Southwest Journalist

Legal battle over Texas pickle laws

May 31, 2018

Neighbors sit on a couch outside their destroyed homes as sun sets in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico worries it’s not ready for a future storm

May 31, 2018

Texas Briefs: Body of Guatemalan shot by US agents returns home

Associated Press

May 31, 2018

The body of a young Guatemalan woman who was shot dead last week by a U.S. border agent near Laredo, Texas, arrived Thursday in her home country.

Texas Briefs: Fearing metal, H-E-B grocer recalls some ice cream

Associated Press

May 31, 2018

The H-E-B grocery chain has issued a voluntary recall for some ice cream distributed to stores in Texas and Mexico amid concerns about metal possibly in the products.

Texas Briefs: Texas seminary terminates prominent Baptist leader

Associated Press

May 31, 2018

A former head of the Southern Baptist Convention has been terminated from a Texas seminary over his handling of a sexual abuse case at another institution.

Texas Briefs: Feds approve $277 million for hurricane-damaged transit

Associated Press

May 31, 2018

The U.S. Department of Transportation will provide more than $277 million to help hurricane-damaged public transportation in Texas, Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin islands.

Texas Briefs: Texas Suspect in deadly Texas church bus crash pleads no contest

Associated Press

May 31, 2018

Prosecutors in Texas say the driver of a pickup truck that struck a church minibus on a rural highway last year, killing 13 people, is not contesting manslaughter charges.

Comedian Samantha Bee apologizes to Ivanka Trump for slur

May 31, 2018

Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James watches his shot as his teammates stretch behind him during an NBA basketball practice, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. The Cavaliers face the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday in Oakland. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Back again: Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers to open the 2018 NBA Finals at usual site

May 31, 2018