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Emergency room visits surge, Texans die amid dangerous heat wave
Read full article: Emergency room visits surge, Texans die amid dangerous heat waveAfter weeks of extreme heat, health officials have reported numerous deaths, while emergency departments across the state are seeing record numbers of people seeking treatment for heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
Heat waves like the one that's killed 14 in the southern US are becoming more frequent and enduring
Read full article: Heat waves like the one that's killed 14 in the southern US are becoming more frequent and enduringHeat waves like the one that engulfed parts of parts of the South and Midwest and killed more than a dozen people are becoming more common.
Nearly a dozen Texas deaths blamed on heat, which is expected to ease by the weekend
Read full article: Nearly a dozen Texas deaths blamed on heat, which is expected to ease by the weekendA National Weather Service meteorologist says parts of Texas could see scorching temperatures that are blamed for nearly a dozen deaths return to a more typical level by the weekend as a heat dome is expected to move eastward.
This rancher doesnāt want a border wall on his land. He fears Texas will build it anyway.
Read full article: This rancher doesnāt want a border wall on his land. He fears Texas will build it anyway.Anti-border wall activists are racing to find landowners along the Rio Grande before they sign contracts with the state.
Feds often hand migrants over to state police rather than process immigration claims, complaint says
Read full article: Feds often hand migrants over to state police rather than process immigration claims, complaint saysState police often rely on federal immigration officials to lock up migrants on state trespassing charges, according to a new complaint by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas. The collaboration contradicts federal and Texas officialsā attacks on each otherās immigration policies.
āJust wanted to clean up the streetsā: Confession, motive heard in day 5 of Border Patrol supervisor trial
Read full article: āJust wanted to clean up the streetsā: Confession, motive heard in day 5 of Border Patrol supervisor trialAfter two days of interrogation video of an ex-Border Patrol supervisor being shown to the jury, his confession and motive were finally heard on Friday.
Lead investigator tells jurors that ex-Border Patrol agent admits to killing 4 women
Read full article: Lead investigator tells jurors that ex-Border Patrol agent admits to killing 4 womenOne of the lead investigators looking into the deaths of four prostitutes in Laredo testified late Thursday afternoon that the suspect in the killings admitted to the slayings.
Webb County prosecutor quits in middle of trial of former Border Patrol agent accused of murdering 4
Read full article: Webb County prosecutor quits in middle of trial of former Border Patrol agent accused of murdering 4In a shocking turn of events, an associate district attorney with Webb County has quit in the middle of the capital murder trial of a former Border Patrol supervisor, Juan David Ortiz.
Jurors view interrogation video of ex-Border Patrol agent on trial for killing 4 women in Laredo
Read full article: Jurors view interrogation video of ex-Border Patrol agent on trial for killing 4 women in LaredoThe jury in the capital murder trial of an ex-Border Patrol agent on Wednesday viewed the interrogation video of him after he was arrested on suspicion of killing four women in Laredo in 2018.
Open Court: The trial of Juan David Ortiz, ex-Border Patrol agent accused of murdering 4 women
Read full article: Open Court: The trial of Juan David Ortiz, ex-Border Patrol agent accused of murdering 4 womenKSAT Reporter Erica Hernandez recaps the events that led up to his arrest and also a look at what we can expect from the upcoming trial.
āPVC cemeteryā: Border residents upset over āinhumanā burial for unidentified migrants
Read full article: āPVC cemeteryā: Border residents upset over āinhumanā burial for unidentified migrantsSunken graves, āJohn Doeā markers and PVC crosses makeup the corner lot for unidentified migrants in Maverick County Cemetery. Who is responsible?
Jessica Cisneros, Ruben Ramirez demand recounts in two close-call South Texas runoff races
Read full article: Jessica Cisneros, Ruben Ramirez demand recounts in two close-call South Texas runoff racesThe state Democratic Party confirmed Monday that Ramirezās opponent, Michelle Vallejo, won by a slim margin.
Authorities fatally shoot convicted murderer who killed family of five while on the lam
Read full article: Authorities fatally shoot convicted murderer who killed family of five while on the lamAuthorities say Gonzalo Lopez killed a man and his four grandchildren in Leon County. He escaped from a prison bus nearly three weeks ago.
Webb County, a Democratic stronghold, is set to welcome Texas Gov. Greg Abbottās controversial migrant arrests
Read full article: Webb County, a Democratic stronghold, is set to welcome Texas Gov. Greg Abbottās controversial migrant arrestsThe county is the most populous to embrace the Republican governorās ācatch-and-jailā policy to arrest people accused of crossing the border illegally for state crimes, including trespassing.
Gov. Greg Abbott draws criticism for ordering state troopers to pull over vehicles with migrants, saying it will stem COVID-19 risk
Read full article: Gov. Greg Abbott draws criticism for ordering state troopers to pull over vehicles with migrants, saying it will stem COVID-19 riskThe executive order allows DPS troopers to reroute vehicles back to their origin point or a port of entry. Critics say citing the coronavirus as justification is hypocritical since the governor won't let local officials require masks in public.