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Students and faulty in the Houston Independent School District will be required to wear masks on school grounds and buses when the new school year begins next week. The district sticking with its policy despite a Texas Supreme Court decision striking down mask requirements in other counties. Houston ISD Superintendent Millard House joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with details on the order and how parents are responding.
Despite the Supreme Court's ruling, the Dallas Independent School District announced Sunday night that masks will still be required while on district property.
"Your child will wait for another child to die," Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Friday.
Patients in Texas are waiting days before they can get a spot in an ICU. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian reports.
According to the Texas Department of Health, there are only 321 ICU beds left open for the 30 million people in the state.
Attorneys for John Henry Ramirez have filed a federal lawsuit ahead of his September 8 execution.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has defended the Biden administration's southern border strategy. More than 212,000 migrants were arrested in July, a 13% increase from the previous month. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga joins CBSN's Michael George to discuss.
There are still not enough House lawmakers present for a quorum because more than 50 Democratic representatives have not been at the Capitol Building since mid-July.
A federal judge on Tuesday night temporarily halted an order from Abbott that banned mask mandates.
The risk of COVID-19 transmission in schools high due to the Delta variant, even if adults are fully vaccinated, according to a new CDC-funded study. As CBS News' Manuel Bojorquez reports, those findings come as several school districts in Florida and Texas defy impose mask mandates despite state orders. Then, Dr. Payal Patel, an infectious diseases physician at the University of Michigan Medical School, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano with her analysis.
The lawyers representing children in U.S. immigration custody are suing the Biden administration for mistreating migrant teenagers at two emergency housing sites in Texas. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss his reporting.
Governor Abbott isn't backing down, even as he takes several steps to fight the COVID-19 surge in his state and urges people to get vaccinated.
New cases of COVID-19 are surging among unvaccinated Americans nationwide. Cities like Austin, Texas, are running out of ICU beds, but Texas Governor Greg Abbott is doubling down on his executive order banning mask mandates. CBS News’ Debra Alfarone reports on the spike in cases as children prepare to go back to school. Then Dr. Ogechika Alozie, medical director at Sunset ID Care, joins CBSN with more on efforts to combat COVID-19.
Unvaccinated Americans largely drive the surge of COVID in Texas, but there's growing concern the migrant crisis may be complicating the issue. Mireya Villarreal has the details and exclusive access to a temporary shelter for migrants.
Some Texas schools are requiring masks for the start of school, in defiance of Governor Greg Abbott's order. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca spoke with the superintendent of Dallas ISD.
In an alert sent via text, city authorities wrote "the Covid-19 situation in Austin is dire."
Wally Funk gets an honorary welcome in Grapevine, Texas, after returning from her journey into space in July. CBS Dallas/Fort Worth's Doug Dunbar reports.
The Texas state legislature has begun a new special session, as many Democrats remain in D.C. Texas state Representative Carl Sherman joined CBSN to discuss what's next for the caucus.
The group of lawmakers fled the state to deny Republicans a quorum and prevent passage of an elections bill.
As the Voting Rights Act turns 56, activists warn that the sanctity of the ballot box is corroding under relentless Republican efforts on the state level. In an op-ed in The Washington Post, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland urged Congress to act to pass new legislation to protect voting rights. CBS News political contributors and analysts Antjuan Seawright and Leslie Sanchez join with their perspectives on the anniversary and the road ahead.
Renewed talks on voting rights are underway on Capitol Hill, where the Senate is plotting new paths toward a potential legislative victory. This comes as the U.S. marks the 56th anniversary of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965 that secured Black Americans' right to vote and banned discrimination at the polls; however, activists argue that those rights are being threatened. Global human rights activist Martin Luther King III joined CBSN to discuss.
After August 30, 36 Texas-based shelters housing migrant children in federal care will no longer be regulated or inspected by state officials.
Orion Jean may only be 10 years old, but the number on his mind is 500,000 — that's how many books he hopes will be donated by the end of the month.
At least 10 people were killed and 20 injured after a van carrying migrants crashed on a remote Texas highway. The Texas Department of Public Safety said the van's driver was speeding and veered off of a highway into a utility pole. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joined CBSN to discuss.
At least 30 people were traveling inside the van at the time of the accident, authorities said. The driver was among those killed.
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday while speaking an event at Utah Valley University.
Earlier this month, the U.S. deported a group of non-Ghanaian nationals to Ghana, including deportees from Gambia and Nigeria.
"No Other Land" director Basel Adra said Israeli soldiers raided conducted a raid at his West Bank home on Saturday, searching for him and going through his wife's phone.
A White House official confirmed the extra funds would be directed to the U.S. Marshals Service and would also include enhanced protection for Supreme Court justices.
Mr. Trump said that NATO's commitment to winning the war in Ukraine "has been far less than 100%."
California lawmakers voted to phase out a group of chemicals known as PFAS, which are often called "forever chemicals," in cookware.
Venezuela's foreign ministry said nine fishermen were "illegally and hostilely" detained on Friday by the USS Jason Dunham.
Romania's defense ministry said Saturday that the country's airspace had been breached by a drone during a Russian attack on infrastructure in neighboring Ukraine.
No information was provided on how many people are being held in each country, who they are or why they were imprisoned.