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A New York county clerk on Thursday blocked Texas from filing a legal action against a New York doctor for prescribing and sending abortion pills to a Texas woman.
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New York's shield law protects abortion providers in the state from certain legal actions if they provide treatment or medication to women in states with abortion restrictions or bans.
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While the court has not yet issued a ruling on the merits of any of its cases, it continues to rule on jurisdictional questions establishing boundaries for what claims can and cannot be brought in the court.
Truancy remains a significant challenge in Texas, with around one million children reported truant each year. Recent investigations by KPRC 2 have shed light on the state's efforts—or lack thereof—in addressing this pressing issue.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton doesn't believe a court order should allow someone to change the sex on their ID
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Texas death row inmate Areli Escobar, despite support for a new trial from the same prosecutors who once secured his conviction. The Monday decision leaves in place a state appellate ruling that upheld his death sentence for the 2009 murder of 17-year-old Bianca Maldonado.
Several bills have been filed in the Texas House and Senate this legislative session aimed at addressing the problem of truancy in Texas.
The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against cruel and unusual punishment.
A Texas court will consider a request from Suzanne Simpson's husband, the primary suspect in her disappearance and death, to have his murder charge thrown out next month.
People in Maverick County spend months in jail waiting to be charged with minor crimes. Some are simply lost in the system. Eagle Pass, Texas, borders the Mexican city of Piedras Negras.
After several locations recently closed, Bar Louie filed for bankruptcy for the second time in six years. See a list of Texas locations.
The remaining plaintiffs in the case are organizations representing Latino and Black voters, with a trial set to begin May 21.