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U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, raised $38.1 million for his U.S. Senate campaign in the third quarter, a new record for the largest fundraising quarter ever in a U.S. Senate race, according to his campaign. The haul more than tripled Republican incumbent Ted Cruz’s fundraising for the past three months, which Cruz has said was over $12 million. O’Rourke has consistently raised more than Cruz in the race, but this is the widest gap…

From a field of ripe cotton, the triangular tops of giant tents swoop up behind a covered fence next to a border crossing where drivers tow banged-up used vehicles into Mexico. From the outside, this is about all that’s visible of the temporary shelter for migrant children set up on a remote stretch of West Texas desert. Reporters got a rare glimpse inside the facility on Friday. It opened in June outside the tiny town…

Volunteers continue to search for two missing people Saturday Oct. 13, 2018, in the Junction area after heavy rain Monday caused flooding of the Llano River. Volunteers continue to search for two missing people Saturday Oct. 13, 2018, in the Junction area after heavy rain Monday caused flooding of the Llano River. Photo: Courtesy Texas Search And Rescue Volunteers continue to search for two missing people Saturday Oct. 13, 2018, in the Junction area after…

Volunteers continue to search for two missing people Saturday Oct. 13, 2018, in the Junction area after heavy rain Monday caused flooding of the Llano River. Volunteers continue to search for two missing people Saturday Oct. 13, 2018, in the Junction area after heavy rain Monday caused flooding of the Llano River. Photo: Courtesy Texas Search And Rescue Volunteers continue to search for two missing people Saturday Oct. 13, 2018, in the Junction area after…

Friday Oct 12, 2018 at 7:51 PM Oct 12, 2018 at 7:51 PM JUNCTION (AP) — Crews searched along a West Texas river on Friday for two people still missing after crushing floodwaters swept through a recreational vehicle park. The bodies of two of their companions were found a day earlier. Texas A&M Forest Service spokeswoman Christi Powers said that while “we never lose hope,” the search has turned from rescue to recovery. Three men and a woman had been missing since the flooding early…

Updated 9:40 am CDT, Friday, October 12, 2018 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Sergio has hit the Baja California coast around Bahia de Ballenas and is weakening fast as it crosses the peninsula. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Sergio is expected to slip to a depression as it crosses Mulege to the mainland and continues on to west Texas and New Mexico. Early Friday, the storm was located about 45 miles (75 kilometers) southwest…

Updated 8:33 am CDT, Friday, October 12, 2018 Texas Task Force 1 member walks through debris to find the missing people after the South Llano River flooding Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Junction, Texas. (Yfat Yossifor /The San Angelo Standard-Times via AP) less Texas Task Force 1 member walks through debris to find the missing people after the South Llano River flooding Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Junction, Texas. (Yfat Yossifor /The San Angelo Standard-Times via…