Laws signed in Florida and Texas in 2021 aimed to address conservative complaints that the social media companies were liberal-leaning and censored users based on their viewpoints, especially on the political right
The judge said the Texas school district does not violate a new state law that prohibits race-based hair discrimination. Darryl George, 18, has not been in his regular classes since Aug. 31
A trial in Texas this week is set to determine whether high school administrators can continue punishing a Black teenager for refusing to cut his hair
A Delaware judge invalidated the $55.8 billion pay package that Tesla’s board established for Musk in 2018
Authorities say migrant arrests fell by half in January from the all-time high set in December
The artist announced at halftime of the Super Bowl that she will release the second part of her ‘Renaissance’ trilogy in March. Her first song, ‘Texas Hold ‘Em,’ is a Southern-sounding track
The shooter was identified as 36-year-old Genesse Ivonne Moreno. The motive for the attack at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church on Sunday remains unclear
It would be the third largest producer in the Permian behind Exxon and Chevron, overseeing 838,000 acres and potentially producing 816,000 oil-equivalent barrels each day
Authorities say a young child with the female shooter was critically hurt during the gunfire. They also say another man nearby was wounded
At least 26 people in 11 states have been sickened. They include a person who died in California in 2017 and one who died in Texas in 2020
Local residents and businesses are feeling the strain after Texas Governor Greg Abbott militarized a popular city park in a standoff with federal authorities over immigration
The confrontation between the Texas government and the Biden administration over the management of irregular immigration has mobilized the most extreme conservatives
Enshrined in the Constitution by the 13th Amendment, slavery and involuntary servitude are banned – except as punishment for a crime
Three members of the Northeast Cartel have pled guilty to human trafficking on the border between Mexico and the United States. The case has shone a light on how criminals recruit clients and victims via social media
State authorities prevent federal agents from accessing Shelby Park despite a Supreme Court ruling granting them access. There were 300,000 illegal crossings in December, the highest figure for a single month on record
This year, Republican lawmakers have proposed about three dozen bills in at least 17 states that would restrict or require public disclosure of DEI initiatives
The deal has come under fire from Republicans, including Donald Trump, the likely presidential nominee, who eviscerated the deal this week as a political ‘gift’ to Democrats
Harvey Eugene Murphy Jr, 61, spent 10 days in jail until his alibi was confirmed, during which time he was raped and beaten, according to his complaint
Lorraine León Ramírez, mother of two sons who have Afros, said her youngest was banned from attending two different schools until he cut his hair
The concertina wire along roughly 30 miles of the Rio Grande is part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s broader fight with the administration over immigration enforcement
The girl was rescued July 9 in Long Beach, south of Los Angeles, after a passerby called 911 to report seeing her hold up the piece of paper with the handwritten desperate plea for help
Relatives of the victims asked for the indictment of police officers after a report laid bare numerous failures by police during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history
‘Let’s press on and hope that we can join together and make this great difference,’ House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told the crowd
The programs have taken off after a series of key interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve made virtually all loans more expensive
Hundreds of officers responded to the 2022 massacre that killed 19 children and two staff members, but waited more than an hour to confront and kill the gunman
The makeshift approach has frazzled volunteers, nonprofit groups and migrants wary of the lack of a long-term plan, particularly during the city’s long winters
The Texas National Guard denied the Border Patrol access to attempt a rescue in the Rio Grande last Friday, where a mother and her two children had drowned earlier the same night
