3 h. ago Texas drops lawsuit against doctor accused of illegally providing care to transgender youth

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office says one of the first doctors in the U.S. accused of illegally providing care to transgender youth under GOP-led bans was found not to have broken the law

Society

8 h. ago Texas A&M professor fired after video shows classroom confrontation over gender identity coursework

A professor at Texas A&M University has been fired and others were removed from their positions after a video surfaced in which a student confronted the instructor over her teaching of issues related to gender identity in a class on children’s literature

Events

13 h. ago Veteran marine found shot dead on side of the road after working an Uber shift

Jake Hieu Quoc Nguyen, 28, worked for Uber to help take care of his mom and sisters

Events

13 h. ago Children’s literature professor fired by Texas university over ‘gender’ content

Texas A&M also removes two senior administrators from roles after student’s video sparked Republican pressureA children’s literature professor at Texas A&M was fired on Tuesday after a video showing a student objecting to course material about gender identity and sexuality went viral.Both the dean of the school’s college of arts and science and the head of department were also removed from their roles, the university president, Mark Welsh III, said in a statement. Continue reading...

Society

30 h. ago Texas announces ban on Sharia Law after Muslim 'patrols' tried to ban alcohol and pork

Greg Abbott has banned Sharia Law in the state after an imam launched a campaign to pressure Muslim-owned stores to stop selling pork, alcohol and lottery tickets.

Politics

30 h. ago Sweet boy, 8, breaks silence after callous driver mowed him down: 'It hurts so much'

Liam Park, a sweet eight-year-old boy from Fort Worth, Texas, was left with severe injuries after a driver mowed him down and left the young boy lying in the road.

Politics

50 h. ago Winning $893.5 million lottery ticket was bought at St. Louis gas station

Missouri lottery officials have announced that a QuikTrip gas station in St. Louis sold a winning ticket worth $893.5 million

Economics

55 h. ago Missing waitress found living in Scottish tribe and doesn't want to go home

Kaura Taylor, 21, fled Dallas, Texas, with her one-year-old daughter in May and has since resurfaced living in the “Kingdom of Kubala” in Scotland alongside the "king and queen" of the tribe

Events

63 h. ago Manhunt for gunman after one killed and five injured in Texas sports bar shooting

Texas police have released images of the suspected gunman at Alas Locas sports bar in Cleveland

Events

3 d. ago Nursing home staff 'let elderly woman freeze to death alone in room amid storm'

Cynthia ‘Cindy’ Pierce, 73, died from hypothermia after a window was left open in her room by members of staff at a nursing home in Texas during a severe winter storm that cut power to the facility

Events

3 d. ago Winning tickets for $1.8bn Powerball prize sold in Texas and Missouri

Saturday night’s drawing was for second biggest ever prize

Politics

3 d. ago Texas attorney general wants students to pray in school – unless they’re Muslim

Ken Paxton, who is running for US Senate, is urging schools to say the Lord’s Prayer as a Republican law goes into effectKen Paxton, the Texas attorney general running for US Senate, has long believed in school prayer. Now, he’s prescribing precisely what type of prayer he wants the state’s 6 million public school students to recite.“In Texas classrooms, we want the Word of God opened, the Ten Commandments displayed, and prayers lifted up,” Paxton said in a statement on Tuesday, encouraging students to say “the Lord’s Prayer, as taught by Jesus Christ”. Continue reading...

Society

3 d. ago Angela thought she had found her dream man when she met suave Tyree... but then he unleashed an unimaginable hell on her

Angela Williams, who is now 41, from Texas, was subject to the worst horrors imaginable, having been savagely beaten and left for dead by her 'boyfriend' and pimp.

Politics

3 d. ago One by one, leaders learn that grovelling to Trump leads to disaster. When will it dawn on Starmer? | Simon Tisdall

As the US president’s state visit looms, he’s leaving a trail of broken promises across the globe. Britain can’t afford to look like a lackey stateSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreSucking up to Donald Trump never works for long. Narendra Modi is the latest world leader to learn this lesson the hard way. Wooing his “true friend” in the White House, India’s authoritarian prime minister thought he’d conquered Trump’s inconstant heart. The two men hit peak pals in 2019, holding hands at a “Howdy Modi” rally in Texas. But it’s all gone pear-shaped thanks to Trump’s tariffs and dalliance with Pakistan. Like a jilted lover on the rebound, Modi shamelessly threw himself at Vladimir Putin in China last week. Don and Narendra! It’s over! Although, to be honest, it always felt a little shallow.Other suitors for Trump’s slippery hand have suffered similar heartbr...

Politics

4 d. ago Breast cancer surgeon shares 'brutal' advice she wishes she could tell her patients before they are diagnosed

Dr Lauren Ramsey, a Texas-based surgeon offered the tips hoping viewers would think twice about red flag warning signs they may have previously dismissed.

Science

5 d. ago Texas pushes Lord’s prayer in public schools after losing legal battle over Ten Commandments in classrooms

Attorney General Ken Paxton slammed by First Amendment groups after ‘encouraging’ schools to recite Christian prayer

Events

5 d. ago Game Night South Texas: Refugio runs all over London in dominant victory

Game Night South Texas: Refugio runs all over London in dominant victory  KRIS 6 News Corpus Christi

Events

5 d. ago Families of flood victims to join Texas governor for camp safety bill signing

The families of some of the children who died at Texas' Camp Mystic during catastrophic flooding two months ago are expected to join Gov. Greg Abbott for a ceremonial bill signing Friday

Events

5 d. ago Girls fell behind boys in math during the pandemic. Schools are trying to make up lost ground

Efforts to close the gender gap in STEM education are gaining momentum after setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Events

6 d. ago Chaotic showdown over Guatemalan children exposes fault lines in Trump’s deportation push

A reconstruction of the aborted deportation of dozens of Guatemalan children on Labor Day weekend illuminates the latest clash between the administration’s desire for mass deportations and longstanding legal protections for migrants

Politics