Beyoncé, whose ‘Freedom’ is Harris’ campaign anthem, is expected at Democrat's Texas rally on Friday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Beyoncé is expected to appear Friday in her hometown of Houston at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris, according to three people familiar with the matter. Harris' presidential campaign has taken on Beyonce's 2016 track “Freedom” as its anthem, and the...

A Texas board rejects clemency plea from a man facing execution in shaken baby syndrome case

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas state board on Wednesday declined to stop what could be the first execution in the U.S. in a case tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome, rejecting clemency pleas from a man whose claims of innocence have drawn wide support, including from Republican lawmakers and a...

Supreme Court opens door to Texas online journalist's lawsuit over her 2017 arrest

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a federal appeals court to take a new look at the lawsuit filed by a Texas-based online citizen journalist who said she was wrongly arrested in a case that drew attention from national media organizations and free speech advocates. ...

Obama’s callout to Black men touches a nerve among Democrats. Is election-year misogyny at play?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama had frank words for Black men who may be considering sitting out the election. “Part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other...

Ted Cruz and Colin Allred wage another big US Senate fight in Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Attack ads on every TV break. Campaign money pouring in. And on a sunny Saturday, a crowd stretching out the door for a campaign rally at Tulip's, a popular Fort Worth nightclub — this time for Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, a former NFL linebacker trying to unseat...

Texas is a young state with older elected officials. Some young leaders are trying to change that.

Figure out what to wear to be taken seriously; prepare a few one-liners to respond to the inevitable critiques about your age; know the issues facing your district. These are among the tips Rep. Erin Zwiener, a Driftwood Democrat, serves up to young people seeking elected office in...

Supreme Court declines Biden's appeal in Texas emergency abortion case

WASHINGTON (AP) — A court order that says hospitals cannot federally be required to provide pregnancy terminations when they violate a Texas abortion ban will stay for now, the Supreme Court said Monday. The decision is another setback for opponents of Texas’ abortion ban, which...

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas officer convicted in killing of woman through her window

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a former Texas police officer convicted in the death of a woman who was shot through a window of her home. The justices did not detail their reasoning, as is typical, and none publicly dissented. Aaron...

The Supreme Court lets stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate Texas ban

Supreme Court to weigh a Texas death row case after halting execution

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would help prove he didn't kill an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery decades ago. The order came down Friday in the case of Ruben Gutierrez, months...