https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jessica-shuran-yu/The latest news by Jessica Shuran Yu.enThu, 17 Jul 2025 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/17/texas-floods-lost-found-victims-personal-items-social-media/Volunteers are hoping to find the owners of stuffed animals, photographs and other keepsakes salvaged from the debris.By Jessica Shuran YuThu, 17 Jul 2025 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/17/texas-floods-lost-found-victims-personal-items-social-media/Michael Guyer holds patches from the Heart O' the Hills camp and photos that he has found while volunteering to help search efforts in the aftermath of the July 4 flood in Kerr County.Michael Guyer holds photos and patches from the Heart of the Hills camp that he has found while volunteering in search efforts in the aftermath of the flood in Kerr County.Brenda Bazán for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/14/texas-flood-missing-update/Officials removed nearly 100 from the list of the missing Saturday, saying many had been found safe. There was no update on the death toll, which was most recently 135 statewide.By Ayden Runnels and Jessica Shuran YuMon, 14 Jul 2025 18:04:09 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/14/texas-flood-missing-update/Law enforcement officials and volunteers on July 8 clear up mountains of debris deposited by the flood in Center Point.Law enforcement officials and volunteers clear up mountains of debris deposited by the flood in Center Point on Tuesday July 8, 2025.Brenda Bazán for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/12/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-angela-divorce-records-sealed/A Collin County judge’s reported decision could keep details of the divorce from spilling into Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate race.By Jessica Shuran YuSat, 12 Jul 2025 14:29:25 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/12/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-angela-divorce-records-sealed/Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton addresses the crowd during a rally at the Tarrant County Republican Party Headquarters in Fort Worth on Jan. 6, 2025.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton addresses the crowd during a rally at the Tarrant County Republican Party Headquarters in Fort Worth on January 6, 2025.Photo by Emil T. Lippe for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/texas-hill-country-floods-families-missing-search-efforts/The four friends are among the hundreds of victims. The bodies of three of them have been found. Their families have searched for their loved ones since Friday.By Jessica Shuran Yu, Atirikta Kumar and Sneha DeyThu, 10 Jul 2025 15:43:46 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/texas-hill-country-floods-families-missing-search-efforts/Thad Heartfield talks through search routes with volunteers at the parking lot of a Walmart on July 10, 2025, in Kerrville. Heartfield has led search efforts since July 4 looking for his son Aidan Heartfield who, along with his girlfriend and two friends, were swept away by the Hill Country floods.Thursday July 10, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas.Ronaldo Bolaños/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/05/texas-hill-country-flooding-updates-kerrville-camp-mystic/About two dozen people were still missing. Many more people could still be unaccounted for, officials warned, noting that visitors to the area for the July 4th weekend make it difficult to assess an exact number.By Berenice Garcia, Jessica Shuran Yu and Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Graphics by Chris Essig and Edison WuSat, 05 Jul 2025 11:22:52 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/05/texas-hill-country-flooding-updates-kerrville-camp-mystic/A small boat is wrapped around a tree along with other debris in Ingram on Saturday, July 5, 2025. Ingram is a small town about seven miles northwest of Kerrville.A small boat is wrapped around a tree along with other debris in Ingram on Saturday, July 5, 2025. Ingram is a small town about seven miles northwest of Kerrville.Ronaldo Bolaños/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/02/texas-sexual-assault-bill-summer-willis-legislature-consent/After three sessions, Texas lawmakers passed a bill last month that defines consent and fixes what advocates called a loophole in Texas sexual assault laws.By Jessica Shuran YuWed, 02 Jul 2025 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/02/texas-sexual-assault-bill-summer-willis-legislature-consent/https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/30/texas-abortion-pill-capital-murder-charge-fetal-personhood/A North Texas man charged with capital murder after slipping mifepristone into his girlfriend’s food signals another attempt to rein in abortion pills.By Jessica Shuran Yu and Hayden BettsMon, 30 Jun 2025 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/30/texas-abortion-pill-capital-murder-charge-fetal-personhood/A pharmacist poses with pills of Misoprostol, made by Lupin Pharmaceuticals, at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, on June 19, 2019.A pharmacist poses with pills of Misoprostol, made by Lupin Pharmaceuticals, at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, on June 19, 2019.REUTERS/George Freyhttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/14/texas-protests-anti-trump-immigration-no-kings/Demonstrations in McAllen, Midland, Odessa, Austin and elsewhere in Texas were largely peaceful, as some protests went well into the night.By Berenice Garcia, Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Ayden Runnels and Jessica Shuran YuSat, 14 Jun 2025 15:40:48 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/14/texas-protests-anti-trump-immigration-no-kings/Beth Vaughan, center, chants as protesters march up Walker Street during a “No Kings” protest at Houston City Hall on June 14.Beth Vaughan, at center, chants as protestors march up Walker Street during a No Kings protest at City Hall, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Houston.Antranik Tavitian for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/11/greg-abbott-texas-national-guard-immigration-raid-protests/Demonstrations against immigration raids began in Los Angeles last week and have spread across the country, including to Texas. More are planned this weekend.By Jessica Shuran Yu and Ayden RunnelsWed, 11 Jun 2025 14:31:55 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/11/greg-abbott-texas-national-guard-immigration-raid-protests/Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to law enforcement officials during a Southern Border Coalition event in Austin on April 29, 2025.Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to law enforcement officials during a Southern Border Coalition event in Austin on April 29, 2025.Kaylee Greenlee for The Texas Tribune