Pregnant North Texas woman cited for driving alone in HOV lane, says unborn child was passenger
A pregnant mother from Plano who got a ticket for driving in the high-occupancy lane said she was in her right to drive there because her fetus should count as a passenger.
Pregnant Texas woman says unborn child should count as passenger after HOV-lane ticket
The soon-to-be mother, Brandy Bottone, 34, told police that in the wake of the Roe v. Wade decision, her unborn child should count as a passenger and she should be able to use the HOV lane.
Jamaican man sentenced to 14 years in prison for supplying flight attendant with cocaine, money
According to the DOJ, on six occasions between October 2015 and March 2016, Gaston Brown paid JetBlue flight attendant Marsha Gay Reynolds to transport cocaine and drug money across the country.
Sen. Ted Cruz threatened by Houston-area man in cryptic phone call
In a cryptic phone call, transcribed in charging documents," the man says "Every last one of your Republican colleagues... is to be found...and killed, be it by a bullet to the face or by the smashing of a brick in your skull."
Uvalde County DA blocks release of mass shooting 'hallway video', says Texas DPS
Texas DPS says that Uvalde County DA Christina Mitchell-Busbee has objected to the release of a 77-minute video of the hallway outside the Robb Elementary School classroom prior to the breach.
Kaitlin Armstrong, Texas love triangle murder suspect, back in Austin to face charges
Kaitlin Armstrong, 34, is back in Austin to face charges at the Travis County Jail. She was arrested last week in Costa Rica for the murder of pro-cyclist Moriah Wilson, 25.
Border Patrol agents in Texas discover migrants smuggled inside toolboxes at checkpoint
A Border Patrol agent said the migrants were being smuggled in extreme summer heat.
Texas murder suspect Armstrong had sister’s passport in Costa Rica, ‘receipt’ for plastic surgery: report
Kaitlin Armstrong, 34, is accused of gunning down Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson, a 25-year-old leading pro cyclist who had a romantic history with Armstrong’s boyfriend, Colin Strickland.
Kaitlin Armstrong, Texas love triangle murder suspect, in Houston awaiting transport to Austin
Armstrong is expected to be transported to the Travis County Jail where according to county records she will be held on a $3.5 million bond.
Texas Supreme Court blocks order that said clinics could continue abortions
The whiplash of Texas clinics turning away patients, rescheduling them, and now potentially canceling appointments again illustrates the confusion and scrambling taking place across the country since Roe was overturned.
Texas Supreme Court blocks order that resumed abortions
The Texas Supreme Court late Friday night blocked a lower court order that said clinics could continue performing abortions, just days after some doctors had resumed seeing patients following the fall of Roe v. Wade.
Missing Austin woman found dead 4 days after disappearance; husband charged
Austin police say 40-year-old Yolanda Jaimes, who went missing June 24, has been found dead. Her husband was arrested and charged with tampering with evidence, police said.
Kaitlin Armstrong, Texas love triangle murder suspect, captured in Costa Rica
Officials located and arrested Kaitlin Marie Armstrong June 29 at a hostel on Santa Teresa Beach in Provincia de Puntarenas.
Four charged in connection to San Antonio migrant trailer tragedy
Four people face criminal charges in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants being smuggled inside a tractor trailer in San Antonio.
2 more die in San Antonio migrant trailer tragedy, raising toll to 53
A Texas official says two more migrants from the San Antonio trailer tragedy have died, raising the death count to 53.
Trucking company says 18-wheeler with 51 dead migrants inside was 'cloned' by human smugglers
Texas Department of Transportation numbers emblazoned on the side of the truck link it to a small company in the Rio Grande Valley. But the company says the driver is not one of its employees. They say they are victims of “truck cloning," when someone else steals DoT numbers in order to skirt law enforcement.
Uvalde mother who got out of cuffs to rescue kids from shooting is now being harassed by police, lawyer says
A Uvalde mother who was handcuffed as she tried to run by police outside Robb Elementary School, but eventually got free and rescued her kids, is now being harassed by police after speaking out about the ordeal, her lawyer said this week.
Death toll rises to 51 after migrants found in abandoned tractor-trailer in Texas
Dozens of people were found dead in an abandoned tractor-trailer on a remote road in San Antonio. Sixteen others were hospitalized, including four children.
A global look at suffocation deaths of trafficked migrants
The scene still unfolding in Texas is just the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants who put their fate in the hand of smugglers.
46 people found dead, 16 hospitalized after tractor-trailer containing migrants found in Texas
Officials said 46 people have been found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses after a tractor-trailer rig containing suspected migrants was found Monday on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio.