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UPDATE, 6:13 AM PT: President Donald Trump continued to rail against the Supreme Court’s rejection of a Texas lawsuit that sought to overturn the election results in favor of Joe Biden in four states. “WE HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT!!!” Trump tweeted. But he, his campaign and his supporters have all but run out of legal…

California is no longer the most infected state in the nation. The largest state in the U.S., long the home of the greatest number of coronavirus cases, has been surpassed by the second largest state, where cases are surging. According to Johns Hopkins University, the Golden State had recorded 940,411 infections since…

The governors of Florida and Texas have decided that recently reopened bars are the cause of record levels of new coronavirus cases in their states. On Friday, they closed down the bars there, shuttering businesses just getting back to work. Seven states are reporting new highs for coronavirus hospitalizations…

On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott began loosening the state’s coronavirus restrictions and allowed movie theaters and select businesses to reopen doors and function at a 25% capacity while keeping in line with COVID-19 safety protocols. Many major movie theater chains like Cinemark, AMC and Alamo Drafthouse…

Updated with statement from Alamo: Despite Texas Gov. Greg Abbott permitting movie theaters to re-open on May 1 in his state numbering nearly 30 million, big movies chains like AMC and Cinemark, which is located in Plano, TX, are still eyeing mid-summer re-opening, not only out of safety, but also due to the lack of…

Two people were killed and at least seven others injured when gunmen opened fire on a rap music video shoot Friday night near Houston, Texas. The gunfire erupted outside a warehouse complex in the 500 block of Smart Street around 9:30 p.m., according to the Houston Chronicle. The victims were filming in a parking lot…

MSNBC anchor Alex Witt fought back tears Sunday while interviewing a woman who came face-to-face with the gunman responsible for this weekend’s mass shooting in West Texas. The emotional moment happened as Shauna Saxton recalled the incident on August 31, that left seven people dead and 21 others injured. Saxton said…

UPDATE:  Officials now say the death toll from the shooting is at 7, with Odessa police spokesman Steve LeSueur telling media that at least one other person is in "life-threatening" condition. The gunman from the carnage was killed, but officials haven’t said whether that is included in the death count. No motive has…

UPDATED AT 5:40PM PACIFIC WITH DETAILS FROM POLICE OFFICIALS. As law enforcement officials investigate today’s deadly shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas; Fox News and NBC News are planning extensive live coverage. The first calls on the mass shooting at Cielo Vista Mall came in at 10:39 a.m. local time…

UPDATED AT 4:32 PM PACIFIC: Twenty people were killed today in El Paso, Texas in a mass shooting at a busy shopping center, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) said in a news conference moments ago. At least 26 others were injured. Police received the first call at 10:39 a.m. local time, Chief Greg Allen told reporters during…

The celebratory mood Saturday night at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas ended in chaos, after a shooting erupted at the corner of 6th Street and San Jacinto, according to an eyewitness report from the scene. “There was loud pop that I heard. There was a pause of a second or two, then the people in the…

KVII-TV said "Daybreak" director Malcolm Montgomery died "doing what he most loved – serving our viewers by putting together the best morning news show he could."