Washington (AP) – The Justice Department says it will appeal a judge’s ruling that the federal government’s eviction moratorium is unconstitutional. Prosecutors filed a notice in the case on Saturday evening, saying that it is appealing the matter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge J. Campbell…… MORE
Phoenix (AP) – An American Airlines flight was diverted and two women arrested in Phoenix after authorities say one of the women spit on a fellow passenger who asked them to stop using racial slurs in their conversation, and the other slapped his hand when he started recording them. The airline said the flight from…… MORE
Austin (AP) – An unusually heavy winter storm knocked out electricity to millions of Texas homes and left many people without water service, but it also left inmates at the state’s largest county jail vulnerable, hungry and cold. Advocates and lawyers say Harris County Jail inmates have told them of stinking jail toilets that couldn’t…… MORE
Longtime Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler passed away Saturday at the age of 82. Larry Fowler, who was elected sheriff in 2004, died Saturday while surrounded by his family. Fowler spent his entire career in law enforcement in Parker and Tarrant counties starting in 1965 with the Weatherford Police Department. He then began a 24-year…… MORE
FRISCO, TX – The Frisco Police Department is investigating the death of Frisco resident and DFW area radio show host, Russ Martin, who was found unresponsive in his home just after midnight Saturday morning. Frisco Police responded to an unresponsive person call at a residence. A friend of Mr. Martin had come to check on…… MORE
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – An organization that alleges Yale University discriminates against Asian-American and white applicants has filed a federal lawsuit against the school. The complaint filed Thursday by Students for Fair Admissions alleges Yale improperly uses race as a determining factor when deciding who to admit in an effort to ensure a racially…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The head of a major Texas energy corporation says forced blackouts that left 4 million customers without electricity also unplugged plants that could have generated more power as the state’s grid was at the breaking point. Texas lawmakers on Thursday began public hearings on the crisis that led to one of…… MORE
ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia lawmakers are seeking to increase penalties for hazing, seeking to honor a Georgia teen who died from alcohol poisoning in 2017 at a Louisiana State University fraternity. The Georgia Senate voted 47-0 Friday for Senate Bill 85, which would make forcing people to participate in hazing a felony when someone is…… MORE
San Antonio (AP) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal battle against San Antonio Police Chief William McManus and the city’s top leadership has entered a new phase. Paxton has filed a petition in a state district court in San Antonio seeking to strip McManus of his job. Paxton has been tangling with San Antonio…… MORE
Austin (AP) – Texas has reported 290 more deaths from COVID-19, but the number of hospitalizations is plummeting. The Texas Department of State Health Services reports the state’s pandemic death toll from COVID-19 now totals 42,575. The state’s number of confirmed and probable coronavirus cases rose by 7,332 to almost 2.63 million. An estimated 174,645…… MORE
