Mom of 5 in immigration detention in Texas was taken to ER, sparking urgent calls for her release

A mother of five held at an ICE detention center in Texas was taken to the emergency room in “excruciating” pain, weeks after she was refused a CT scan by center officials for a lump in her chest, according to her attorney. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and … Read more

Camp Mystic director overcome with emotion in Texas court

A major legal battle in Texas could determine the future of Camp Mystic, where 27 campers and counselors died in floods last summer. The family of the only victim still missing wants the camp closed after a camp director admitted to sleeping through a flood warning that might have saved lives. Jason Allen reports. Source … Read more

Maps show how Texas, California, Missouri, North Carolina and Utah redistricting could affect congressional seats

Several states undertook mid-decade redistricting efforts to try to alter the makeup of their congressional delegations this year, after President Trump began last summer to press Republican-led states to increase the number of GOP-friendly districts to help his party hold the House in next year’s midterm elections. Indiana became the first of these to reject … Read more

Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales to retire as he faces expulsion vote

Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas announced his retirement Monday as he faces an expulsion vote in the coming days stemming from his affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.  “When Congress returns tomorrow, I will file my retirement from office,” Gonzales said.  This is a breaking story and will be updated.  Source … Read more

Years of drought has Corpus Christi, Texas, wrestling with water crisis

In parched southern Texas, a yearslong drought has depleted Corpus Christi’s water reserves so gravely that the city is scrambling to prevent a shortage that could force painful cutbacks for residents and hobble the refineries and petrochemical plants in a major energy port. Experts said the city didn’t expect such a bad drought, and new … Read more

Decades after a Texas mom’s disappearance, a tip leads to the location of her secret grave

It has been more than two decades since 34-year-old Kim Langwell disappeared and former Beaumont, Texas, Detective Joe Ball still relives those early days of the investigation over and over again. Det. Joe Ball: This case, even after I retired … This case has haunted me because I couldn’t find her. Det. Joe Ball:  I … Read more

Texas mom’s remains discovered in a hidden grave decades after her disappearance

Tiffani McInnis was a teenager in Texas when her mother, Kimberly Langwell, failed to return home from work, leaving her family searching for answers. More than 20 years later, detectives investigating the case received critical information that would finally reveal Langwell’s fate. Peter Van Sant has a preview. Source link

Texas teen’s death linked to caffeine in Alani Nu energy drink, family alleges in lawsuit

The family of a 17-year-old Texas cheerleader has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a distributor of a popular energy drink, saying the teenager died from an enlarged heart caused by ingesting large amounts of caffeine. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Larissa Nicole Rodriguez, a … Read more

Texas Dem Talarico’s ‘culture of violence’ remarks resurface as he denies defund police ties

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is pushing back on the idea that he supports defunding the police, calling it a “flat out lie.” Republicans are confronting Talarico with resurfaced comments from a 2019 episode of the Trey Blocker Show, in which he suggests … Read more

Bible stories would be required reading under controversial proposal for Texas public schools

Biblical stories like Jonah and the whale would be required reading for Texas public schools students under proposals that are putting the state at the center of renewed contentious wrangling over the role of religion in classrooms. Religious leaders, teachers, parents and students spent hours Tuesday before the state education board arguing about the reading … Read more