The Latest Breaking News from Texas

Texas law causes abortions to drop by 60% as people seek care in other states

State data showed procedures went from 5,400 to 2,200 in the month after the near-total ban was enacted in September

The Guardian - US · Feb 10, 2022

Abortions in Texas dropped by 60% in month after ban took effect

There were 5,404 clinic abortions conducted in August. The number fell dramatically in September to 2,197.

Axios · Feb 10, 2022

Ted Cruz reverses on Jan 6 opposition and says it wasn’t an insurrection after all

‘I think it is a mistake for Republicans to repeat the political propaganda of Democrats and the corporate media’ the Texas senator said

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2022

Boy, 7, left with horror injuries after dog viciously attacked him as he got off bus

Conner Landers, from Reno in Texas, in the US, was getting off his school bus when a brindle boxer-bullmastiff mixed-breed dog attacked him after escaping from inside a fenced yard

Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 2022

A Year After Blackout, Texans Navigate Climate Trauma in a Failing Fossil State

State residents struggle with PTSD after last week’s freeze as Big Oil maintains its grip.

Texas Observer · Feb 10, 2022

‘The dog used me as a chew toy, Mummy’: Seven-year-old from Texas left needing surgery after dog attack

‘He was wearing a white T-shirt that was completely drenched in blood,’ says mother

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2022

Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew

Welcome to the Thursday, February 10, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Feb 10, 2022

Missouri, Texas to probe GoFundMe over restrictions on Canada trucker donations

The attorneys general of Missouri and Texas said on Wednesday they will probe GoFundMe over the decision by the crowd funding service to take down a page for a fundraising campaign that supports protesting truck drivers in Canada who oppose mandated COVID-19 vaccines.

Reuters · Feb 10, 2022

Tyler Skaggs’ mother testifies that Angels pitcher had opioid issue in 2013

FORT WORTH, Texas — On the first full day of testimony in the trial of Eric Kay, a former Angels employee charged with giving pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his death, Debbie Hetman testified that her son admitted he had an issue with Percocet nearly six years…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 10, 2022

Los Angeles Angels security guard describes finding player's body in Texas hotel room

Tyler Skaggs' legs and feet in cowboy boots hung off of his Southlake hotel room bed. Blood pooled inside his body at the right side of his face. He had no pulse.

Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2022