Day as Baja California rainmaker lingers
A flood watch remains in effect for San Antonio, the Rio Grande Valley, and the Hill Country through at least Saturday night.
View ArticleTitle 42 expires quietly, without any 'chaos'
The large influx of migrants seeking asylum did not happen in the final hours as the pandemic heath order ended on the Texas-Mexico border.
View ArticleTexas Matters: Senator Gutierrez and a legislative update
The Texas legislative session is getting closer to wrapping up. Is there any progress on gun safety, abortion exceptions and making the grid reliable? And the battleground over Texas History is now at...
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