Major storm brings tornado damage to northeast Texas
Photos and videos posted to social media showed leveled homes and fields of debris.
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Extreme heat costs cotton farmers billions
As the cotton harvest season gets underway across Texas, climate change is threatening the $7 billion industry. Janet Shamlian takes a look at how a bad harvest can ripple through the economy.
Climate change costs cotton farmers billions
Extreme drought and a sustained summer heatwave taking an unprecedented toll on Texas' cotton crop.
Uvalde student pleads for help in 911 call
In 911 calls, frantic students and teachers describe the calls for help inside Robb Elementary School during the shooting massacre in May. Omar Villafranca shows us the new chilling and heartbreaking details we are learning from the chilling audio, obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica.
Newly released 911 tapes from Uvalde shooting
Police dispatch recordings are shining more light on the police response to the deadly school shooting last May in Uvalde, Texas. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca joins us from Uvalde to explain the changes members of the community are asking for now.
At least 3 men shot; 9 detained in suspected human smuggling incident
Investigators are still unsure exactly where the shooting took place.
Takeoff died from gunshot wounds to head and torso, autopsy finds
Takeoff was fatally shot following a private party at a downtown Houston bowling alley.
Police still searching for suspects in killing of Migos rapper Takeoff
"Senseless violence and a stray bullet has taken another life from this world," Migos' record label said in a statement.
Witnesses sought in Takeoff's killing
Houston Police Chief Troy Finner urged witnesses to come forward with information about the shooting that killed the popular rapper Takeoff, of the group Migos, early Tuesday. Watch his briefing on the investigation.
Migos rapper Takeoff killed in Houston shooting
The shooting occurred early Tuesday morning at a bowling alley where a private party had been held.
Huntsville, Texas, goes to bat for its bats
In a small Texas town, appreciation of bats has been taken to a whole new level, coming to the rescue of more than a million mammals whose Huntsville home has been threatened. Correspondent Janet Shamlian reports.
Uvalde families demand Texas police chief resign
Families of Uvalde victims confronted Texas' police chief, who previously said he'd step down if any of his officers had any culpability in the botched response to the school shooting. But in his first public comments in months, he was defiant. Janet Shamlian reports.
Texas woman fatally shot by ex-husband as she was on the phone with 911
The incident, under investigation as a domestic violence murder-suicide, happened at an apartment complex in Lewisville, Texas.
Man sentenced to death for killing Texas agency's first Sikh deputy
"The defendant executed a uniformed deputy by shooting him in cold blood in broad daylight. That makes him the worst of the worst," the DA said.
Low-wage working women bear financial brunt of denied abortions
"Having a baby is harder when you're poor," said one anti-abortion professor. "The poor should be 100% the focus of policymaking."
10-year-old boy playing with shotgun kills younger brother, officials say
A boy killed his 8-year-old brother while playing with a shotgun in a Houston, Texas, apartment, authorities said.
A race for diversity in Formula One
At speeds of up to 230 m.p.h., Formula One racing is taking off in America, where NASCAR and Indy racers have until now led the field. Correspondent Kristine Johnson visits the Circuit of the Americas racetrack in Austin, Texas, and talks with F1 champ Lewis Hamilton about issues of increasing diversity in racing. She also meets with up-and-coming racer Logan Sargeant, and 18-year-old Chloe Chambers, one of the few females in the sport.
Man who sold gun to Texas synagogue hostage-taker sentenced to nearly 8 years
Henry "Michael" Dwight Williams, 33, pleaded guilty in June to being a felon in possession of a firearm, prosecutors said.
2 hospital workers killed in Dallas shooting
Two hospital workers have died following a deadly shooting at a Dallas hospital. Authorities say the suspect charged in the deadly shooting had permission to be there and was on parole after being convicted for aggravated assault.
Candidates make closing midterms pitch to voters
CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports on the closing arguments from candidates in high-profile midterm races in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Ohio and Texas.
Trump travels to Texas to campaign for GOP candidates
When he started talking about Jan. 6, the crowd started singing the national anthem.
Texas state trooper fired for his response to Uvalde shooting
Sgt. Juan Maldonado is the third officer to be fired over the botched law enforcement response to the shooting.
El Paso stops busing migrants to New York and Chicago
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is overseeing a separate effort to bus migrants released from federal border custody to Washington, D.C., New York and Chicago.
Texas revamps "active-shooter" drills at K-12 schools to minimize trauma
"If some kids are coming away traumatized or we're magnifying existing trauma, we're not moving in the right direction," one expert says.
Hospitals overwhelmed by pediatric patients with respiratory virus
Hospitals in 33 states are seeing a dramatic rise in children suffering from the respiratory syncytial virus.
RFK Jr. deputy picked to lead CDC after former head's ouster
The Trump administration has chosen HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill to lead the CDC, a source says, after the former director was fired and senior leaders resigned.
Families of 2 children killed in Minneapolis school shooting issue statements: "Give your kids an extra hug"
The family of one of the victims shot early Wednesday morning at Annunciation Catholic Church in southwest Minneapolis spoke out for the first time Thursday afternoon.
Senior CDC officials resign after Monarez ouster, cite concerns over scientific independence
Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC's Chief Science and Medical Officer, and Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who led the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, stepped down hours after the firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez.
Abrego Garcia's ask judge to ban "baseless public attacks" by Trump admin.
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia asked a judge on Thursday to bar DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi from making "inflammatory" statements.
Trump preparing major ICE operations in Chicago next week, DHS sources say
The Trump administration is preparing to launch major immigration enforcement operations in Chicago next week employing tactics that sparked protests in Los Angeles, sources tell CBS News.
School shooting victim's mom was working in ICU when injured daughter arrived
One of the young victims of Wednesday's deadly mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school remains in critical condition Thursday, at the same hospital where her mother works as a pediatric critical care nurse.
Trump fires member of board overseeing proposed railroad merger, White House says
Robert Primus, a Democrat who was nominated by President Trump in his first term, posted on social media that the firing was "legally invalid."
3 Memphis ex-officers granted new trials in death of Tyre Nichols
A judge has ordered a new trial for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.
South Carolina turns to Supreme Court in transgender student's bathroom case
South Carolina officials asked the Supreme Court to allow the state to enforce a measure that makes school funding contingent on compliance with a rule on transgender bathroom use.