DALLAS (AP) — Health officials are intensifying the monitoring of hospital workers who provided care to the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. after one of them was infected with the virus despite wearing protective gear. Tests confirmed the first known case of Ebola transmitted in the nation, raising questions about […]
DALLAS — A nine-member team of federal health officials is tracking anyone who had close contact with a man being treated for Ebola in a…
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for a 38-year-old Texas woman are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block her scheduled execution for the starvation and torture death of her girlfriend’s 9-year-old son a decade ago. Lisa Coleman is set for lethal injection Wednesday evening in Huntsville. She’d be the ninth convicted killer and second woman […]
ANGLETON, Texas (AP) — A southeast Texas man says that despite his acquittal Wednesday for the shooting death of the drunken driver who caused a crash that killed his two sons, there are no winners. “This was a loss for everybody,” said a visibly relieved David Barajas, who cried and hugged his wife, Cindy, after […]
Forney, Texas police have apologized to a distraught mother after they accidentally pulled her over, handcuffed and arrested her in front of her four children. Kametra Barbour…
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Lifetime TV network says it dropped a reality show about a Texas mortuary after eight decaying bodies were found at the facility and the co-owners were charged with corpse abuse. Lifetime announced in June it would produce a show called “Good Grief” about the Johnson Family Mortuary in Fort […]
The immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border continues. On Tuesday Gov. Rick Perry activated up to 1,000 National Guard troops to aid in border security. “NewsOne…
When Caucasian retired pastor Charles Moore (pictured) set himself on fire on June 23 at a Grand Saline, Texas, step mall parking lot, he was…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that the University of Texas can continue using race as a factor in undergraduate…
They ain’t even know it! Reportedly Texas passed a resolution on reparations without even realizing they had done so. Listen to the audio player to hear “The Russ Parr Morning Show” discuss how it was passed, and what this could mean for all Black Americans. Keep Up With The Russ Parr Morning Show … LIKE […]
Two women are suing the Texas Department of Public Safety after being subjected to full cavity searches on the side of a state highway by…
ROCKWALL, Texas (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall, at 91 the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House, was ousted Tuesday in the Texas Republican runoff by a candidate barely half his age. Backed by powerful national groups with strong tea party ties, 48-year-old former U.S. Attorney John Ratcliffe was able to paint Hall as too […]
