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May 24, 2023

New Mexico homeless population abruptly grew by 48% compared with previous year, agency reports

The homeless population in New Mexico has abruptly increased by 48% in 2022, disrupting the state’s decade-long gradual decline in people living without permanent shelter.

May 24, 2023

Texas lawmakers battle over bringing Ten Commandments into classroom: 'Fuel' for culture war

Republicans and Democrats in Texas are battling over increasingly pro-Christian bills that would have allowed chaplains in schools, among other proposals.

May 24, 2023

Texas Senate approves bill to set new standards for sexually explicit material in books

Texas's Senate approved a bill that would set new ratings for sexually explicit materials to ban books from libraries. The bill is now being sent to Gov. Greg Abbott.

May 23, 2023

Texas Attorney General Paxton calls on state House Speaker Dade Phelan to resign after 'apparent intoxication'

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) called on Tuesday for Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) to resign after 'apparent intoxication' on the House floor.

May 23, 2023

Former Texas deputy sentenced for escorting truck he believed had drugs with his patrol car

A Texas law enforcement officer was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for his role in transporting what he believed were drugs.

May 23, 2023

Texas home construction collapse kills 2, injures several others

A home under construction in Conroe, Texas, collapsed Tuesday, killing two people and injuring several others, officials said.

May 23, 2023

Arizona man pleads not guilty to stabbing death of 29-year-old Lauren Heike on hiking trail

Zion Willian Teasley, 22, pleaded not guilty to murdering 29-year-old Lauren Heike on a desert hiking trail in Phoenix in April.

May 23, 2023

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes bill banning use of names, pronouns trans students identify by

Katie Hobbs, the Democratic governor of Arizona, has vetoed a Republican-led legislation that would have banned schools from calling trans students by their preferred pronouns.

May 23, 2023

US Border Patrol agents who killed a tribal member in Arizona were responding to gunfire reports, agency says

U.S. Border Patrol agents were answering to reports of gunfire when they fatally shot a tribal man outside a home on the Tohono O’odham reservation in southern Arizona.

May 23, 2023

Bernice King says father MLK 'would be deeply concerned' about Florida policies

Dr. Bernice King, daughter of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., invoked her father in a reply rebuking Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and the state of Florida.