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A pregnant woman was temporarily blocked from obtaining an emergency abortion by the Texas Supreme Court in a ruling issued Friday evening, CNN reported. The lower court’s decision was put on hold, and the Court said the case would remain pending. However, a timeline on when a full ruling would …

As a high school junior in Texas, Darryl George should be preparing for his final years of high school and what opportunities lay beyond. Instead, his mother Darresha George tells Rolling Stone, the Texas student is stressed, falling behind in classes, and now stuck in a disciplinary program meant for …

The Texas woman whose ex-husband is suing her friends for $1 million each for allegedly helping her obtain an abortion says in a new court filing that he promised to drop the lawsuit in exchange for sex — then reneged on the deal afterward. Brittni Silva referred to the agreement …

Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted on Saturday of corruption charges, following an articles of impeachment trial which included misconduct, bribery, and corruption allegations. In May, his fellow party members voted to impeach him, concluding he may have committed numerous crimes and that he abused his position to …

Interstate 20, one of the nation’s major highways, stretches like a constellation across the South, connecting the cities of Columbia, Atlanta, Birmingham, Jackson, Shreveport, and Dallas-Fort Worth, before ending in a fork with Interstate 10 in West Texas, en route to New Mexico. On its way through Texas, I-20 cuts …

Coffee City is a tiny town with a massive police force. The remote berg — outside Tyler, Texas, in the northeast of the state — counts fewer than 250 residents, but it employs more than 50 cops. The force is reportedly five times larger than any other small-town police force …

There are more than 250 district attorneys in the state of Texas, but only five of them agreed to sign a letter last year declaring their offices would not prosecute individuals who sought abortions. On Friday, the stakes go up for those bold enough to speak out against legislation they …

A Texas law designed to put strict controls on access to adult websites was blocked by a federal judge on Thursday, one day before it was to go into effect, in a decision that could prove a bellwether for similar legal challenges now playing out across the country. Since the …

Christian Chavez is fully embracing his queer identity onstage — and using his platform to slam Texas‘ anti-LGBTQ laws. On Friday, during Mexican pop group RBD’s reunion tour opener in El Paso, Texas, Chavez — who is openly gay and from the state — slammed Gov. Greg Abbott and the …

It’s Memorial Day weekend, when ostensibly the U.S. puts aside its differences and unites to pay respect to military members who died while serving the country. This weekend, however, a segment of the right wing are freaking out about the impeachment of one of its own, who has demonstrably given …