A five-year-old boy and his father are being held at the South Texas Family Detention Center in Dilley after their arrest in Minnesota. Lawmakers and advocates are calling for the child's release, while the Department of Homeland Security disputes claims about how the boy was taken into custody and faces criticism over access to the facility.
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Reaction from Minneapolis Emergency Management Director Rachel Sayre to Saturday's shooting and the subsequent street confrontations.
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The incident, which was caught on video, marks the second deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis in less than a month.
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Federal agents have shot and killed another person in Minneapolis, this time a 51-year-old man.
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The announcement is a reversal for Trump, who initially initially praised the agreement with China as something Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney "should be doing."
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Wildfires burn landscapes, but they also sear themselves into memory, and many Big Bend National Park enthusiasts remember the South Rim 4 Fire of April 2021. It began near a backcountry campsite, suggesting a possible human cause, and burned across 1,300 acres of the Chisos Mountains. It was the most intense blaze in the storied range in decades.
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The council passed a resolution this week reiterating opposition to above-ground passenger rail in parts of Dallas and adding another area of West Dallas to the list.
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It’s somewhat of a Texas tradition — buying all the essentials before a winter storm.
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As President Trump marks one year back in office, his EPA has proposed rolling back key air and climate protections, which experts say has already begun to strain Texas's air quality and public health.
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Just one year after the worst measles outbreak in the country began in West Texas, public health officials said the U.S. could lose its measles elimination status. Public health leaders from North Texas and Lubbock warn declining vaccination rates could increase risk of future measles outbreaks.
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Millions of visitors are expected to come to North Texas for the FIFA World Cup — and the city of Dallas could host a majority of them.
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