In South Texas' Rio Grande Valley, many people go without health insurance, and the health system struggles as a result.

Toxic wastewater is spreading across America’s biggest oil field, posing a pressing threat to a basin that has grown into a ...

The plan, which came as a surprise to local officials, could benefit SpaceX’s operations in the area, which are increasingly ...

The Department of Public Safety has shifted from Biden-era border enforcement to helping expel people from the country, a job once exclusively done by federal authorities.

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McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The deadly parasitic New World screwworm has been spotted less than 400 miles from the Southwest border and is threatening Texas cattle, lawmakers say. U.S. Sen. John ...

LAREDO, TX (KTRK) -- Amidst calls to increase spending on Texas border security, ABC-13 found hundreds of millions of dollars already being spent on border protection but hazy criteria on how the ...

The singer behind hits like "Desvelado" is stepping away from music and into politics, hoping to unseat Republican Monica De ...

Cowboys push a cow out of its spot to a veterinarian inspection at a ranch that exports livestock to the U.S., in Zamora, northern Mexico, Monday, July 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) The U.S.

Ciudad Juárez, across the border from El Paso, registered a macabre milestone last week: its 3,000th homicide in 2010. Reports of the city's deadliest year on record coincided with publication of a ...

The United States is embarking on an ambitious, multi-million dollar project in southern Texas to combat the threat of flesh-eating maggots, with plans to construct a $750m factory dedicated to ...