Tag: El Paso

Seemingly safe GOP incumbents under attack from right-wing

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Republican U.S. Sen. James Lankford would seem to have all the conservative credentials he'd need to coast to re-election in deep-red...

Learning setbacks coming into focus with new testing results

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AUSTIN, Texas — The scores from the first U.S. standardized tests taken during the pandemic are offering an early glimpse of just how far...

US will close 4 emergency shelters for migrant children

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U.S. officials will close four emergency facilities set up to house record numbers of migrant children crossing the Mexican border alone but cautioned Tuesday...

US: 40% fewer migrant kids held at largest emergency shelter

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SAN DIEGO — The number of migrant children housed at the Biden administration's largest emergency shelter for those who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone...

Harris heads to border after facing criticism for absence

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WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris faces perhaps the most politically challenging moment of her vice presidency Friday when she heads to the U.S. southern border...

Texas’ Abbott leads GOP push for Trump-style border measures

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AUSTIN, Texas — Promises to build a wall. Descriptions of American homes “invaded” by immigrants and a trail of “carnage." Plans to arrest border...

8 hurt as vehicle crashes guard rail at Texas race track

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FABENS, Texas — Eight people were injured Sunday night after a vehicle plowed into a crowd at a mud racing event in Texas. ...

Panic attacks highlight stress at shelters for migrant kids

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Associated Press — Paramedics were called regularly to treat children suffering from panic attacks so severe their hands would constrict into balls and their...

Texas mom says she posed as student to push for security

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EL PASO, Texas — A Texas mom arrested for posing as her daughter at a middle school says she did it to push for...

More US citizens apprehended for moving drugs over border

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PHOENIX — An increasing number of American citizens have been apprehended as they have tried to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S. since the...