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WASHINGTON — A top U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs official Thursday defended the move to begin providing abortions to veterans and their beneficiaries in certain cases, even in states such as Texas where those services are illegal or tightly restricted. Testifying before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Shereef Elnahal, the VA’s undersecretary for health, also sought to address concerns VA providers in states with …

Cotton farmer Brian Adamek figures he’ll lose about $750 an acre on his 2,000-acre South Texas farm this year because of a summerlong drought that has plagued Texas. Record-high temperatures reaching over 100 degrees for 40 days this summer scorched the livelihoods of many Texas farmers and might affect next year’s crops, too. In the High Plains area around Lubbock and …

The last time Annie Collier went to the dentist was in 2014. After her retirement, Collier, who lives in the Jubilee community in southern Dallas, said she didn’t have the time or money to go to regular dentist appointments. For many in southern Dallas, keeping a healthy lifestyle is difficult. With few grocery stores, clinics, and dental offices in the …

Kyle Bass likes to bet big. So it’s fitting that the Dallas-based hedge fund manager, who shot to fame shorting mortgage debt in the lead up to the global financial crisis, is now fixated on the most abundant commodity in his home state: land. The market for Texas dirt, Bass said, “is big, and it’s real.” Bass, 53, is no …

Texans will head to the polls in November to decide a slew of high-profile races. To be eligible, however, they must register to vote by Oct. 11. Although there is no presidential election, voters will choose the next governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, land commissioner, agriculture commissioner and comptroller. All are four-year terms. In addition, all U.S. representatives, state senators, …

A former defensive player for the Dallas Cowboys was arrested in Collin County Thursday, according to online jail records. Collin County jail website showed that Brandon Carey Carr, 36, a 14-year NFL veteran who spent two different stints with the Cowboys, was arrested Thursday and released later that same day. Online records did not show Carr’s charges or his bail …

Police are asking for the public’s help finding a man they say fatally shot two people at a northeast Dallas strip mall over the weekend. Houston Littles IV(Dallas police) Police said Thursday that they were looking for Houston Littles IV, 39, in connection with a shooting in the 8400 block of Park Lane about 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Officers called to …

EL PASO — With hundreds of migrants sleeping in downtown streets, city and federal authorities continue to take dramatic steps to relieve pressure on this border city hit with the latest humanitarian migrant crisis since the beginning of the month. The drama is playing out in the backdrop of quiet diplomatic effort by the Biden administration, as reported by Reuters earlier this …

Latinos may have eclipsed non-Hispanic whites as the dominant population in Texas, according to new data from the Census Bureau. The metrics: Texas Latinos make up 40.2% of the state’s population in 2021, while non-Hispanic Texans made up 39.4%. The estimates come from the bureau’s American Community Survey for 2021. While not as certain as a decennial census, the finding …

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter and review records seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last month. In her order, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon refused a Justice Department request to lift her temporary prohibition on the department’s use of the …