Weston Brown thought he had fully come to terms with his mother’s anti-LGBTQ beliefs. Then he saw the video of her speaking at a school board meeting. “I couldn’t stay quiet about that.”
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Energy
Texans recovering from COVID-19 relied on machines to help them breathe. Then the power went out.
After COVID-19 hospitalizations peaked, the number of Texans dependent on home oxygen equipment was at “an all-time high” when a winter storm overwhelmed the state’s power grid in February, leaving many struggling for air.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Houston hospitals are increasingly turning away new patients as coronavirus overwhelms emergency rooms
The busiest hospitals in Houston are increasingly telling emergency responders they cannot safely accept new patients as hundreds of coronavirus patients crowd emergency rooms, and hospitals scramble to open more intensive care space.
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Coronavirus in Texas
An increase in people dying at home suggests coronavirus deaths in Houston may be higher than reported
In Houston, one of the nation’s fastest-growing coronavirus hot spots, more residents are dying before they can make it to a hospital. Medical examiner data shows that an increasing number of these deaths are the result of COVID-19.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Internal messages reveal crisis at Houston hospitals as coronavirus cases surge
Texas was one of the first states in the nation to ease social distancing mandates. In Houston, the number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 has quadrupled since Memorial Day. “It’s time to be alarmed,” one expert said.
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TribCast
TribCast: Reopening the economy, testing in rural Texas and election woes
On this week’s TribCast, Alexa talks to Evan, Matthew and Emma about the slow efforts to reopen the Texas economy, a testing quandary in rural Texas and election administrators’ woes over the upcoming elections.
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Families Divided
Scenes from “Families Belong Together” rallies across Texas
Texans in multiple cities joined rallies across the country Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies and call for the reunification of thousands of immigrant children who were separated from their parents
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Families Divided
Chaos at the Texas-Mexico border: Scenes from Tornillo to the Rio Grande Valley
The Tribune is at the border with reporters, photographers and videographers as we follow this fast-moving story. Here are scenes from the hectic weekend.
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In Harvey's Wake
Slideshow: Scenes from Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey’s direct — and seemingly endless — hit on Southeast Texas has left a path of destruction and unprecedented flooding. Take a look at what the region’s residents and first responders are facing.
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2016 Year in Review
Slideshow: 2016 Texas news in photos
Take a look at the top Texas Tribune images of 2016, which show everything from Donald Trump campaigning in Austin to a fight over a Texas abortion law at the U.S. Supreme Court.