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Who knew that Texas would be an election battleground

Compared to seven months ago, hospitals and and larger health care systems now have more access to personal protective equipment like masks, face shields and other items. But the Texas Medical Association says for private physicians, it’s been a little more challenging. NBC 5’s Sophia Beausoleil explains how the group is helping doctors.

Authorities in southeast Texas say a freight train has derailed and are urging nearby residents to evacuate their homes as hazmat crews assess the damage.

The Texas House of Representatives approved a joint resolution Tuesday to allow Texas voters to choose whether they would like to permanently live under Daylight Saving Time or Standard Time.

American University students Meredith Reilly and Zachary Houdek drove from Washington D.C. to their home state of Texas to cast their ballots for the 2020 election. The two first-time voters joined LX News to talk about their journey to make sure their votes count.

Two Texans drove more than 20 hours to vote in the 2020 election. NBC 5’s Lili Zheng reports they made the decision after a plan to vote by absentee ballot fell through.

The surge in Texas coronavirus cases has raised COVID-19 hospitalizations by almost 2,500 cases since Oct. 1.

Two college students and native Texans drove from Washington D.C. to Texas to vote in the 2020 election when their plans to vote absentee could not happen.

A record surge in coronavirus cases has pushed hospitals to the brink in the border cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, confronting health officials in Texas and Mexico with twin disasters in the metropolitan area of 3 million people

Tuesday morning the Texas Public Interest Research Group released a report stating that hundreds of nursing homes continue to struggle to obtain masks and gowns, but the state says there is ample amount of personal protective equipment.

NBC News has moved Texas into the toss-up category when it comes to the race for President.

A new report says nursing homes across the country and here in Texas continue to have issues getting a hold of personal protective equipment. NBC 5’s Sophia Beausoleil spoke with a long-term care facility about their experience so far during the pandemic.

NBC News moved Texas into the toss-up category when it comes to the race for president. NBC 5 political reporter Julie Fine reports a Biden win in Texas would be monumental, something we haven’t seen in years.

Texas was neck and neck with California as the state with the most confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, the latest NBC News figures showed Monday.

It’s all in the numbers. Texas has 38 electoral votes. Hopeful that shifting demographics and a booming population will eventually hand them that electoral jackpot, Texas is the rainbow Democrats have chased for years.

El Paso, Texas, is turning its convention center into a field hospital and asking residents to stay at home for two weeks after the city recorded a roughly 200 percent increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations in less than a month, officials said Sunday.

A Texas child is dead after accidentally shooting himself in the chest during his birthday party, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

Sen. Bernie Sanders shares why he endorsed Joe Biden, and why he believes the election results will take longer than usual.

In a new docuseries, a child who uses a walker meets a dog with its own version of wheels. Inmates find solace in training canines for adoption, and pigs strut their stuff in a “body positivity” celebration.

A new model from the University of Washington shows that half a million Americans could die of the coronavirus by February 2021. But researchers say that if Americans universally wore masks, nearly 130,000 of these lives could be saved.