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Vintage estate sale: Pieces of Austin history up for grabs

From rare books to antique furniture, a special Austin estate sale is giving shoppers the chance to take home a piece of the city's history while supporting the Austin History Center.

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

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?

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

Who is Stephen Miller, Trump’s incoming White House chief of staff?

President Donald Trump announced that Stephen Miller, one of his longest-serving advisers and a leading architect of his immigration policies, will become White House chief of staff.

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

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

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.