EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Texas Department of Public Safety, along with other law-enforcement agencies, will conduct a large-scale mass casualty training exercise in Alpine, Texas. The exercise will be from…
Border Report – Judge weighs Trump administration’s request to end protections for immigrant children
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A judge on Friday was considering a Trump administration request to end a decades-old policy on protections for immigrant children in federal custody that the government says is…
KTSM News – Horizon Police make trio of DWI arrests that rise above regular cases
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Horizon Police arrested three people for driving while intoxicated over the weekend. All three cases rose above simple DWI arrests. A woman was arrested and is facing…
Border Report – Florida updated agreement on handling detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ but a month after it opened
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — More than a month after Florida opened “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Everglades, the state and ICE signed an updated agreement spelling out how state corrections officials should handle federal immigration…
Border Report – Faith leaders rally to support immigrants facing deportation in Southern California
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Outside a Southern California immigration court, the Rev. Oona Casanova Vazquez sat beside a nervous Peruvian national as he waited for a judge to call his name…
The Athletic MiLB News – Mets move Frankie Montas to the bullpen, likely to call up prospect for Saturday start
Losers of seven straight, the struggling Mets are hopeful either Nolan McLean or Brandon Sproat can provide a rotation boost. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Paxton says O’Rourke in contempt, should be arrested
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says that former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke is in contempt of court and is violating a temporary restraining order by continuing…
Tech Crunch – Russian government hackers said to be behind US federal court filing system hack: Report
Officials are reportedly blaming a recent breach of the U.S. federal court’s filing system on Russia, whose hackers used the access to snoop on midlevel criminal cases in the New York City…
Texas Monthly – Texas Republicans and Democrats, locked in redistricting battle, weaponize flood response
With Democrats’ walkout over redistricting bringing the House to a standstill, both parties are accusing each other of abandoning Central Texas flood victims. Read: Read More
KTSM News – State Sen. Blanco walks out to protest redistricting
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Texas state Sen. César J. Blanco, D-El Paso, joined fellow Democratic senators in walking out of the Senate Chamber on Tuesday, Aug. 12 as the Republican-pushed redistricting…