Month: July 2020

Click here to read the latest updates in English. Texas Public Radio le brinda información actualizada sobre el COVID-19 en el Valle del Río Grande y en el  área de San Antonio. Puede encontrar las últimas noticias en español en “TPR Noticias: COVID-19″ aquí. Miércoles 29 de julio Hasta el 29 de julio, más de 28,000 casos de COVID-19 fueron confirmados en los cuatro condados del Valle del Río Grande. Una región del Sur de…

An NPR investigation has found irregularities in the process by which the Trump administration awarded a multi-million dollar contract to a Pittsburgh company to collect key data about Covid-19 from the country’s hospitals. The contract is at the center of a controversy over the Administration’s decision to move that data reporting function from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — which has tracked infection information for a range of illnesses for years — to…

Marcia Dunn, Ap Aerospace Writer Updated 5:22 pm CDT, Wednesday, July 29, 2020 This July 1, 2020 photo made available by NASA shows the SpaceX Crew Dragon, right, docked to the International Space station, during a spacewalk conducted by astronauts Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy. On Wednesday, July 29, 2020, SpaceX and NASA cleared the Dragon crew capsule to depart the International Space Station and head home after a two-month flight. (NASA via AP) less This…

Atascocita Fire Department paramedics volunteered to help fight COVID-19 in South Texas but were blindsided when they were hit by a hurricane while they were there.         

This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Also, sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Intense rain over the weekend from Hurricane Hanna left gaping holes and waist-deep cracks on the banks of…

The Trump administration announced this week that it will not expel migrant children and parents who were being held at the Hampton Inn Hotel and Suites in McAllen. Lawyers, on behalf of the federal government, said in court filings on Monday that “the unnamed single minors who were at the identified hotel on July 23, 2020 and still in the United States when the TRO (temporary restraining order) was filed are being processed or will…

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Before Hurricane Hanna dumped at least 15 inches of rain on the South Texas city of Mission, the City Council there approved taking out a $5 million bank loan to ensure the city’s stockpile of equipment to protect against the new coronavirus was sufficient. Having enough face masks, sanitizers, gloves and other personal protective equipment…

Click here to read the latest updates in English. Texas Public Radio le brinda información actualizada sobre el COVID-19 en el Valle del Río Grande y en el  área de San Antonio. Puede encontrar las últimas noticias en español en “TPR Noticias: COVID-19″ aquí. Martes 28 de julio Hasta el 28 de julio, más de 27,000 casos de COVID-19 fueron confirmados en los cuatro condados del Valle del Río Grande. Una región del Sur de…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott praised first responders and local residents in Corpus Christi for their actions during the passage of Hurricane Hanna. Abbott toured the Gulf Coast city on Tuesday and viewed the damage following the Category 1 storm, which struck Saturday evening. There were no reports of fatalities or serious injuries. He singled out for praise Texas Task Force One for their high water rescue operations. The task force included members from some of…