Education

Judge blocks Texas from releasing this year’s school accountability ratings

A Travis County judge has blocked the Texas Education Agency from releasing its ratings of the state’s school…

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Texas investigating Houston’s power utility following deadly outages after Beryl

AUSTIN — Texas’ attorney general launched an investigation Monday into Houston’s electric utility over allegations of fraud and…

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Texas town’s boil water notice lifted after six years

After being in place for over six years, a boil water notice for the small West Texas town…

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Audio, video from Uvalde shooting released

DALLAS — As law enforcement officers hung back outside Khloie Torres’ fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde, Texas, she begged…

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Former Uvalde chief tells CNN: ‘I’ve been scapegoated’

AUSTIN — The former police chief of the Uvalde school district said he thinks he’s been “scapegoated” as…

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Judge combs out claims in Houston hairstyle case

HOUSTON — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed by a…

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Astronauts could switch from Boeing to SpaceX

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — What should have been a quick trip to the International Space Station may turn…

Texas

Actor charged in Houston shooting

HOUSTON — Actor Akili McDowell, who starred in the television series “David Makes Man” and had roles in…

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Former prisoners describe suffocating heat in Texas lockups as they plead for air conditioning

AUSTIN — Describing Texas prisons as so hot that inmates would cool off by splashing themselves with toilet…

Texas

Border arrests have fallen 30 percent, officials say

SAN DIEGO — Arrests of migrants for illegally crossing the border to the United States from Mexico have…