President Joe Biden’s administration told Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that the barrier installed this month near the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, was “unlawful”
Police say witnesses had seen her hold up the sign and they called 911. Detectives determined the girl was abducted July 6 in San Antonio, Texas, and was sexually assaulted while being brought to California
President Katherine Banks said in a resignation letter that she is retiring immediately. She says ‘negative press has become a distraction’ at the nearly 70,000-student campus in College Station
High temperatures have triggered alerts in dozens of cities in a 2,000-mile swath of land stretching from the Midwest to the West. Phoenix is close to breaking a record for most consecutive days above 104° F
The announcement came a week after police said they found Farias after receiving a call about a person lying on the ground in front of a southeast Houston church
Warmer air over metropolitan areas combined with many square miles of impermeable concrete add up to intensifying storms that generate billions of gallons of run-off rainfall with nowhere to go
The heavily Republican area is a popular one for GOP hopefuls as they aim to attract support for South Carolina’s first-in-the-South presidential primary
The detainees are being accused of human smuggling, and if convicted, could be sentenced to life in prison. The discovery of the bodies in San Antonio, Texas shocked the world a year ago
Record high temperatures around 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) are forecast in parts of western Texas, and relief is not expected before the Fourth of July holiday
Two friends have turned their Dallas bookstore into one of the most important cultural centers in the southern United States, with Latin American arts as the driving force
The Republican presidential candidate and Florida governor is promising to end birthright citizenship, finish building the U.S.-Mexico border wall and send U.S. forces into Mexico to combat drug cartels
More than 25 million women between the ages of 15 and 44 live in states where the conditions for terminating a pregnancy have become stricter after landmark ruling
Challenging a policy that prioritizes the deportation of migrants who are deemed to pose the greatest risk to public safety, Louisiana and Texas argued that federal immigration law requires authorities to detain and deport even those who pose little or no risk
Hurd served three terms in the House through January 2021, becoming the chamber’s only Black Republican during his final two years in office. He is also a former CIA agent who worked in Pakistan