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40,000 Migrants Seeking Asylum Stalled At US Border
The figure — based on reporting by The Associated Press and Mexican government figures — represents a dramatic increase from the start of the year.
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The figure — based on reporting by The Associated Press and Mexican government figures — represents a dramatic increase from the start of the year.
Alabama is No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason college football poll for the second straight season and third time in five years.
A member of the Electoral College from Michigan has created a website urging Donald Trump supporters to rally electors around the President-Elect amid a flurry of anti-Trump lobbying.
The attorney for a man charged with capital murder in an El Paso police officer's traffic death says his client didn't intend to hit the officer with his vehicle.
A Texas man has pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in New Mexico.
Officials for the Katy Independent School District apologized for the writing assignment Wednesday, but said they could not confirm allegations the teacher told students to deny the existence of God.
A Texas police chief has sent a terse letter telling a watchdog group to "go fly a kite" after the group sent a letter of complaint when the chief placed "In God We Trust" decals on patrol vehicles.
When Pope Francis travels around the United States later this week, he will fly on an American Airlines jet that temporarily will be christened Shepherd One
Eight black hearses lined up side by side outside a church in a small southeastern Minnesota community Thursday, each set to carry one member of a slain Houston, Texas, family to their final resting place.
A capital murder charge has been filed against a 22-year-old man in a March 20 residential burglary in Houston that ended in gunfire that killed the resident and another suspect.
A police detective was selected to preside over a grand jury that will likely consider cases stemming from a shootout involving bikers and police in Waco.
Houston police have issued an arrest warrant charging with murder a suspect in the fatal shooting of a co-worker at a northeast Houston workplace.
Dodging potholes has become a part of the daily commute. Still, a huge one in Grand Prairie this morning caught drivers by surprise.
An Amtrak train headed to Chicago from San Antonio slammed into a semitrailer on Friday at a crossing near the Illinois community of Wilmington.
Health and Human Services Commissioner Kyle Janek is on his way out, state officials announced Friday.
The mayor of a small Central Texas town says the city will be without water for up to three days after two water pumps failed.
Christopher James Holder, 31, has received a life sentence without the possibility of parole after a jury found him guilty of capital murder.
A mentally ill inmate left unattended for weeks in his filthy Harris County jail cell will receive a $400,000 settlemen
The Texas Senate has approved a bill establishing an 11-member commission that will examine wrongful convictions.
The largest black willow in the State of Texas has been accidentally cut down in the White Rock Lake area of Dallas. A contract crew grinding tree stumps made the mistake.
Former President George W. Bush made a surprise visit to the Sept. 11 museum in New York City over the weekend.
More than $1.7 billion will be available for Texas highway projects because of a constitutional amendment that allows more money for roads, lawmakers said this week.
An appeal by ex-Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach in a lawsuit he had filed over his firing has been denied.
Records show dozens of minor or moderate state environmental violations over the past five years at a Houston-area chemical plant where four people died from toxic fumes this weekend.
A farmer investigating a grass fire on a remote stretch of road near his South Texas home discovered the bodies of two men and a woman from San Antonio who had been shot, bound and wrapped in carpet that was set ablaze.
The county medical examiner said Anthony Johnson Jr.'s death was a homicide caused by chemical and mechanical asphyxia.
Tarrant County Precinct 7 is treating suspected squatters not like tenants who are unable to pay rent, but like criminals who never intended to.
If convicted, the teens could face up to 15 years in federal prison.
Rain chances remain consistent on Friday and Saturday, but no severe weather is expected.
While setup began last week, planning for this marquee event has been in the works since last year.
Tarrant County Precinct 7 is treating suspected squatters not like tenants who are unable to pay rent, but like criminals who never intended to.
The county medical examiner said Anthony Johnson Jr.'s death was a homicide caused by chemical and mechanical asphyxia.
Anthony Johnson Jr. died in the Tarrant County Jail in April after an altercation with detention officers.
Rain chances remain consistent on Friday and Saturday, but no severe weather is expected.
While setup began last week, planning for this marquee event has been in the works since last year.
Thousands of items disappeared from the DeSoto Police Department evidence room, an internal audit found.
When 72-year-old Tom England received his Medicare statement in the mail, he immediately sensed something was wrong.
Jeremiah Cottle is selling all the intellectual property rights for the manufacture of bump stocks.
In 2017, investigators found bump stocks attached to the guns used in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, which killed 58 people - the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
According to Tarrant Appraisal District records, the owner claimed the horses "stayed on the property year around," but inspectors said the evidence indicated otherwise.
A New York court said in a decision that Rudy Giuliani is disbarred effective immediately.
Measure would protect an estimated 36 million and represent first major federal safety standard of its kind.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will consider a challenge to a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the ages of their visitors.
Reaction amongst members of Congress in Texas fell along party lines, with Democrats saying they're horrified by the ruling, while Republicans are pleased.
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that former President Donald Trump is entitled to immunity from federal prosecution for official actions he took while in office.
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.
Over the past several months, the CBS News Texas I-Team has reported on solar panel horror stories. This time, we set out to find a success story.
Self-driving 18-wheelers have longtime truckers worried about their livelihood and others concerned that the technology needs more testing to make sure the public is safe.
McDonald's concept restaurant CosMc's has taken its drink-focused menu to Dallas for its second-ever location.
FDA approval of the new Alzheimer's treatment, which will be branded as Kisunla, follows years of setbacks.
Measure would protect an estimated 36 million and represent first major federal safety standard of its kind.
The FDA said its study better simulated how commercial milk processing kills the bird flu virus, H5N1.
Diamond Shruumz-brand cones, chocolate bars and gummies sold nationwide now linked to 48 illnesses in 24 states.
The healthcare system called the Texas Health and Human Services Commission process "deeply flawed."
Change is coming to the Fort Worth Stockyards in the form of a billion-dollar development project.
In a letter to Southwest's board, the investment firm complained that Southwest's stock price has dropped more than 50% in the last three years.
"Bad Boys: Ride or Die" opened with an estimated $56 million in theater sales over the weekend.
TXSE Group aims to launch by 2026.
The closures will impact hundreds of employees at locations in Dallas, Richardson, Las Colinas, Lake Highlands and Denton.
The Dallas Wings were coming off their best season since moving to Texas eight years ago, and their most wins since the franchise's last WNBA title in 2008.
Beloved Golden State Warriors guard and legendary Splash Brother Klay Thompson will be headed to Dallas as part of a multi-team sign-and-trade deal, according to reports.
Bye-bye Big 12, hello SEC. The move becomes official today, after 3 years in the making.
Texas rookie Wyatt Langford became the first major leaguer to hit for the cycle this season, and the Rangers routed the Baltimore Orioles 11-2 to snap a six-game skid.
Simone Biles is heading back to the Olympics along with Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Hezley Rivera and Suni Lee.
Martin Mull came to national fame with a recurring role on the Norman Lear-created satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," and the starring role in its spinoff, "Fernwood 2 Night."
The Oscar-winning actor and director spoke with CBS News Texas ahead of the release of his passion project.
The original 1997 illustration for the front of the first Harry Potter book has set a record for Potter-themed memorabilia on the auction block.
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In 1999, a series about a New Jersey crime family premiered on HBO; it would change television. Series creator David Chase, and stars Edie Falco, Steven Van Zandt, Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa, discuss the personal and cultural impact of "The Sopranos."
The building had stood in Cleburne for nearly 50 years before it burned down in an early morning fire on Tuesday, July 2. No one was hurt in the fire.
The heat dome that has dominated the weather pattern over the last week ebbs away to the east starting late Thursday. This opens the door for a rare July cold front. It arrives Friday and stalls over North Texas on Saturday.
Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn fired detention officer Rafael Moreno on Tuesday after Moreno was indicted on a murder charge related to the jailhouse killing of Anthony Johnson Jr.
Tarrant County Precinct 7 is shifting its approach to suspected squatters. Rather than treating them as struggling tenants, they now view them as criminals who never intended to pay rent.
Last night, Tropical Storm Beryl intensified into a Category 5 hurricane. The National Weather Service reported that they have never observed a storm this powerful so early in the season.
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.
A storm chaser not only captured a massive tornado touching down in Hawley, Texas on Thursday but ended up rescuing a family of four whose home was destroyed by it.
Dallas artist Roberto Marquez traveled to the Rafah Crossing in Egypt, the U.S. capital and will attend this weekend's statewide protest in Austin.
On Friday, hundreds of thousands of fans gathered outside and all around Globe Life Field in Arlington to celebrate the Texas Rangers historical World Series win!