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Austin man sentenced to more than 24 years for sexually exploiting juvenile boys

A 21-year-old Austin man has been sentenced for using several social media platforms to entice and extort minor male victims.

Shane James trial: Bedroom, journals, and notes shown to jury

Austin shooting leaves 1 dead; suspect detained: APD

Downtown Austin club shooting: 2 people injured, police looking for suspect

Texas hemp: What will Vikki Goodwin as Lt. Governor do?

Deadly pedestrian crash in South Austin; driver arrested for DWI: APD

Texas News

Texas high school football 2026: Central Texas week 11 scores, highlights

Here is a complete rundown of Central Texas high school football scores and highlights from Week 11 of the 2026 season.

Kansas City Chiefs WR Rashee Rice files for bankruptcy facing $3M in debt

Dallas man arrested at JFK airport in $373M bank fraud case; 13 others indicted

2026 Election: Political remodeling underway at Texas Capitol with promises, potential roadblocks

Border officers intercept 1,082 pounds of meth concealed in produce shipment

These lesser-known Texas races also turned blue in the 2026 midterm election

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from beginning construction on a planned memorial arch, halting work just hours after the project received approval.

Shootout leaves 1 Colorado police officer, suspect killed; 4 others hurt, authorities confirm

Foster mother charged after missing 10-year-old Philadelphia girl’s body found in trunk of car in New Jersey

8 arrested in connection with south Georgia deadly mass shooting; 2 wanted

2027 income tax brackets announced: What to know

The hole in our ozone layer got larger in 2026; biggest in a decade

Crime Coverage

Austin man sentenced to more than 24 years for sexually exploiting juvenile boys

A 21-year-old Austin man has been sentenced for using several social media platforms to entice and extort minor male victims.

Shootout leaves 1 Colorado police officer, suspect killed; 4 others hurt, authorities confirm

Foster mother charged after missing 10-year-old Philadelphia girl’s body found in trunk of car in New Jersey

Dallas man arrested at JFK airport in $373M bank fraud case; 13 others indicted

8 arrested in connection with south Georgia deadly mass shooting; 2 wanted

Shane James trial: Bedroom, journals, and notes shown to jury

Politics

2026 Election: Political remodeling underway at Texas Capitol with promises, potential roadblocks

Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa introduced key members of her transition team Thursday and said she is ready to get to work. It’s a top to bottom political renovation project that also includes two key offices: the attorney general's office and comptroller.

These lesser-known Texas races also turned blue in the 2026 midterm election

DOJ launches criminal probe into Supreme Court leak that exposed ruling overturning Roe v Wade

'Forging a new way forward': Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa discusses transition

Karen Bass concedes as Nithya Raman wins Los Angeles mayoral race

DOJ civil rights chief Harmeet Dhillon resigns, says White House asked her to wait until after midterms

Sports

Texas high school football 2026: Central Texas week 11 scores, highlights

Here is a complete rundown of Central Texas high school football scores and highlights from Week 11 of the 2026 season.

2026 Week 11: East View vs Rouse

Bob Heinz, Super Bowl champion and defensive tackle on Dolphins' undefeated 1972 team, dies

How to watch NFL football: Week 9

Spanish soccer player tragically dies after suffering cardiac arrest in on-field collision

Texas high school football 2026: Central Texas Players of the Week

Entertainment

‘ER’ and ‘The Pitt’ share enough similarity for lawsuit to move forward, court decides

A three-judge appeals court panel in California upheld a lower court’s ruling permitting a lawsuit involving two medical shows to move forward, finding that “ER" and “The Pitt" have enough in common to warrant the court case.