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Pease Park troll sculpture reduced to ashes after fire; investigation underway

Fire has destroyed the giant Pease Park troll sculpture, the Austin Fire Department confirms.

H-E-B announces Austin store closure due to lease ending

Del Valle High School triplets get full ride college scholarships

Serial burglar arrested after breaking into Austin store over 10 times

GOP Texas attorney general candidates push on despite no Trump endorsement

Family of 2017 murder victim in Austin still searching for justice

Texas News

Paxton investigates Meta glasses over privacy concerns

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into Meta's Meta AI Glasses for possibly collecting and sharing Texans' personal data.

Official 2026 hurricane forecast released with Atlantic season just days away

Breaking News

Official 2026 hurricane forecast released with Atlantic season just days away

Texas repeat offender gets 50-year federal prison sentence for exploiting child on Snapchat

CBP officers seize $600K in cocaine hidden in minivan at Texas port of entry

Texas GOP chair calls for end to negative ads in Senate runoff

Texas students riding from Austin to Alaska this summer for world's longest charity bike ride

Crime Coverage

Texas repeat offender gets 50-year federal prison sentence for exploiting child on Snapchat

A 25-year-old registered sex offender was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

CBP officers seize $600K in cocaine hidden in minivan at Texas port of entry

MN fraud: DOJ announces fraud charges against 15 people, suspect on run

Former DOJ prosecutor charged with stealing confidential Jack Smith investigation documents about Trump

WWE star Ludwig Kaiser arrested on battery charge in Orange County

Former U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery charged for allegedly leaving scene of Houston crash

Former U.S. attorney charged for allegedly leaving scene of Houston crash

The Supreme Court dealt a major blow Thursday to four major cruise lines accused of profiting from Cuban property seized during Fidel Castro’s communist revolution, reviving lawsuits that could cost the companies hundreds of millions of dollars.

Trader Joe’s expanding with new locations nationwide; here’s where

Kennedy fires heads of preventive health screening task force

Off-duty officer rescues child trapped inside claw machine

Joey Chestnut set to defend hot dog eating title while on probation for battery

Feeding our Future ringleader Aimee Bock sentenced: Full details

FIFA World Cup

ICE will 'be out there every day' during World Cup, DHS chief says

ICE officials said they will be focused on public safety, not broad immigration sweeps, during the World Cup, but it’s unclear whether ICE agents will avoid all immigration enforcement during the event.

May 21, 2026 10:11am CDT

World Cup and America 250 has TSA bracing for a busy summer

May 20, 2026 8:17pm CDT

Prince William may bring Prince George to the US for FIFA World Cup in historic first, sources say

May 20, 2026 12:32pm CDT

FIFA World Cup ticket prices dropping, good news for soccer fans

May 20, 2026 9:09am CDT

World Cup 2026 base camps: Where national teams will be based during the tournament

May 19, 2026 11:13am CDT

How to fill out a 2026 World Cup bracket as FIFA launches its online predictor

May 19, 2026 7:51am CDT

Good Day Austin

Vanessa Lively performs in FOX 7 Austin studios

Musician Vanessa Lively talks about her music, upcoming shows and performs a song.

John Krasinski talks Jack Ryan: Ghost War

Austin teen released from ICE just in time to graduate

NASA's new Roman Space Telescope ready to launch

AAPI Month: Austin Dance India performance

Mama Betty's Tex-Mex donates to cancer therapy

Politics

Texas GOP chair calls for end to negative ads in Senate runoff

The leader of the Texas Republican Party is asking Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton to end their negative ad campaigns against each other in the days leading up to the runoff election.