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Fraud overwhelms pandemic-related unemployment programs

Massive fraud in the nation’s unemployment system is raising alarms even as President Joe Biden and Congress prepare to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into expanded benefits.

February 28, 2021, 11:17 AM

Texas

164 new Texas COVID-19 deaths reported but fewer in hospital

Texas has reported 164 more deaths from the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations continues to plummet.

February 27, 2021, 2:35 PM

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.

February 27, 2021, 2:06 PM

National

Texas jail inmates hungry, shivering during unusual freeze

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.

February 27, 2021, 10:02 AM

National

Human trafficking charges novel approach in gymnastics case

The human trafficking case brought against a former U.S. Olympics women’s gymnastics coach hours before he killed himself could signal a new approach to policing a sport already dogged by a far-reaching sexual abuse scandal involving a one-time team doctor.

February 27, 2021, 9:31 AM

World

Processing of asylum seekers expands at US-Mexico border

The processing of asylum seekers waiting to enter the United States has expanded to a third border crossing, even as nongovernmental organizations called for more effort to protect the thousands still in Mexican border cities.

February 27, 2021, 7:10 AM

Texas

Texas AG seeks to oust San Antonio police chief

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.

February 26, 2021, 9:56 PM

Texas

290 more Texas COVID-19 deaths reported; new cases fewer

Texas has reported 290 more deaths from the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is plummeting.

February 26, 2021, 5:44 PM

Texas

Georgia lawmakers again seek to make college hazing a felony

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.

February 26, 2021, 5:39 PM

National

California to spend $28M to help arriving asylum-seekers

California is freeing up as much as $28 million to help immigrants arriving from Mexico and being released in the U.S. until their court dates.

February 26, 2021, 4:40 PM

National

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

Social media users shared numerous false claims this week about President Joe Biden and his administration.

February 26, 2021, 4:31 PM

National

US Army crowdsources ideas to combat sexual assault crisis

Seven soldiers have presented their ideas on how the U.S. Army can better educate service members and support victims of sexual assault and harassment in that branch of the military.

February 26, 2021, 3:24 PM

Texas

Massive daylong foam recycling plant burns into the night

Three workers were injured as a massive North Texas foam recycling plant fire burned all day and into the night.

February 25, 2021, 8:25 PM

National

‘Who is at fault?’ Investigation into Texas blackout begins

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.

February 25, 2021, 6:42 PM

National

New lawsuit revives discrimination allegation against Yale

An organization that alleges Yale University discriminates against Asian-American and white applicants has filed a federal lawsuit against the school.

February 25, 2021, 6:31 PM

Texas

Texas to find, vaccinate homebound seniors against COVID-19

Texas officials are taking a page from Corpus Christi’s playbook and stepping up efforts to vaccinate seniors against COVID-19.

February 25, 2021, 5:38 PM

National

Feds: Scheme involved $15 million in government contracts

Federal prosecutors have accused a Louisiana man of helping steer $15 million in government contracts to a business he had a financial interest in.

February 25, 2021, 5:32 PM

National

Southern exposure: Cold wreaks havoc on aging waterworks

The snow and ice that crippled some states across the South have melted, but they have exposed the fragility of aging waterworks that experts have been warning about for years.

February 25, 2021, 4:19 PM

National

How the Larry Nassar scandal has affected others

A former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach’s apparent suicide after being charged with crimes, including sexual assault, human trafficking and running a criminal enterprise is the latest fallout from the sexual abuse scandal involving former Michigan State University sports doctor Larry Nassar.

February 25, 2021, 4:09 PM

Blackouts bring up ‘a four-letter word’ in Texas: regulation