Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. These photos were originally published at the San Antonio Express-News. Aisme clenched her daughter Jess’s hand as Dr. Bhavik Kumar began her abortion procedure at Whole Woman’s Health in San Antonio, Texas. When Jess, 25, first discovered she was pregnant, her mother drove her from Del Rio, Texas, where they live, into Mexico twice to procure abortion pills. Though the pills are illegal when used for abortions in Mexico, Aisme and Jess determined it was more difficult to get the pills in Texas; getting to the closest abortion clinic requires a drive of over 100 miles away. (The full names of Aisme and Jess are being withheld for privacy.) Both of Jess’s attempts to self-induce failed. Desperate, Aisme had no choice but to drive her daughter the 150 miles to San Antonio. In total, Jess was forced to miss two weeks of work. Jess’s story is not … [Read more...] about Alongside the Women Most Affected by Texas’ Draconian Anti-Abortion Law
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Tiger cub abandoned at Texas border gets new, permanent home
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........WYLIE, Texas — A live tiger cub that was abandoned in a duffel bag at the U.S. border is settling into his new home in Texas. Kenobi arrived Thursday night at In-Sync Exotics , an animal sanctuary in Wylie, 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Dallas. Border Patrol agents discovered the cub April 30 while patrolling along the Rio Grande near Brownsville. They said three people apparently trying to enter the U.S. illegally just dumped the bag containing the tiger and fled back to Mexico. Kenobi was initially given a temporary home at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, but his move to In-Sync Exotics is permanent. The sanctuary says Kenobi will have a playmate in Kylo Ren , a white tiger cub born there in March shortly after the rescue of his parents. FILE – This April 30, 2018, … [Read more...] about Tiger cub abandoned at Texas border gets new, permanent home
Costilla County’s mix of long-time residents, Texas transplants and off-gridders come together to recover from Spring Creek fire
FORT GARLAND — On July 4, as a massive wildfire raged through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, about two dozen people sat around the front porch of the Lodge Motel along U.S. 160 eating hamburgers and drinking beer. There were middle-aged couples from Texas who’d fallen so in love with this rural section of southern Colorado that they saved money to build vacation homes. There were people in jeans with long ponytails who moved to Costilla County to escape the hustle and bustle of a big city. As neighbors, the groups didn’t mix much. But the natural disaster had brought them together at the Lodge. “You’d think they’d known each other forever,” said Caroline Shafer, the motel’s manager. The motel was so full of evacuees that one man slept in a supply closet with three huskies. Staff had laundered towels for the Red Cross shelter down the road and stayed after hours each day to wash and fold them. On the Fourth of July, a couple of … [Read more...] about Costilla County’s mix of long-time residents, Texas transplants and off-gridders come together to recover from Spring Creek fire
Texas ‘bathroom bill’ fades as legislative session wraps up
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas will keep spending $800 million on border security while putting little new money into public schools, maintaining therapy cuts for disabled children and easing handgun license fees as the Republican-led Legislature approved a new state budget Saturday. The $217 billion spending bill sent to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott will likely be a quiet footnote to a rancorous legislative session that ends Monday — upended by a “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people and an immigration crackdown on so-called “sanctuary cities.” The tensions simmered into the final weekend as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook and a dozen other tech industry giants sent a letter to Abbott on Saturday that again urged him to abandon a so-called bathroom bill. “Such laws are bad for employees and bad for business,” the letter read. Democrats, teachers and advocates for Texas’ poor warned that the lean new budget … [Read more...] about Texas ‘bathroom bill’ fades as legislative session wraps up
Miss American Outstanding Teen: Alabama’s Collins McMurray 3rd runner up; Texas wins
Alabama's Outstanding Teen Collins McMurray was named third runner-up in Saturday's pageant. This year's crown was won by Miss Texas Outstanding Teen London Hibbs, who will be taking over for Jessica Baeder, the former Miss Alabama Outstanding Teen who captured the national crown last year. Baeder, of Auburn, is now attending West Point. The complete top five were Miss America Outstanding Teen London Hibbs; first runner-up Pennsylvania Teen Cecilia Petrush; second runner-up Virginia Teen Emily Kinsey; third runner up Alabama Teen Collins McMurray; and fourth runner up Georgia Teen Rory Pan. McMurry also won Miss America's Outstanding Teen Scholastic Excellence Award, receiving a $1,000 scholarship. … [Read more...] about Miss American Outstanding Teen: Alabama’s Collins McMurray 3rd runner up; Texas wins