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10-year-old Texas student charged with ‘terrorist threat' over hoax school shooting threat, police said
The child allegedly made social media posts threatening a shooting at Hal Peterson Middle School on Tuesday.
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Massive pipeline fire forces evacuations near Houston
A 20-inch pipeline carrying liquified natural gas caught fire and now must burn itself out, authorities said.
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Cut up and leased out, the bodies of the poor suffer a final indignity in Texas
The bodies of destitute people in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have been routinely collected and used for training or research without their consent — and often without the approval of any survivors, an NBC News investigation found.
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A Texas teacher gave birth in a school bathroom, with help from her colleagues
When a pregnant teacher went into labor at school, her principal and coworker helped deliver the baby in a bathroom.
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Texas inmate is exonerated after spending nearly 34 years in prison for wrongful conviction
A Texas man who spent 34 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted has been exonerated.
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Video shows Texas students pleading with bus driver to keep windows open on scorching day
A Texas school bus driver is accused of punishing students by driving slowly during a scorching hot day and making them put up the windows on an un-air-conditioned vehicle.
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Texas megachurch Gateway fires another pastor over ‘moral failure'
Another North Texas pastor is out of a job after a vague “moral failure.” This time, it’s Gateway Church’s Executive Pastor Kemtal Glasgow.
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Man kidnapped rideshare driver at gunpoint in Texas, forced victim to drive him to Miami: FBI
A man who kidnapped a rideshare driver at gunpoint in Texas and forced the victim to drive him to Miami is facing federal charges, authorities said.
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UPS driver faints and crashes due to Texas heat, labor union says
Shipping company United Parcel Services (UPS) is investigating after labor union workers claimed a delivery driver passed out at the wheel in North Texas and crashed due to heat exhaustion.
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12-year-old Texas girl dies after parents used smoothies to treat life-threatening injuries
A 12-year-old Texas girl died Monday after her mother and stepfather failed to seek medical attention for four days following life-threatening injuries, instead attempting to nurse her back to health with smoothies, authorities said.
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Must-see video! Moms tackle Texas high school players in hilarious showdown
15 moms of senior students participated in Benbrook Middle High’s inaugural Senior Mom Tackle.
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Video shows moment boy flags down police after mother has seizure and drives into pond
Body-camera video shows police in Texas making a dramatic water rescue of a woman whose vehicle was almost completely submerged in a pond.
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Video shows moment boy flags police after mom drives car into pond in Texas
A Texas mom is recovering after suffering a seizure while driving and plunging her car into a pond
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Video shows 2 toddlers in diapers saved from Texas highway after being thrown from vehicle in crash
Following an investigation revealing that the children were not secured in car seats, officials are expecting charges against their father.
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‘David Makes Man' actor Akili McDowell charged with murder in man's shooting in Houston
Witnesses told investigators they saw two men in a physical altercation before the deadly shooting.
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Mexican drug lord “El Mayo” Zambada arrested in Texas
The leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, Mexico’s largest drug ring, is now in federal custody.
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US arrests 2 leaders of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel: ‘El Mayo' Zambada and son of ‘El Chapo'
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of “El Chapo” Guzmán, were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.
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Americans are flocking to Texas: 9 of the 10 fastest-growing U.S. cities are there
People are flocking to Texas, but not the big cities.
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Inside the two-year fight to bring charges against school librarians in Granbury, Texas
An 824-page investigative file offers a visceral picture of an officer’s attempt to prosecute librarians amid a nationwide movement to criminalize books.
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Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dies at age 74
Jackson Lee, who has represented Texas’ 18th Congressional District for nearly three decades, revealed her battle with pancreatic cancer in June.