Texas

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott's order to extend early voting by less than a week would cause "harm" and has "the ability to impact local, state and national elections," according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Texas GOP and multiple individual Republicans.

New infections in more than 20 states, including California, Texas and Arizona, were reported to be on an upward trend in recent weeks.

"President Trump will establish a new Supreme Court justice," Pastor Robert Henderson said. "That's no accident."

Voluntary evacuation orders are in place in parts of Texas as Gov. Greg Abbott urges Texans to: "take the necessary precautions to keep themselves and their loved ones out of harm's way."

A manhunt is underway after a victim managed to call police from the mobile phone of her alleged attacker after he fled and left it behind.

Tropical Storm Beta is the 10th named Atlantic storm to bear down on the Gulf so far this September.

New York currently has the largest COVID-19 death toll in the country.

Students at the school in Dallas were invited to write a half-page biography of one of six men including Kyle Rittenhouse.

Patrice Tompkins was enjoying a day out with friends when an alert popped up on her phone saying her car was being targeted.

Isaac Perkins was working in the River Oaks area when he was confronted by the woman.

Chick-fil-A is unlikely to open a restaurant at the San Antonio International Airport any time soon, despite a Monday announcement from the FAA that a sanction had been lifted.

Sally is the earliest 18th-named tropical storm to form in a single Atlantic hurricane season.

A charity worker saw footage of the little boy smoking in a car and contacted police amid concerns for his welfare.

Reports come as a 44-year-old man also contracted Naegleria fowleri after swimming in an indoor pool.

Governor Greg Abbott is one of those who has expressed support for the protest billboards put up by the Texas Municipal Police Association.

Texas Governor Abbott urges "all leaders and all Texans" to sign a "Back the Blue" pledge against defunding police departments in the state.

"It is clear that San Antonio is becoming a sundown town for Black people. We aren't safe and what happened in Kenosha [Wisconsin] can definitely happen here," a community organizer said.

Texas schools are not required to teach any form of sexual education, but those that opt-in will be required to promote abstinence-only guidelines as well as a complete evasion of any LGBTQ discussion.

"We celebrate the dark, the macabre, and the spooky, and we recognize that it's part of culture throughout history," Mikael Kage, king of the Houston Vampire Court (HVC), told "Fodor's."

In Missouri 49 percent of those polled say they plan to vote for Trump, versus 44 percent who say they will vote for Biden.

Wisconsin priest James Altman said Catholics cannot be Democrats as he criticized what he branded the party's "godless platform."

Florida Rep. Shevrin Jones is one of those who tweeted out the doctored image of a boat which sank in Michigan in June.

Democrats are hoping Biden will be the first Democratic candidate to win Texas since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Photographs capture boats taking on water from waves. A photojournalist tweeted that at least three boats were swamped "with no injuries reported," along with a picture of authorities rescuing several paraders.

Nearly 50,000 spectators are reportedly expected at a pro-Trump boat parade in San Diego Bay, among several others taking place this weekend.

A Media Matters report published on Thursday highlighted several controversial posts that Nick Moutos shared with his Twitter followers.

Kate Wise is now recovering in an intensive care unit and will require major reconstructive surgery after suffering head to toe burns.

Of the 28 endorsements Planned Parenthood Texas Votes issued on Thursday, state Representative Sarah Davis was the only Republican on the list.

She misrepresented statistics from the CDC and falsely claimed that less than 10,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the U.S.

Mum masks, decorating face coverings, could be preserved as treasured keepsakes of the 2020 Homecoming season