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SXSW 2027: What's new and changes for event

SXSW 2026 looked a lot different from previous years and organizers say there will be some more changes in 2027.

Hutton Home Depot 'unprovoked', 'random' hatchet attack leads to arrest; victim speaks out

Pflugerville gun store break-in: Teens arrested for stealing 34 firearms, fleeing in stolen vehicle

1 dead, 3 others injured in Round Rock crash involving dump truck

'Dog's Head' in Austin: Developer gives inside look at controversial project

Leander ISD asks voters to approve tax rate election amid growing budget gaps

Texas News

Abbott announces special election to replace former state Sen. Brian Birdwell

Gov. Greg Abbott has set a special election to finish out former state Sen. Brian Birdwell's term after he resigned the seat to a take a position as an assistant U.S. secretary of defense.

Ranked: The best US cities for home buyers in 2026, according to data

Texas voting guide: Important dates for the November election

Hutton Home Depot 'unprovoked', 'random' hatchet attack leads to arrest; victim speaks out

1 dead, 3 others injured in Round Rock crash involving dump truck

CAIR calls Abbott’s DFW Airport criticism an ‘anti-Muslim political stunt’

National News

Video: US marshals injured after deck collapses while serving warrant

Harrowing video shows the moment a second-story deck collapsed while law enforcement served a warrant at a home in Missouri.

National Guard troops have minimal impact on crime in DC, analysis finds

Dearborn protest: Jake Lang's anti-Islam message draws Nazis sympathizers, large demonstration

Dearborn Anti-Islam protest draws Nazis sympathizers, large demonstration

Ohio couple accused of barging into cruise ship cabin, attacking family and 9-year-old

CBP officers seize $67 million in illegal drugs at San Diego border ports, DHS says

Pickled goat and chicken products sold nationwide recalled for not being inspected

Crime Coverage

Video: US marshals injured after deck collapses while serving warrant

Harrowing video shows the moment a second-story deck collapsed while law enforcement served a warrant at a home in Missouri.

National Guard troops have minimal impact on crime in DC, analysis finds

Hutton Home Depot 'unprovoked', 'random' hatchet attack leads to arrest; victim speaks out

Pflugerville gun store break-in: Teens arrested for stealing 34 firearms, fleeing in stolen vehicle

CBP officers seize $67 million in illegal drugs at San Diego border ports, DHS says

DOJ to give some felons second chance to restore gun rights

Politics

Abbott announces special election to replace former state Sen. Brian Birdwell

Gov. Greg Abbott has set a special election to finish out former state Sen. Brian Birdwell's term after he resigned the seat to a take a position as an assistant U.S. secretary of defense.

Texas voting guide: Important dates for the November election

CAIR calls Abbott’s DFW Airport criticism an ‘anti-Muslim political stunt’

Abbott suggests banning public schools from using H-1B visas

DOJ to give some felons second chance to restore gun rights

Trump's approval rating falls to new low in latest poll

Sports

ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen dies at 93

Bill Rasmussen, the founder of the 24-hour cable sports network, ESPN, has died at the age of 93 from the effects of Parkinson’s disease, the network said in a media release today.