Articles by Nadia Lathan

Jury Deliberates on “Trump Train” Political Intimidation Case in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A jury in Texas began to deliberate Friday whether the so-called “Trump Train” that surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus days before the 2020 election in a heated highway encounter amounted to political intimidation. “This case is …

Bus Crash Involving Abilene Christian Football Team Injures 4

Four people were injured after a bus carrying the Abilene Christian University football team was involved in a crash with another vehicle in Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday night. One player, two coaches, and the bus driver were taken to University …

Investigation Underway After Bleacher Collapse at Texas Rodeo Injures 12 People

Authorities are investigating the weekend collapse of a portion of bleachers at a rodeo arena in Texas, injuring 12 people near San Antonio. Emergency responders arrived at the rodeo arena shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday in Boerne, about 30 miles …

Texas and Southwest Face Scorching Heat Wave

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Summer heat scorched Texas and the Southwest this week, pushing Phoenix to nearly 90 consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures and putting millions of people under excessive heat warnings. Meanwhile, energy demand in Texas hit an unofficial …

Texas Governor Criticizes CenterPoint Energy After Beryl Power Outages

The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed by Wednesday, the city’s main utility company said as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to punish CenterPoint Energy even after the lights come back. The Texas Public Utility …