Texas

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott authorized a $250 million “down payment” for a wall along the border with Mexico, saying he is continuing work from the Trump administration. But it’s not clear whether Abbott has the authority to do so or how much the final project would cost if completed, says reporter James Barragán from The Texas Tribune.

Officials say a 21-year-old man was killed and seven other people were injured when a vehicle crashed through a guardrail and plowed into a crowd at a mud racing event in Texas

Police in Austin have arrested one suspect and are searching for another after a mass shooting on a crowded downtown street in which 14 people were wounded

At least two of the victims are in critical condition and there is no suspect in custody.

Holly Christine Hayes is a survivor. And after breaking out of human trafficking and overcoming addiction, the founder and CEO of Sanctuary Project wants to help other women do the same. Her Austin, Texas-based jewelry company offers jobs and a fresh start for human trafficking survivors.

The Texas base said there was an active shooter warning Wednesday and ordered all personnel to go under lockdown procedures.

Paxton Smith, the valedictorian at Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Texas, wasn’t sure if her mic would be cut when she made a graduation speech against a recently passed abortion law in the state. The law prohibits abortion if a doctor can detect a fetal heartbeat, which often occurs before a woman even knows she’s pregnant.

Wes Hurt was in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction when he came up with his latest business idea — a beverage company that would help people who were also recovering from addiction. Clean Cause, based in Austin, Texas, now donates half its profits to supporting people in recovery. It also employs them.

Texas rapper Lil Loaded, who won viral success with a 2019 single and was facing a manslaughter charge in a fatal shooting last year, died Monday, officials said.

Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives walked out Sunday, killing the passage of a bill that would ban drive-thru voting, limit voting hours and add restrictions on mail ballots while boosting the powers of partisan poll watchers. The bill is just one of several voting bills that appeared in statehouses around the country after the 2020 election, Cliff Albright...

Authorities say 11 employees with a Texas sheriff’s office have been fired and six others have been suspended following the February death of a county jail inmate who had been hit multiple times in the head by detention officers.

Greg Abbott defended his decision to end his state’s federal unemployment boost on Friday.

SpaceX has a spaceport in Boca Chica, an unincorporated community in Cameron County, Texas. Some residents still live there while the company is trying to buy them out of their homes – but a newly created spaceport development corporation could use the power of eminent domain to seize those homes instead, says Sara Bronin of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The El Paso Zoo plans to press charges against a woman who was caught on video trying to feed spider monkeys after climbing into their enclosure

Former Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo explains why police departments across the country do not support the Texas “constitutional carry” gun bill.

While officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are blaming miscommunication for preventing reporters from witnessing the state’s first execution in nearly a year, legal and death penalty experts worry it’s another example of what they see as a lack of transparency and competency in how the death penalty is carried out in the U.S.

The number of deaths related to a deluge of rain that hit parts of Louisiana this week has risen to five, health officials said Thursday, and more rain is forecast for a region that has already seen flash flooding. The Vermilion Parish coroner ruled that the death of a 46-year-old man whose vehicle crashed into floodwaters was storm-related, the state Health...

“Anybody can wear a mask if they want to. It’s just that it’s a decision to be made by Texans,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told CNBC.

A California judge has dismissed a Twitter lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in which the social media company accused the Republican of using his office to retaliate for Twitter’s banning the account of former President Donald Trump.

Texas death row inmate Quintin Jones is scheduled to be executed May 19. But Jones is pleading to Gov. Greg Abbott for clemency, telling the New York Times contributor Suleika Jaouad that he is a different person than he was 2 decades ago. Jones was put on death row after confessing to the murder of his great-aunt. His family has...