Tag: Inmate

Travis County has tried to provide legal counsel to arrestees for years. It’s finally happening.

Judge Michael Denton oversees a Council at First Appearance magistration test shift on Nov. 8, 2024, at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center. The program provides lawyers to people arrested in Travis County Jail as they go through the magistration...

Bexar County crime lab gets help to tackle backlog of drug cases

Bexar County commissioners voted this week to hire Armstrong Forensic Laboratories to provide certain testing for controlled substances and provide court testimony. The county will pay the outside lab up to $600,000 for the work to be completed by September...

U.S. military removes words ‘history,’ ‘respect,’ ‘dignity’ from digital presence as part of DEI review

Across social media platforms, U.S. military branches are removing content to be in compliance with President Donald Trump's executive order to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion from the armed services. The U.S. Army posted a statement on its Instagram, tagging...

Pakistan is out of its own cricket tournament, but its fans are still excited to host

India's Shreyas Iyer (left) plays a shot as Pakistan's wicketkeeper captain Mohammad Rizwan watches during the ICC Champions Trophy one-day international cricket match between Pakistan and India at the Dubai International Stadium on Feb. 23. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images LAHORE,...

How Washington is reacting to the heated Trump-Zelenskyy meeting

President Trump meets with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House on Friday. Mstyslav Cherno/AP Both House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and President Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz questioned President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's future leadership of...