Republican states Texas and Florida have reported fewer COVID cases despite reopening their states. Republican states Texas and Florida have reported fewer COVID cases despite reopening their states.
A Texas teacher was arrested on Saturday after her former student contacted authorities and reported that she was sexually abusing him for three years.
A former Texas sheriff's deputy has been arrested and charged for killing three people, including his ex-wife and daughter, in a shooting in Austin on Sunday.
Three people were killed amid the domestic shooting in Austin, Texas on Sunday afternoon. Police said the victims were two Hispanic females and a Black male.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Mexican drug cartels are using social media apps, such as TikTok, to recruit more people to work in their smuggling operations.
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has earlier limited media access along the U.S.-Mexico border after seeing an increase in migrant arrivals, which includes a huge number of unaccompanied migrant children.
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that he will be deploying National Guard troops along the border to address the immigration crisis the state is facing after there has been a surge of immigrants trying to enter the country.
Texas and Mississippi announced their plan to go no mask, citing as basis the significant decrease in hospitalization and positive COVID cases in their states.
