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July 10, 2020 at 3:02 pm

Virus surge visible across Texas: ‘The tsunami is here’

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Urgent calls for field hospitals. Cars lined up for hours at drive-thru testing centers. Bars boarded up and grocery stores enforcing...

July 8, 2020 at 1:16 pm

Houston scraps Texas GOP’s in-person convention due to virus

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston officials on Wednesday canceled the Texas Republican Party’s in-person convention, saying the spread of the coronavirus made it impossible to hold...

Medical workers suit up with protective personal equipment as they prepare to administer COVID-19 antibody tests and diagnostic tests at a converted vehicle inspection station, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in San Antonio. Local officials across Texas say their hospitals are becoming increasingly stretched and are in danger of becoming overrun as cases of the coronavirus surge. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) TXEG102 TXEG102

July 7, 2020 at 2:09 pm

Texas passes 10,000 confirmed new virus cases in single day VIEW

The record high of 10,028 new cases in Texas served as another alarming new measure of the swift resurgence of COVID-19 nationwide and the failures...

July 3, 2020 at 3:09 pm

As Texas reverses course on masks, GOP digs in on convention

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As Texas began mandating face coverings Friday on the orders of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, his party charged ahead with plans...

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June 30, 2020 at 3:29 pm

Doctors urge GOP to halt Texas convention as virus surges

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As the Texas GOP presses ahead with plans for a July convention amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the state's largest...

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June 29, 2020 at 2:39 pm

Face shields, gloves, wipes: Texas votes as virus rages VIEW

PLANO, Texas (AP) — As coronavirus cases skyrocket in Texas, Regina Greenwell showed up to vote Monday bent on minimizing the risks. She wore a...

June 26, 2020 at 9:28 pm

As cases surge in US, rural areas seeing increases as well VIEW

For many states and counties in the U.S., the dark days of the coronavirus pandemic in April unfolded on their television screens, not on their...

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June 26, 2020 at 7:21 am

Texas shuts down bars as hospitalizations surpass 5,000 VIEW

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott shut down bars in Texas again on Friday and scaled back restaurant dining, the most dramatic reversals...

June 25, 2020 at 11:08 pm

Some states revert to restrictions as virus cases surge VIEW

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas and Florida reversed course and clamped down on bars again Friday in the nation's biggest retreat yet as the daily...

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks about the categories of medical surge facilities and Level 5 of maintaining staffed beds during a press conference at Texas Department of Public Safety, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Austin, Texas. Abbott insisted Tuesday that Texas’ health care system can handle the record-high number of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the state as it aggressively pushes to reopen its economy. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP) TXAUS404 TXAUS404

June 25, 2020 at 8:48 pm

Governors who quickly reopened backpedal as virus surges VIEW

As an alarming coronavirus resurgence sets records for confirmed cases and hospitalizations across the U.S. South and West, governors are retreating to measures they once...

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