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The Texas company is channeling classic effects again

Emergency medical providers respond to heat-related illnesses as extreme temperatures become more frequent and prolonged

Diarrhea was rampant, children were losing weight, and parents had to clean soiled clothing in sinks because guards would not provide them with clean items, mothers at an overcrowded Texas border facility in Laredo told Department of Homeland Security investigators last month, according to an internal report obtained by The…

As an 8-year-old was dying in Border Patrol custody last month, officials at the Texas detention center where she had been held were complaining about the facility's "overuse of hospitalization," according to an internal report obtained by The Times.

Five cases of malaria have been detected in the US in the last two months

Top Republicans promised property tax cuts, but have been locked in standoffs on how to achieve it. Gov. Greg Abbott has called another overtime legislative session in hopes of solidifying a plan.

Since a heat wave gripped Texas, at least nine inmates, including two men in their 30s, have died of heart attacks or unknown causes in prisons lacking air conditioning. It’s been 11 years since the state last classified a death as heat-related.

Texas has seen a boom in solar power in recent years, and experts say that’s helped the state grid weather an intense June heat wave.

FRISCO, Texas — Re-watching the Dallas Cowboys’ final game of their 2022 season is an exercise in self-harm, or a refusal to do something more useful with your time.