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AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott is testing state powers to enforce federal immigration laws, citing a surge of migrants at the Texas-Mexico border. Here’s what we know: On Thursday, Abbott ordered state police and National Guard soldiers to take unauthorized immigrants they apprehend to the ports of entry, rather than waiting to turn them over to federal Homeland Security officials. Nevertheless, Texas Department …

AUSTIN — A Texas judge on Friday issued an injunction prohibiting the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services from pursuing child abuse investigations into two more families with transgender children. Judge Jan Soifer granted the request for a temporary injunction to halt the investigations into the two families who allow or help their trans children to receive gender-affirming care. …

CHICAGO — Brittney Griner is “the fun aunt,” according to Nneka Ogwumike. She is resilient and kind, Ogwumike said. A fellow daughter of Texas, and Ogwumike’s father’s favorite player. Speaking Friday ahead of the WNBA’s All-Star festivities in Chicago, Ogwumike focused more on Griner’s humanity than her playing ability as the league continued to push for Griner’s release from her detention in …

After the first in a series of reports examining the law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School shooting was released, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin has denied one of its most striking findings. But in a contradiction to statements he has previously made, the mayor said in a news release Friday night that he “overwhelmingly supports” releasing all videos related to the …

A shooting in a Southlake home Tuesday morning has been ruled a murder-suicide between a husband and wife, according to medical examiner records. Officers were called about 10:20 a.m. to a home in the 600 block of Regency Crossing, near Big Bear Creek, where they found a man and a woman dead inside from gunshot wounds. The woman, identified as …

A Carrollton family is on edge and looking for answers more than a week after their apartment was riddled by bullets in the middle of the night. The Ranganis were fast asleep when someone fired dozens of shots toward their apartment, at the Peters Colony apartments in the 1800 block of East Peters Colony Road, shortly before 2:30 a.m. June …

At first, Jesus Guerrero was only mildly annoyed. The 31-year-old Austin artist received a couple of spam mailings that warned him to buy an extended car warranty. The mailings he showed me are supposed to scare you with words such as “official business,” “final notice,” “call immediately” and my favorite: “high-risk potential pre-existing conditions with mechanical or electrical issues on …

AUSTIN – The state’s juvenile detention facilities say staff shortages have forced them to keep youth confined to their rooms for up to 22 hours a day and cut off new intakes. Leaders at the Texas Juvenile Justice Department warn the staffing problem is so severe it could lead to an “inability to provide even basic supervision for youth locked …

A majority of Texans disapprove of the state’s trigger law, which will ban almost all abortions, new polling shows. The Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin shows 54% of respondents said they disapprove of the trigger law, and 37% approve. The law will go into effect in the coming weeks. The poll was conducted from June 16-24, just before …

AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday told state police and Texas National Guard soldiers to take the unauthorized immigrants they apprehend to ports of entry rather than into state custody. The move immediately was denounced from the left and right. Abbott, though, defended his action. He said President Joe Biden has failed to prevent an “invasion” of a state by relaxing …