(NewsNation) — Researchers are blaming an increase in infant deaths in the state of Texas on the state’s abortion ban in a study released Monday. Between 2021 and 2022, infant deaths rose from 1,985 to 2,240 in Texas, according to the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study. It’s a 12.9% increase in infant … Read more
Texas’ six-week abortion ban, a 2021 law whose GOP backers claimed would “protect innocent human life,” is linked to a staggering rise in infant deaths, a new study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association found. The study, published on the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, … Read more
FORT WORTH, Texas (NewsNation) — A hate crime investigation is being requested by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) after a Texas woman allegedly tried to drown two children in an apartment pool. Police charged Elizabeth Wolf, 42, with attempted capital murder, injury to a child and public intoxication after the incident May 19 in Euless, … Read more
In 2006, Ramiro Gonzales was sentenced to death in Texas as punishment for kidnapping, raping and killing Bridget Townsend when they were both 18 years old. There were indications that Gonzales did not represent the “worst of the worst” kind of criminal that the death penalty is supposedly reserved for. Like many on death row, … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a settlement between Western states over the management of one of North America’s longest rivers. The 5-4 decision rebuffs an agreement that had come recommended by a federal judge overseeing the case over how New Mexico, Texas and Colorado must share water from the Rio Grande. … Read more
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — A Texas bakery is making the best of a potentially bad situation after taking its fair share of heat for a controversial batch of cookies that went viral on social media. Margie’s Bakery & Deli, located in Wichita Falls, has offered both sweet and savory selections to the community since 1970 … Read more
FILE – Migrant parents socialize outside the Annunciation House, June 26, 2018, in El Paso, Texas. On Monday, March 11, 2024, a Texas judge ruled in favor of Annunciation House, a large migrant shelter on the U.S.-Mexico border that Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to shut down over claims that the facility encourages … Read more
A right-wing political action committee put up a TV ad on Friday indirectly highlighting the racial differences between Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and his Democratic challenger, Rep. Colin Allred. The ad shows a Latina woman talking about how hard her family has always worked and how she would resent the government paying African Americans reparations … Read more
The Republican Party of Texas is considering a platform that appears to endorse the death penalty for abortion providers and patients. Texas delegates voted on a 2024 platform at the state’s GOP Convention on Saturday and aim to tally the votes by Wednesday to finalize their platform for the coming year. The proposal called for … Read more
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was out to save his job Tuesday in a GOP primary runoff that has put rifts within the party on display. Gonzales, who has clashed with some of his hard-right colleagues in Washington and drawn a rebuke from the state party, is in a race … Read more
