'A burning pain': Second teacher shot during gunman’s siege at Robb Elementary testifies

Teacher Elsa Avila testified in the ongoing jury trial for former Uvalde school district police officer Adrian Gonzales on ...

Bolillos Cafe grows on family roots, expands across Laredo

The local restaurant chain Bolillos Cafe represents a success story built on the hard work and multigenerational family ...

Missing San Antonio teen Camila Mendoza Olmos in 'imminent danger' may be outside US, police say

The 19-year-old was last seen leaving her San Antonio home the morning of Christmas Eve. Authorities believe she's in 'imminent danger' and may no longer be in the country.
The Guardian

Canada bill targeting refugees feared to signal new era of US-style border policy

Bill C-12 includes many changes around border security along with new ineligibility rules for refugee claimants Canada’s Liberal government is pushing through sweeping new legislation targeting ...
Laredo Morning Times

Laredo leaders weigh in as billions in border wall contracts move forward in South Texas

Local leaders and federal lawmakers responded after the federal government awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in new construction contracts for border barrier projects in the Laredo Sector, ...
Laredo Morning Times

DHS, CBP announce $1.41B in contracts for Laredo Sector Smart Wall construction

The federal government has awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in new construction contracts for border barrier projects in the Laredo Sector as part of a broader “Smart Wall” initiative along the ...
Houston Chronicle

Elephant orphans. Goat's milk. This safari reveals the impact of wildlife conservation in Kenya

RETETI ELEPHANT SANCTUARY, Kenya (AP) — We stood at the edge of a dusty corral baked by the equatorial sun and ringed by chest-high posts as thick as telephone poles. On some posts, workers had ...