August 31, 2021 Texas Senate passes GOP-backed election bill weeks after Dem walkout The Texas legislature has passed the final version of a GOP-backed bill which aims to protect elections and promote election integrity, sending the legislation to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk to be signed.
August 31, 2021 Austin hotel group offers 100 free rooms to Hurricane Ida evacuees An Austin, Texas-based hotel group offered 100 free rooms to Hurricane Ida evacuees until Wednesday.
August 31, 2021 FBI investigating possible terror link in shooting of Texas Lyft driver, targeting of police station The FBI is investigating whether the Texas man accused of fatally shooting a female Lyft driver and then opening fire in a police station was inspired by foreign terrorists.
August 30, 2021 Houston Afghanistan veteran dies of treatable illness after waiting for ICU bed An Army veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan died in Texas from a treatable illness all because no ICU beds were available.
August 30, 2021 Suspects in killing of New Orleans police detective claim they were getaway drivers Two Houston gang members charged in the murder of a New Orleans police detective and wounding his friend insist that neither of them pulled the trigger during a botched daytime robbery at a restaurant.
August 30, 2021 Texas abortion providers ask Supreme Court to block state law that bans procedure after six weeks Abortion providers are turning to the Supreme Court to block a Texas law that, if unchanged, will ban abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
August 30, 2021 Fifth Circuit cancels hearing on Texas 'heartbeat' abortion law days before it takes effect A Texas law that would ban abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected is set to go into effect on Wednesday after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals canceled a hearing that was supposed to take place Monday.
August 29, 2021 Hurricane Ida's impact on Louisiana is 'unprecedented,' Cajun Navy Relief president says She's navigated through Hurricane Laura, Hurricane Harvey and other disasters, but Cajun Navy Relief (CNR) president Colleen Udell says that the impact of Hurricane Ida is "unprecedented."
August 28, 2021 After Kabul attacks, US faces threat from Islamic extremists ‘already in our country’: retired Army general Radicalized terrorist sympathizers "already in our country" pose a "bigger problem" for the U.S. than any security issues at the U.S.-Mexico border, a retired U.S. Army general says.
August 28, 2021 First cut of steel made for first aircraft carrier named for African American war hero A shipbuilding company made its first cut of steel for the Navy’s newest nuclear aircraft carrier, which will be the first carrier named after a Black American veteran.
