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Texas Judge Refuses To License Child Care Facility In Immigrant Detention Center

6:59am May 06, 2016

by John Burnett

The judge blocked a state agency from licensing the facility inside a private detention facility for undocumented mothers and children who have crossed the Texas-Mexico border.

Supreme Court Sets Deadline On Lower Court's Texas Voter ID Law Ruling

7:49pm April 29, 2016

by Bill Chappell

More than 18 months after it was kept alive by an appeals court's stay, Texas' controversial voter ID law remains in place.

Residents evacuate their apartment complex Monday in Houston.

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Houston Floods Continue; At Least 5 People Reported Dead

11:51am April 19, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Nearly 18 inches of rain has fallen on parts of the Houston area in two days. In the state's biggest city, schools are closed and subdivisions have flooded. More rain is predicted for Tuesday.

Federal securities regulators have filed civil fraud charges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over recruiting investors to a high-tech startup while he was a member of the state House of Representatives.

Texas Attorney General, Already Facing Criminal Charges, Accused Of Civil Fraud

8:36pm April 11, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton with securities fraud, alleging that he improperly recruited investors for a high-tech Texas startup.

The location of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, where law enforcement officials responded to reports of an active shooter.

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2 Dead In Shooting At Air Force Base In Texas

8:59pm April 08, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Authorities have not identified the two men who died or the relationship between them. Two firearms were found at the scene at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, officials said.

Photos on the wall of a bar memorialize the seven members of the Cossacks Motorcycle Club who were killed in the Waco shootout last May.

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A 'War' On Wheels: The Biker Shootout At Waco, And What Came Next

10:17pm April 07, 2016

by NPR Staff

A shootout between two rival biker groups in Waco, Texas, left nine people dead. On this episode of Embedded, Kelly McEvers tries to understand what caused the fight.

Standing water and abandoned tires make Houston's Fifth Ward hospitable for mosquitoes.

Houston Prepares Now For Zika's Potential Arrival This Summer

8:25pm March 21, 2016

by Joe Palca

When summer brings heat, humidity and mosquitoes, cities along the Gulf Coast may become gateways for Zika into the U.S. Impoverished areas are likely to bear the brunt, health officials say.

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Supreme Court Blocks Louisiana Law Aimed At Clinics That Perform Abortions

5:16pm March 04, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The Supreme Court has blocked enforcement of a Louisiana law that could force all but one clinic to close, a sign that a similar law in Texas also could be in peril.

Supporters of abortion rights rallied Wednesday outside the U.S. Supreme Court, where justices heard arguments about a Texas law that imposed health and safety requirements on clinics in the state.

Legal Foes In Texas Abortion Case Are Using New Playbooks

11:19am March 04, 2016

by Julie Rovner

National foes of abortion rights helped facilitate a Texas law that is now being tested before the U.S. Supreme Court. Advocates for abortion rights have measured the law's effects in real time.

Dr. Bhavik Kumar has been performing abortions at the Fort Worth, Texas, clinic for about a year. He says abortion is a simple procedure, and in the cases he's had, there have been no complications requiring a woman to be hospitalized.

Supreme Court Tests Texas' New Restrictions On Abortion

2:46pm March 02, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

At issue is whether a Texas law requiring clinics to meet surgical-center standards is aimed at safeguarding women's health, or unconstitutionally limiting a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy.

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