A Texas appeals court on Friday blocked a local lockdown order in the border city of El Paso, where a dramatic coronavirus surge has killed more than 180 people in just the past month and prompted officials to set up mobile morgues to handle the influx of bodies.
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A surge of coronavirus cases continues to overwhelm the Texas border city of El Paso, with local officials reportedly moving to set up additional morgues to handle a rise in deaths.
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A group of restaurants in the Texas border city of El Paso sued county officials on Friday after being ordered to close their doors to in-person dining because of a surge in coronavirus cases in the region.
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As a troubling surge of coronavirus cases and Covid-19 hospitalizations continues to hammer the border city of El Paso, Texas, officials over the weekend delivered an urgent and straightforward plea to residents: stay home for the next two weeks.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott is sending more than 70 health workers to the border city of El Paso as a resurgence of the coronavirus has officials warning of “virus fatigue” and urging residents to take precautions.
Read moreFamilias Unidas Por La Educación sued El Paso Independent School District in federal court, claiming it closed three elementary schools Latino neighborhoods, put no bond money toward facilities in these neighborhoods but put all of it into whiter neighborhoods’ schools.
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U.S. immigration authorities are testing a program to speed up reviews of asylum claims at a Texas Border Patrol station, offering a glimpse of how the Trump administration may enforce its de facto ban on political asylum.
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Texas lawmakers heard testimony Monday about an international border community still reeling from a deadly mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart in August that authorities believe was motivated by racist beliefs.
Read moreA federal judge in Texas ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s use of a national emergency declaration to speed up construction of his long-promised border wall is unlawful.
Read moreThe 21-year-old man charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, pleaded not guilty Thursday during a brief initial hearing.
Read moreA grand jury in Texas delivered a capital murder indictment Thursday against the suspect in last month’s deadly mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart.
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When 63-year-old Margie Reckard was killed by a gunman at a Walmart in El Paso this month, Antonio Basco lost his entire world. So as the man who felt so alone planned her funeral, he invited the world to join him in remembering his companion of 22 years.
Read moreRepublican Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Wednesday he will launch a domestic terrorism task force in the wake of this month’s deadly shooting in El Paso that left 22 people dead and two dozen others injured.
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The massacre of 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso struck a city that has long been the cradle of Mexican-American culture and immigration and suffered through bloody episodes of racial violence in the past.
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Mexico’s government on Monday said it considers the mass murder of 22 people in El Paso, including eight Mexican citizens, an “act of terrorism” against Mexicans and hopes it will lead to changes in U.S. gun laws.
Read moreTwenty people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a shooting Saturday in a busy shopping area in the Texas border town of El Paso, the state’s governor said.
Read morePresident Trump’s threat to shut down the southern border raised fears Monday of dire economic consequences in the U.S. and an upheaval of daily life in a stretch of the country that relies on the international flow not just of goods and services but also students, families and workers.
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The attorney for a Mexican reporter who fled to the United States after he was beaten by Mexican federal police who threatened his life has demanded his release from an El Paso immigration prison.
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