Alex Jones testifies in trial over his Sandy Hook hoax lies
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has taken the stand at his trial in Connecticut to try to limit the damages he must pay for calling the Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.
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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has taken the stand at his trial in Connecticut to try to limit the damages he must pay for calling the Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.
Those who've experienced mass violence say the state isn't doing enough to prevent future incidents, while law enforcement officials tell CBS News state law makes it easy for criminals to get guns.
Survivors of the Uvalde school shooting were given a purple heart medal Saturday.
[WARNING: Disturbing video] Families who lost loved ones in the Uvalde school massacre met Sunday with members of the Texas House Committee investigating the incident.
The report also found that some of the 21 victims, which included 19 children, likely "could have been saved" had they received medical attention sooner.
More than a dozen others were taken to local hospitals with heat-related injuries.
A man took hostages Saturday during services at a Texas synagogue where he could be heard ranting in a livestream and demanding the release of a Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted of trying to kill U.S. Army officers in Afghanistan.
Top leaders in the Texas county where George Floyd grew up supported a resolution Tuesday calling for him to be posthumously pardoned for a 2004 drug arrest by a former Houston police officer now facing murder charges in a separate case.
The May 2020 killing of Floyd, who was Black, by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, prompted worldwide protests against racial injustice.
Miss Minnesota Grace Dietz didn't know a winter blast would overpower Texas, leaving her stranded following a pageant.
The record-breaking cold down south is the reason you're paying more at the pump up north.
Some conservatives are blaming the environmental movement, insisting that frozen wind turbines show the limits of alternative energy sources. Minnesota energy leaders are debunking those claims, saying the problems in Texas are a failure of planning, not energy sources.
A Twin Cities couple says the cold and snow has virtually frozen Texas to a halt, and has them scrambling for food.
Republican U.S. Reps. Tom Emmer, Pete Stauber and Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota have signed on to a last-gasp bid to get the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the presidential election.
The 46-year-old died two weeks ago while in police custody in Minneapolis. Now, he's being honored in his hometown.
The Isanti County Sheriff's Office says 22-year-old Michael Hosch was found at a home in Cambridge. He was arrested without incident.
Red Cross volunteers from the Minnesota region are in Texas after Tropical Storm Imelda devastated parts of the state with historic flooding.
Police say there are "multiple gunshot victims" in West Texas after reports of two suspects opening fire in the area of Midland and Odessa. Police in Odessa, say one or possibly two suspects hijacked U.S. Postal Service the postal vehicle and was firing at random, hitting multiple people.
Jorge Polanco cleared the bases with a tiebreaking triple in the eighth inning, helping the Minnesota Twins to their first-ever four-game sweep of Texas with a 6-3 victory over the Rangers on Sunday. Polanco's two-out liner to the gap in right-center field off Emmanuel Clase (0-2) followed the hard-throwing rookie getting a strikeout and groundout after putting runners at second and third with no outs.
The deadliest mass shooting so far this year happened today in El Paso, Texas. Twenty people were killed when a 21-year-old man opened fire inside a Walmart next to the Cielo Vista Mall.
A facility for migrants in McAllen, Texas, has resumed normal operations Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the facility suspended intake operations after 32 people testified positive for the flu.
A Houston high school in Texas had adopted a new dress code that targets parents rather than students.
Family and friends are searching for a Minneapolis man who went missing in Austin, Texas over the weekend.
Authorities say a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Texas has been arrested on suspicion of having killed four women and abducted a fifth.
The case against a white Dallas police officer who shot and killed a black neighbor will be presented to a grand jury, which could decide on more serious charges than manslaughter, the district attorney said Monday as an affidavit provided a fuller description of the officer's account.
