Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused Emmett Till before he was lynched, dies at...
The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's report shows.
View ArticleFiesta enters final weekend; police probe Market Square shooting
San Antonio police said a 25-year old man was critically wounded by gunfire at Fiesta de Los Reyes at Market Square in San Antonio on Thursday night.
View ArticleFreedom From Religion Foundation plans to file lawsuit if Ten Commandments...
If the proposed bill is passed, public schools would have to display the commandments in every classroom starting next school year.
View ArticleWhite House preparations for end of border expulsion policy draw mixed reviews
The Biden announcement on Thursday said the administration it will expand current programs and create new policies to facilitate more legal migration. But it also said it will ramp up removals and...
View ArticleFederal prisons want inmates to pay victims, before making phone calls or...
A proposed Bureau of Prisons rule would put the majority of money sent to an incarcerated person from outside toward restitution or other fines.
View Article5 people, including an 8-year-old, were killed in a shooting near Houston
Deputies were responding to a harassment complaint in Cleveland, Texas, when they discovered four people killed and several others injured, police say. The shooter used an AR-15 style rifle.
View ArticleThe weight bias against women in the workforce is real — and it's only...
Study after study shows women seen as overweight or obese often earn less at the workplace, an unfair bias that's been hard to reverse. However, men don't seem to face that penalty.
View ArticleU.S. Army grounds aviators for training after fatal crashes
The U.S. Army has grounded the units after 12 soldiers died within the last month in helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky, the military branch announced Friday.
View ArticleMore than a third of Texas prisons don't have air conditioning. A new bill...
In some prisons temperatures can reach triple-digit temperatures in the summer. A North Texas lawmaker is pushing for a law requiring temperatures to remain between 65 and 85 degrees.
View ArticleBrittney Griner says she's 'never going overseas' again after her detention
During her first press conference since being detained in Russia, the Phoenix Mercury star told reporters the only thing that'd take her off U.S. soil is an invitation to compete in the Olympics.
View Article5 people, including an 8-year-old, were killed in a shooting near Houston
The suspect, 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza, fled the scene and is not in custody. The San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office said on Saturday evening that it believes he is no longer in the county and...
View ArticleTexas Matters: State Senator Gutierrez on Legislative Session and taking on...
How making illegal voting a felony is part of a Republican campaign to supress voting. And an update on the developments at the Texas legislature from Democrat State Senator Roland Gutierrez and how he...
View ArticleHow Private Equity makes all our lives worse
Why did a once popular retail chain go bankrupt? Why are local newspapers laying off reporters? Why is healthcare so expensive? The answer is “private equity.” Private equity firms buy companies, load...
View ArticleWhy is there a push for the return of child labor in the U.S.?
Child labor is often thought of as a problem only in other countries or as being part of American history from the Industrial Revolution, but it’s making a comeback in the United States. There is a...
View ArticleColonias and the American Dream are one and the same for residents
Despite significant progress to better living conditions in colonias over the last four decades, these settlements are still defined by their worst moments. While the public’s attention on colonias has...
View ArticleShouting 'Mayday,' Texas school leaders declare funding emergency
Education leaders across 60 different Texas locations, including Dallas, demanded more of the state’s surplus $32 billion to bolster what they say are low school budgets.
View ArticleTexas Ranger interrogation tactics exposed in new podcast
Maurice Chammah tells us about his podcast. In ‘Just Say You’re Sorry,’ a new Marshall Project podcast, we are introduced to a famed Texas Ranger and a prisoner who says he was railroaded.
View ArticleCommissioners hear workforce development plans, move forward on Leon Creek Trail
State workforce officials briefed county commissioners on Tuesday on their modified plans through 2024 to keep San Antonio gainfully employed.
View ArticleThe Navy has beefed up mental health care for sailors dealing with 'rude...
After two deadly collisions and a cluster of suicides, the Navy is providing more mental health counseling to sailors where they work.
View ArticlePress Freedom under attack in America
Journalists working throughout the United States face innumerable risks to their well-being while performing their essential work, and the disturbing trend is only getting worse. Journalists are being...
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