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El Paso Deputy Peter Herrera final words revealed in capital murder trial

The first day of the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting El Paso Deputy Peter Herrera revealed some of the fallen officer's final words.

 

Texas prison inmates making the razor wire used by Operation Lone Star along Rio Grande

The state prison system received $1.1 million from Operation Lone Star to purchase machines so inmates can make concertina razor wire and barbed wire.

 

Matthew McConaughey is trying to help schools receive safety funding. Here's how.

McConaughey, in his classic delivery, said the initiative is meant to connect every school district in the country to billions set aside last June.

 

El Paso police make trespassing arrests after Star on the Mountain vandalism

Trespassing arrests were made after El Paso's Star on the Mountain was damaged by vandalism twice within three weeks. Those arrested are not accused of vandalism.

 

Argument with woman preceded Fort Bliss soldiers' deadly shooting spree, prosecutor says

Bond is reduced for two U.S. Army soldiers accused of a mass shooting outside an El Paso bar.

 

Missing hiker found dead on Franklin Mountains' Thousand Steps Trail amid record heat wave

An El Paso search-and-rescue team found the mountain hiker dead near the Thousand Steps Trail.

 

Capital murder trial in slaying of El Paso Deputy Peter Herrera set to begin

A convicted El Paso felon facing the death penalty in fatal shooting of El Paso Deputy Peter Herrera is set to go to trial Wednesday, officials said.

 

Child labor laws violated at McDonald's locations in Texas, Louisiana, Department of Labor finds

Multiple McDonald's locations in Texas and Louisiana violated child labor restrictions, impacting 83 minors between the ages of 14 and 15.

 

Federal judge strikes down Biden administration's asylum policy for migrants

A federal judge's decision blocking President Joe Biden's asylum policy won't take effect for two weeks. The Justice Department is appealing.

 

With Abbott's blessing, $18 billion tax plan heads to voters. Here's what's proposed.

Over months of back and forth between the House and Senate, a deal finally came into place in July that represents a compromise between chambers.

 

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