She had memorable roles on TV shows like “Desperate Housewives” and “Northern Exposure,” and in the dark comedy film “French Exit.”
The work of the African American quilters Laverne Brackens and Sherry Byrd, who continue the thread of the family tradition, will be on view at the Berkeley Art Museum.
In “The Gunfighters,” the journalist Bryan Burrough offers a lively look at the legends and myths of the Wild West.
Down in initial polls of the race, Senator John Cornyn of Texas said he would make charges of corruption against his challenger, the state’s attorney general, stick.
The 13-year-old from Plano, Texas, was the only 2024 finalist who advanced to the 2025 finals.
The state’s governor signed a new law that will give parents more control over the apps that minors download, part of a raft of new legislation.
As founding editor of The Texas Observer, he fought bigotry and exposed corporate greed, political chicanery and government corruption.
Heavy rain inundated Texas, leaving about 130,000 customers without power. More severe weather, and possible flooding, is expected on Tuesday.
Thunderstorms in the south and central United States caused flight delays during Memorial Day weekend, the beginning of the summer travel season.
Vincent Valdez depicts moments from the country’s past and present that many would prefer to forget.
The president has railed against South Africa’s seizures of land from white farmers. But during his first term, he pushed to take land for his border wall using eminent domain.
Storms capable of producing hail larger than golf balls, strong winds and tornadoes are expected in the Great Plains on Sunday and Monday.
A measles outbreak in the state has not stopped “medical freedom” activists from pushing forward with their goal. They now have an influential ally in Washington: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Dejar caer unas rodajas de jalapeño en una copa de “sauvy b” puede ser la bebida del verano. Pero no esperes que esté en todos los menús.
A raid on Abby’s Bakery in Los Fresnos heralded the crackdown to come. Ahead of the owners’ trial for “harboring” undocumented workers, the community is seeing the impact of the president’s policies.
Individuals and small businesses may end up bearing some of the cost of grid upgrades needed for large electricity users, a new report found.
El Pentágono ha enviado miles de soldados, aviones espía e incluso dos buques de guerra para vigilar la tierra y las costas.
Ashley Pardo also purchased ammunition and tactical gear for the boy, 13, who had repeatedly expressed interest in committing a school shooting, the authorities said.
The Pentagon has sent thousands of troops, spy planes and even two warships to surveil the land and coasts.
As retailers slow down orders for foreign goods because of tariffs, companies that recirculate overstocked or returned items may help fill the gap.
Dropping a few jalapeño slices into a glass of “sauvy b” may give us the drink of the summer. Just don’t expect it to be on all menus.
Forecasters expect multiple records to be broken over the next week as an early heat wave settles over the region.
Despite soaring power demand, Republican lawmakers in the Texas Legislature are pushing to rein in renewable energy, part of a national wave of Trump-era opposition.
Aunque los ataques de lagarto a seres humanos son muy raros, sí ocurren, a veces con resultados mortales.
The famously liberal bastion of Austin is grappling uneasily with Elon Musk’s rightward turn, which has begun transforming his adopted home into an unlikely hub of right-of-center thinkers.
The solicitor general contended that a group of migrants had barricaded themselves inside a Texas detention center and threatened to take hostages.
On May 6, an alligator thrashed and tipped over a couple’s canoe in Central Florida where it attacked a woman and killed her.
Discovering the ways her great-grandfather’s rich life intersected with the hidden history of Zionism led to an unusually crafted new book, “Melting Point.”
The C.D.C. delivered $750 million annually to state and local health departments for emergency work. The program was eliminated in the Trump administration’s budget blueprint.
The planned development outside of Dallas, organized by members of a local mosque, has drawn intense scrutiny from Republicans.
A county judge, two City Council members and a former county election administrator are among Ken Paxton’s targets as he elevates his “election integrity” accusations to criminality.
The tech billionaire’s staff was concerned that correspondence about his home in West Lake Hills would become public after neighbors complained.
Forecasters warn a slow-moving storm system is expected to bring heavy rain, thunderstorms and flash flooding from Texas to Mississippi.
En su propio patio trasero, a las afueras de Austin, el multimillonario de la tecnología se ha visto envuelto en un laberinto de normativas locales y burocracia. Parece que nadie es lo bastante rico como para escapar de los vecinos.
On Saturday, local residents who mostly work for Elon Musk’s rocket company voted to create an official city for themselves: Starbase, Texas.
Residents of an upscale enclave outside Austin, Texas, learned the hard way what it’s like when a multibillionaire moves into the mansion next door. Some of them have started a ruckus over it.
Police said the shooting happened at a family barbecue in the southeastern part of the city when an uninvited guest opened fire.
Millions of single-family homes are underused, on spacious lots. Refitting them for “roommate houses” or backyard cottages could make a difference.
A South Texas community, mostly made up of SpaceX employees, voted 212 to 6 in favor of establishing a new city called Starbase.
James B. Milliken will lead the California system, relinquishing his position as the chancellor of the University of Texas system.
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is a Trump nominee with conservative credentials. But he found White House claims about a Venezuelan gang “invasion” went too far.
El fármaco se ha convertido en una especie de símbolo de resistencia a lo que algunos en el movimiento MAGA describen como una élite corrupta.
Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it.
The industry is pumping ever more oil and natural gas, but it is doing so with only about three-quarters as many workers as it employed a decade ago.
Officials are moving to increase enforcement and change laws in response to the rise in counterfeit or expired plates, which exploded during the pandemic.
Assessing the academic skills of elementary and middle school students matters more than ever.
The new contract would provide raises and better benefits, following similar deals at other big airlines.
Since the end of a pandemic-era policy that barred states from removing people from Medicaid, Texas has dropped over half a million people from the program, more than any other state.
La política que ha permitido la rápida expulsión de muchos inmigrantes en la frontera sur se levantará el jueves. Las autoridades se preparan para un nuevo aumento de la inmigración.
Title 42, the policy that has allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants at the southern border, will lift on Thursday. Officials are bracing for a new immigration surge.
Solar, wind, geothermal, battery and other alternative-energy businesses are adding workers from fossil fuel companies, where employment has fallen.
Plans to lift Title 42 have prompted dire predictions of chaos on the border. But there is already a migrant surge, because the pandemic policy was never an effective border-control tool.
Hay nuevas vacunas contra la COVID-19 que funcionan. Pero también hay menos puntos de vacunación, menos alcance y menos soluciones creativas para generar conciencia y aumentar el acceso a las inyecciones.
Getting shots into arms isn’t rocket science, or at least it shouldn’t be.
We visited 10 cities across the country to see how the pandemic and its aftershocks have reshaped the American downtown.
A signature-matching rule in North Carolina is rejected, mail ballots in Pennsylvania are in dispute, and more.
A signature-matching rule in North Carolina is rejected, mail ballots in Pennsylvania are in dispute, and more.
The death of at least 53 migrants in Texas, more than half of whom were from Mexico, is testing U.S. efforts to enlist Mexico in deterring migration.
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Daniel Defense was one of nearly 500 gun and ammunition makers and retailers that collected a total of $125 million from the Paycheck Protection Program.