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    Law
    The Department of Justice announced that a Texas man convicted last year of fraud and money laundering was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Rodney Mesquias owned a company that falsely told people they would die within six months in order to sell them ho
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    Texas Man Sentenced To 20 Years For Hospice Fraud Scheme

    Dec 17, 2020
    Thousands of Texas patients with long-term diseases like Alzheimer's were falsely told they had just six months to live. Rodney Mesquias and others were convicted last year.
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    Law
    A former Houston police captain was charged Tuesday with running a man off the road and pointing a gun at his head in an attempt to prove his claims of a voter fraud conspiracy.
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    Ex-Houston Police Officer Charged In Attack Over Bogus Election Fraud Plot

    Dec 16, 2020
    Former police captain Mark Anthony Aguirre was paid $266,400 by the right-wing Liberty Center for God and Country to investigate an alleged ballot fraud scheme in Harris County, Texas.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    NCAA announced plans are underway to play the entire women's Division I basketball tournament in one location, San Antonio. The Baylor-Notre Dame title game in Tampa, Fla., last year is pictured.
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    NCAA Plans To Hold All Of Women's Basketball Tournament In San Antonio This Spring

    Dec 14, 2020
    "Conducting the championship in one geographic region allows for more planning and execution of safeguards," an NCAA official said on Monday. The NCAA hopes all 64 teams will play in San Antonio.
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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    A map of Texas is displayed on a parking spot at the Old Glory Memorial in El Paso, Texas, last year.
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    Why Do So Many Places In Texas Have 'Negro' In Their Name, Despite A Law Against It?

    Dec 11, 2020
    Texas lawmakers voted to remove the word "Negro" from geographic features in 1991. But a federal board blocked the proposed name changes, and since then, almost none of them have been changed.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    An inmate from the El Paso County detention facility prepares to load bodies wrapped in plastic into a refrigerated temporary morgue trailer.
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    El Paso Issues New Curfew As 'Perfect Storm' Approaches With Arrival Of Holidays

    Nov 25, 2020
    The new curfew for El Paso County, Texas went into effect just after midnight Wednesday and runs through Monday. The judge who issued the order said it was "not as rigid" as he wanted.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    A low-level inmate from El Paso County detention facility works loading bodies wrapped in plastic into a refrigerated temporary morgue trailer in a parking lot of the El Paso County Medical Examiner's office on Tuesday.
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    El Paso County Posts Job Opening For Morgue Workers As Virus Death Toll Mounts

    Nov 20, 2020
    "The Morgue Attendant will be provided maximum PPE, will be tasked with physically moving bodies, and will require the ability to lift between 100-400 lbs. with assistance," the job listing states.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Health care workers at the Covid-19 Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston on July 2.
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    Texas Surpasses 1 Million Coronavirus Cases, According To Johns Hopkins University

    Nov 11, 2020
    The state is the first in U.S. to reach the grim benchmark as the nation faces a widespread surge in infections.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    Cars wait in line at a coronavirus testing site at the University of Texas at El Paso Saturday. As El Paso reports record numbers of active coronavirus cases, the Texas attorney general sued to block local shutdown orders.
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    El Paso, Texas, Gets 4th Mobile Morgue As COVID-19 Deaths Rise

    Nov 02, 2020
    A spike in cases recently led El Paso's county judge to impose a shelter-in-place order closing many nonessential businesses. The Texas attorney general has sued to block that order.
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    Elections
    Voters line up at the American Airlines Center during early voting in mid-October in Dallas.
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    More Than 9 Million Texans Cast Ballots Early, Topping State's Total Turnout In 2016

    Oct 30, 2020
    The mark set Friday by Texas, with its 38 electoral votes, also comes on the last day of early voting in the state. Texas, once a reliably red state, is seen as a "toss-up" heading into Election Day.
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    Coronavirus Updates
    Cars line up for coronavirus tests at the University of Texas at El Paso on Oct. 23. The city has seen a surge in cases, prompting a judge to issue a shutdown of nonessential businesses.
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    El Paso County Judge Orders Shutdown Of Nonessential Businesses

    Oct 30, 2020
    The judge's order calls for the closure of hair salons, gyms and restaurant dine-in services. The Texas attorney general says the judge has "no authority" to impose the shutdown.
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    National
    Fisher Industries workers move sections on May 24, 2019 in Sunland Park, N.M., near International Boundary Monument No. 1 where New Mexico, Texas and Mexico come together.
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    His Private Border Wall Enraged Neighbors. Then He Landed $2B To Build Walls For Trump

    Oct 14, 2020
    The privately built border wall in Texas teeters on the banks of the Rio Grande with serious erosion problems. The contractor was awarded more than $2 billion in official wall contracts.
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    Politics
    A federal appeals court is allowing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's limit of one absentee ballot drop-off spot per county to stand, saying voters have many options. Here, a worker puts a ballot into a lockbox at a drive-through mail ballot hand delivery center
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    U.S. Appeals Court Sides With Texas On One-Per-County Ballot Drop-Off

    Oct 13, 2020
    The court says Gov. Greg Abbott's rule is a refinement of an expansion of voting options, not a restriction or burden on voter rights. Voting rights groups have spoken out against limiting the sites.
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    Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
    Former Wolfe City, Texas, police Officer Shaun Lucas, shown here in a booking photo, has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Black man at a convenience store.
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    Texas Police Officer Fired, Charged With Murder In Fatal Shooting Of Black Man

    Oct 09, 2020
    Former Wolfe City police Officer Shaun Lucas faces a murder charge in the killing of Jonathan Price. Price reportedly extended his hand to Lucas for a handshake shortly before he was shot dead.
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    Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
    People gather for a march, rally and candlelight vigil in honor Jonathan Price in Wolfe City, Texas, on Monday. Wolfe City police officer Shaun Lucas has been charged in relation to the fatal shooting.
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    Texas Police Officer Arrested, Charged With Murder After Fatally Shooting Black Man

    Oct 06, 2020
    Texas state officials announced the arrest of Wolfe City police officer Shaun Lucas for shooting and killing Jonathan Price. Officials said the officer's actions "were not objectionably reasonable."
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    Hurricane Laura Live Updates

    As Hurricane Evacuees In Texas Return Home, Experts Worry About Spread Of Coronavirus

    Aug 28, 2020
    Evacuations and storm damage could both potentially increase COVID-19 numbers in Texas.
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    Hurricane Laura Live Updates
    A tree is uprooted in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura Thursday in Sabine Pass, Texas.
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    Texas Governor Says State Avoided The Worst Of Laura's Destruction

    Aug 27, 2020
    Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday the impact of Hurricane Laura "could've been much worse," noting that storm surge was much less severe than projected.
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    Hurricane Laura Live Updates
    A store in Port Arthur, Texas, suffers wind damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. Though there was some damage, many Jefferson County residents say they were lucky the storm did not do more.
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    Southeast Texas Was Spared The Brunt Of Hurricane Laura. Now The Cleanup Begins

    Aug 27, 2020
    Heavy winds knocked down trees and some homes lost power. But many residents around Port Arthur are breathing a sigh of relief after the storm passed without causing major damage to the area.
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    Hurricane Laura Live Updates
    A street is seen strewn with debris and downed power lines after Hurricane Laura passed through Lake Charles, La., on Thursday.
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    Hurricane Laura Knocks Out Power For Hundreds Of Thousands In Louisiana And Texas

    Aug 27, 2020
    As of 12 p.m. ET Thursday, 578,911 customers were without power in Louisiana, and in Texas, 139,307 people were in the dark, according to the tracking site poweroutage.us.
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    National
    Broken boats and floating debris at a marina in Corpus Christi are among the damage caused by Hurricane Hanna, which was downgraded to a tropical storm and continued to shower Texas with heavy rain on Sunday.
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    As Texas Reels From Hurricane Damage, Hawaii Braces For Impact

    Jul 26, 2020
    Heavy rainfall and life-threatening flash flooding continue after Tropical Storm Hanna hit South Texas. Meanwhile, Hurricane Douglas is closing in on the islands of Hawaii.
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    Elections
    Democratic U.S. Senate candidate MJ Hegar speaks to supporters in Austin, Texas, in March.
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    Texas Democrat MJ Hegar To Face Cornyn; Maine's Sara Gideon Will Challenge Collins

    Jul 15, 2020
    In a night of primaries, President Trump's personal physician Ronny Jackson secured a nomination to represent a Texas congressional district and Jeff Sessions lost a bid to regain his Senate seat.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Patients can get COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody tests at a converted vehicle inspection station in San Antonio, as the state reports a record number of hospitalizations and single-day case increases.
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    Texas Sets State Record With More Than 10,000 New Coronavirus Cases Reported Tuesday

    Jul 07, 2020
    Texas recorded 10,028 new cases, surpassing its previous single-day increase as statewide hospitalizations also set new records.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    People visit Jacksonville Beach on Saturday in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Coronavirus cases are spiking in states including Florida, Texas and Arizona.
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    U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Near 130,000; Florida And Texas Report Record Case Numbers

    Jul 05, 2020
    Florida and Texas reported their biggest daily rise in new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past few days as deaths in the U.S. continue to rise.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    The guidance on this mural in Dallas will apply to most counties in Texas starting Friday, when a new face covering requirement takes effect.
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    Face Masks Mandatory In Most Of Texas, Starting Friday

    Jul 02, 2020
    With COVID-19 cases setting records, Gov. Greg Abbott is requiring most Texans to wear face coverings in public. The order takes effect Friday and applies to counties with 20 or more cases.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    A medical worker walks past a row of ambulances parked outside Houston Methodist Hospital on June 22. The hospital is treating a current surge of COVID-19 cases.
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    'Each Day It's More And More': Houston Hospital Makes Room For COVID-19 Surge Cases

    Jun 30, 2020
    Roberta Schwartz, chief innovation officer at Houston Methodist Hospital, describes how the hospital is dealing with the current influx of COVID-19 cases.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Immigrants seeking asylum hold hands as they leave a cafeteria at the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center. Independent inspectors told the judge that COVID-19 tests at the centers and the infection rates in the counties where the Texas facilities a
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    Judge Orders ICE To Free Detained Immigrant Children Because Of COVID-19

    Jun 26, 2020
    The scathing order issued Friday said the Trump administration had failed to provide even the most basic health protections for children and their families.

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