A U.S. federal judge's decision blocking Texas' near-total abortion ban is a warning to other states considering similar measures, though it too could be overturned by a higher court in the coming weeks.
Three people were rushed to a hospital with non-fatal wounds on Wednesday after being shot at a large high school in Arlington, Texas, KDFW-TV in Dallas reported, citing police sources.
Authorities arrested an 18-year-old male in connection with a Texas high school shooting that left four people injured after a fight broke out in a classroom on Wednesday morning, police said.
Members of the union representing locked-out workers at Exxon Mobil Corp's Beaumont, Texas, refinery have submitted a petition to force a vote on removing the union, the union and company said on Wednesday.
Crews at the second largest U.S. refinery were containing crude oil gushing from a giant storage tank at the Houston-area facility on Wednesday, a company spokesman said.