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Marquise Jones was killed by an off-duty SAPD officer in 2014. After the death of George Floyd, another Black man killed by a police officer, demands to reopen Jones' case became louder. But the Bexar County District Attorney announced he would not bring the case before a second grand jury.

The latest news on President Trump's visit to the RGV and subsequent protests.

A San Antonio mathematician who has modeled this pandemic since the beginning says more than 1 million people could die of COVID-19 by spring.

After re-evaluating its death data related to race and ethnicity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discovered that the coronavirus is taking a much heavier toll on people of color than previously understood.

The Laredo area’s hospitalization rate only trailed behind the 37.7% rate for the Panhandle hospital region and 36.8% rate for the El Paso region on Sunday, according to state data. On Monday, it fell slightly to fourth-highest at 28.1%.

The University of Texas at Austin made headlines early in the pandemic after more than 60 students contracted COVID-19 during a spring break trip to Cabo San Lucas. That group was among the first of more than 1,250 UT students, staff and faculty to test positive. One staff member died in July.

Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke at a webinar today hosted by the where he discussed the disproportionate impact that COVID-19 has had on the Latinx community and other people of color.

The Texas Historical Commission denied a request to relocate the Cenotaph monument in Alamo Plaza in a 12-2 vote on Tuesday.

Texas hemp farmers are preparing for their first-ever harvest despite complicated cannabis regulations in the state.

The Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been on a tour of the Texas-Mexico border. Mark Morgan visited Laredo’s World Trade...

The Coast Guard reported Wednesday that weather conditions are still not permitting repairs of a leak at a natural gas platform offshore of Corpus Christi, but the leak has greatly diminished on its own.

Mathias Ometu has spoken publicly for the first time since San Antonio police arrested him on Aug. 25. Officers mistook Ometu, a Black man who was jogging at the time of the arrest, for a domestic violence suspect.