Texas driver who plowed into bus stop outside migrant shelter convicted
George Alvarez was intoxicated when he lost control of his vehicle and drove into a crowd. He faces up to 160 years in prison.
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George Alvarez was intoxicated when he lost control of his vehicle and drove into a crowd. He faces up to 160 years in prison.
Powerful storms left a trail of devastation in their wake after spawning possible tornadoes in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas overnight.
On a vacant south Dallas city block, a new apartment complex is going up, one that will pay no property tax.
The mother of an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody says agents repeatedly ignored pleas to hospitalize her medically fragile daughter as she felt pain in her bones, struggled to breathe and was unable to walk.
A Texas man has pleaded guilty to purchasing a gun for a Mexican drug cartel that has been linked to the deadly kidnapping of four Americans.
Seven people were killed and up to six were injured Sunday after they were struck by a vehicle while waiting at a city bus stop outside of a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville.
It began the morning of February 19 -- after waiting months and sometimes years in Mexico, people seeking asylum in the United States are being allowed into the country as they wait for courts to decide on their cases.
The goal was to open an impromptu school where Central American children living in a camp of asylum seekers would be taught reading, writing, math and art... it's now turned into so much more.
A person has tested positive for the novel coronavirus virus in a refugee camp along the Mexican border near Texas, where an estimated 2,000 people are awaiting their immigration court dates.
Today a Texas inmate condemned for fatally stabbing an 85-year-old woman more than two decades ago is scheduled to die by lethal injection.
A prototype of a SpaceX ship meant to one day take humans to the moon and Mars has passed a key test at a facility in Texas, according to founder and CEO Elon Musk.
A Guatemala government official says 44 Guatemalans deported on one flight from the United States this week have tested positive for COVID-19.
A Venezuelan teenager has been forced back to Mexico by U.S. government authorities who denied her claims that she was fleeing political repression and violence.
One Texas city cracked the Top 20 and two others were at the very bottom of the list when the most populated U.S. cities were compared when it comes to health.
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico said Friday he and other members accompanied the girl to a Port of Entry in Brownsville, Texas, and asked federal immigration authorities to allow the girl into the country to seek medical treatment.
Will the search for permanent facilities reduce the possible need for temporary shelters in the future?
A 20-year-old driver was shot and killed by police in South Texas after investigators say he used his vehicle to ram patrol cars.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas was credited with saving a migrant woman and her young son who were attacked and covered by thousands of bees, the agency said.
The U.S. government has confirmed another 16-year-old Guatemalan child died Monday at a Border Patrol station in South Texas.
The death of a 16-year-old boy has heightened scrutiny of the U.S. government's ability to adequately care for the surge in migrant families and children crossing the border.
As of Friday, about 2,000 immigrants had been released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection into three cities in the area: McAllen, Brownsville and Harlingen.
A tiger cub that was found by U.S. Border Patrol agents earlier this year has finally arrived at his permanent home. In-Sync Exotics in Wylie has officially welcomed Kenobi.
Younger children cried in caged areas where they were crammed in with teens, and they clamored for their parents. Toilets were filthy, and running water was scarce, they say.
A federal judge on Monday determined the U.S. government is violating its own rules regarding the treatment of people seeking asylum.
Five parents out of a group of more than 30 who were recently released from federal custody pending the outcome of their immigration and asylum cases shared their stories during a news conference in El Paso.
The Panthers traded wide receiver Jonathan Mingo to the Cowboys, as well as a 2025 7th-round draft pick in exchange for a 2025 4th-round pick.
Temperatures across North Texas were about 15 to 20 degrees cooler Tuesday morning compared to the same time Monday morning.
Colombia's foreign ministry said that all of the victims were migrants who had been "caught in the crossfire."
While Vice President Kamala Harris has promised to keep current limits on asylum, former President Donald Trump has vowed to seal the southern border altogether.
Final polls before Election Day 2024 show Trump and Harris tied in key battleground states as Americans await results. See the latest updates and stream live coverage here.
Sen. Ted Cruz is seeking a third term in Congress, while Rep. Colin Allred aims to become Texas' first Black senator.
Final polls before Election Day 2024 show Trump and Harris tied in key battleground states as Americans await results. See the latest updates and stream live coverage here.
From the Chihuahuan Desert to the Pineywoods, what are voters across the Lone Star State thinking about as they cast their ballots?
The Panthers traded wide receiver Jonathan Mingo to the Cowboys, as well as a 2025 7th-round draft pick in exchange for a 2025 4th-round pick.
Temperatures across North Texas were about 15 to 20 degrees cooler Tuesday morning compared to the same time Monday morning.
A Collin County man is facing an extremely rare traffic citation after an encounter that was caught on video.
The CBS Data Team learned there are about 5600 mail thefts reported every year in the North Texas region- that's more than 15 reported thefts a day.
For the past six months, the CBS News Texas I-Team has spoken with more than a dozen Medicare recipients who reported fraudulent activity on their accounts.
The officer was pursuing a stolen car in South Fort Worth when he collided with 57-year-old Andre Craig, who was killed in the crash.
Mothers Against Police Brutality accuses DPD of a "half century of unaccountable police brutality."
While Vice President Kamala Harris has promised to keep current limits on asylum, former President Donald Trump has vowed to seal the southern border altogether.
Final polls before Election Day 2024 show Trump and Harris tied in key battleground states as Americans await results. See the latest updates and stream live coverage here.
Texas' 40 electoral votes are the second-most of any state, behind only California.
Propositions S, T and U, known as the Dallas HERO amendments, are among 18 amendments on the ballot in the City of Dallas in the 2024 election.
Early voting numbers show low Democratic and urban voter turnout in Texas. Jack Fink and pollster Ross Hunt analyze early voter data for North Texas.
At Fort Worth ISD's North Side High School, the sounds of an American sport on the field meet mariachi music in the stands.
With new foods, such as the "Drowning Taquitos" and the "Beso de Angel," Tony's Taco Shop owners say they don't take their success for granted.
Latinas in Tech DFW started back up last year after the pandemic. They have lots of opportunities for Latinas to network, connect, and learn new skills.
Anchor Ken Molestina shows us how he makes his Cuban coffee for the CBS News Texas newsroom.
Del Olmo, who has played golf his entire life, recalls how rare the sport was for people like him growing up in Mexico City.
As more seniors fall victim to financial scams, citizens and lawmakers search for stronger consumer protections.
Following an I-Team investigation, Sunnova Energy is facing legal action from nearly a dozen Texas families.
A viral TikTok recipe that includes melting Jolly Ranchers landed a 9-year-old in the hospital with severe burns.
Richardson residents continue to recover from storms that hit North Texas with winds that created debris and damages to homes.
A string of recalls connected to Wisconsin-based supplier Schreiber Foods has now extended to Aldi stores after similar recalls at Hy-Vee and other grocery chains.
The "Dawson's Creek" alum shared the news on Sunday and said that despite the diagnosis, there is "reason for optimism, and I'm feeling good."
There has been one death in a severe E. coli outbreak that affected dozens of people. That victim lived in Grand Junction, and his family there says they have not filed a lawsuit against McDonald's or anyone involved.
Recalled products were sent to distributors in 35 states and sold on Amazon, Dynarex said in notice posted by FDA.
McDonald's says Quarter Pounders will be back on the menu at hundreds of its restaurants after testing ruled out beef patties as the source of an E. coli outbreak.
Colorado has seemingly eliminated one ingredient in the McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburger E. coli outbreak as a cause for death and dozens of illnesses.
Seventeen thousand workers depend on those containers to arrive by train or truck transport inside southern Dallas County’s International Inland Port.
Following an I-Team investigation, Sunnova Energy is facing legal action from nearly a dozen Texas families.
Elliott Hill is a TCU graduate and currently serves on the school's board of trustees.
Chevron Corporation announced Friday it would relocate its headquarters from San Ramon to Houston, Texas before the end of the year.
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee filed a federal lawsuit this week alleging Prime, Logan Paul's energy drink company, of infringing on the committee's trademarks.
The Panthers traded wide receiver Jonathan Mingo to the Cowboys, as well as a 2025 7th-round draft pick in exchange for a 2025 4th-round pick.
The Rangers had expected Eovaldi to decline the option, but would still like to re-sign the 34-year-old right-hander and Texas native.
The QB1 suffered a hamstring injury during the fourth quarter of Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons.
The Cowboys took their third straight setback and lost quarterback Dak Prescott to a hamstring injury.
It was not made clear why Elliott didn't travel with the team.
Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music legend who collaborated with everyone from Michael Jackson to Frank Sinatra, has died at 91, his family announced.
The "Dawson's Creek" alum shared the news on Sunday and said that despite the diagnosis, there is "reason for optimism, and I'm feeling good."
Scaring people for a living is a tough racket. "A bunch of teenagers that say 'Boo!' — that won't fly anymore," one haunted house veteran says.
Joe Exotic, made famous in the Netflix series "Tiger King" and currently serving time in federal prison, says he is engaged to a fellow inmate in Texas and hopes to get married.
As the 2024 election approaches, Aly & AJ reflect on surviving a mass shooting and why they're pushing for an assault weapons ban.
Check out photos of cars, trucks and SUV's on display this year at the Texas Auto Show at the State Fair of Texas.
We take a look back at Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia's time in Dallas.
Stars, stripes and plenty of fun in the sun is how Fort Worth celebrates the Fourth of July.
Severe storms made way across North Texas on May 28, leaving behind a path of destruction.
Damage from across North Texas that was left behind by two tornadoes on May 25.
