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Unlikely alliance fighting pipeline in Texas Hill Country
FREDERICKSBURG, Texas (AP) — One of the longest proposed new natural gas pipelines in the U.S. is set to run through Heath Frantzen's property in the Texas Hill Country, where more than 600 white-tailed and trophy axis deer graze on a hunting...
Abbott names new election chief after voter citizenship flub
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed a new secretary of state on Monday after his previous one resigned amid backlash for wrongly questioning the U.S. citizenship of nearly 100,000 voters. The Republican governor announced in a...
Sandra Bland's own video of 2015 Texas traffic stop surfaces
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Cellphone video recorded by Sandra Bland, a black woman found dead in a Texas jail following a confrontational 2015 traffic stop, shows for the first time her perspective as a white state trooper draws his stun gun and points...
Sizzling heat wave creates health hazard in southwestern US
PHOENIX (AP) — A punishing heat wave has arrived in the Southwestern U.S. and brought temperatures that will approach 120 degrees in Arizona — a number not seen in the desert city in more than 20 years. Arizona is seeing the most stifling...
Arizona enacts law adding rules for born-alive abortions
PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation Friday toughening and expanding an existing abortion law. The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature passed the bill as the latest action in its yearslong string of anti-abortion...