A record 400K migrants have crossed the treacherous Darién jungle to reach...
Crossings of the dangerous Darién Gap have reached another record, as migrants seek protection or a better future in the United States but lack safer routes to get there.
View ArticleA mobile clinic parked at a Dollar General? It says a lot about rural health...
Dollar General's primary care experiment could help solve rural America's care shortage. But it's getting a chilly reception in Tennessee.
View ArticleThe House can't work without a speaker. How will it choose McCarthy's successor?
Republicans plan to convene for a candidate forum on Tuesday and hold a speakership vote on Wednesday. While it's not clear who will be running, there's no question they face a tough road ahead.
View ArticleWith pandemic relief money gone, child care centers face difficult cuts
Now that federal emergency funding for child care has expired, daycares face difficult choices about how to operate with less.
View ArticleBiden's dog Commander has left the White House
The Bidens are trying to "work through solutions," a spokesperson said, after Commander bit a series of Secret Service agents. In the meantime, the German shepherd is staying somewhere else.
View ArticleOne cold front brings drought relief; another may clear the sky for the Oct....
A cold front triggered badly needed rain showers for San Antonio and the Hill Country overnight and this morning.
View ArticleTexas special session kicks off Monday with School vouchers, border security...
Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Thursday the latest special session will focus on school vouchers and the creation of a state deportation force, two highly controversial issues that have failed in...
View ArticleSaying goodbye to the old Wilford Hall, once the hub of Air Force medicine
The old Wilford Hall Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio Lackland is being torn down. Once the flagship of Air Force medicine, the facility has sat vacant for years. Now officials are working to...
View ArticleThe next execution in Texas is scheduled on World Day Against the Death Penalty
Activists for the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement will be in various Texas cities on Tuesday to protest the scheduled execution of Jedidiah Murphy.
View ArticleTexas Matters: Building Biden's border wall
Today on Texas Matters: In a major reversal – the border wall is back – now under President Biden. How Texas school children see the banning of books and how an album changed Texas music 50 years ago.
View Article$400-a-month pandemic bonuses were life-changing for child care workers....
Now that federal emergency funding for child care has expired, child care facilities face difficult choices about how to operate with less.
View ArticlePost-Civil War and today: The fight against white supremacists
Some of the laws that Donald Trump and others in his circle are accused of breaking resulted from the post-Civil War period when the Ku Klux Klan rose to terrorize the formerly enslaved. New federal...
View ArticleLiterary group accuses Texas prisons of censoring books incarcerated people...
Prison book programs have been sending free books to Texas prisons for years, but recently, they've been told they're no longer allowed to under a Texas Department of Criminal Justice policy they say...
View ArticleHundreds of Israelis and Palestinians are dead after a surprise attack from Gaza
Gaza militants infiltrated several Israeli towns and military camps and fired thousands of rockets from Gaza toward central and southern Israel. 'We are at war,' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
View ArticlePhotos: The war in Israel and Gaza
Saturday began in Israel with a surprise attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas followed by Israel launching air strikes on Gaza.
View ArticleMost Texas women killed by male partners last year were shot — the highest...
Texas had its second-highest domestic violence homicide rate in a decade last year. The majority of those deaths involved a firearm.
View ArticleTexas prison guards put inmate into potentially permanent coma
Kiheem Grant attacked a guard, according to prison officials and was subsequently beaten so bad he has yet to wake up. His mother wants to know why. Thirteen were fired or resigned in the aftermath.
View ArticleExperts and officials wonder if water restrictions actually work in Texas
Texas cities are asking residents to decrease water use during a historic drought.
View ArticleRAPIDO acronym aims to raise stroke awareness within the Latino community
UT Health Houston researchers designed RAPIDO, to help improve outcomes for Latinos with stroke. It's a major killer among Latino men and women.
View ArticleElon Musk, Twitter and the future of human civilization
He’s one of the richest and more powerful people on the planet. And when Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, he took over one of the most influential platforms for news and free speech. PBS...
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