The Latest Breaking News from Texas

46 people believed to be migrants found dead in Texas tractor-trailer

The bodies of 46 people believed to be migrants were found dead in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio on Monday in what officials called the region’s worst mass-casualty event in recent history.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 28, 2022

At least 40 people dead and survivors 'hot to the touch' inside abandoned Texas lorry trailer

Victims assumed to be smuggled migrants from Mexico, with four children among those taken to hospital suffering from heatstroke and exhaustion

Wales Online · Jun 28, 2022

At least 50 people found dead in a truck in San Antonio, Texas

The deaths occurred during an apparent human smuggling attempt along US-Mexico border.

Al Jazeera · Jun 28, 2022

San Antonio trailer deaths - latest: 46 bodies found in Texas in potential smuggling as governor blames Biden

16 survivors, including four children, are ‘fighting for lives’ in hospital

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2022

Texas sued by ACLU over ‘antiquated’ pre-Roe abortion ban

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was accused in a lawsuit of illegally threatening criminal prosecution of abortion providers before new restrictions in the state go into effect, following the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last week.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2022

The Supreme Court's abortion ruling shifts legal battles to state courts

Judges temporarily blocked abortion bans Monday in Louisiana and Utah, while abortion rights advocates challenged laws in Texas, Idaho, Kentucky and Mississippi.

WEKU · Jun 28, 2022

California advances Texas-style lawsuits over illegal guns

The California Assembly has approved Texas-style lawsuits over illegal guns, mimicking the Lone Star State’s law aimed at deterring abortions

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2022

'Stacks of bodies': 46 dead migrants found in truck in Texas

The bodies of 46 dead migrants were discovered inside a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, city officials said, in one of the most deadly recent incidents of human smuggling along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Reuters · Jun 28, 2022

Supreme Court sides with school coach who prayed at a game, offering more protection to public displays of religion

The court ruled a Washington state coach was praying as a private citizen when he knelt after a game on the field, not as an employee of the district.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 28, 2022

Biden suspends rules limiting immigrant arrest, deportation

The Biden administration has suspended an order that had focused resources for the arrest and deportation of immigrants on those considered a threat to public safety and national security

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2022