City looking for community input to strengthen civil rights in Austin

The city says its Office of Civil Rights will be hosting a series of virtual community conversations to hear community input on a range of topics.

Legal battle continues over whether gender-transitioning care for Texas trans youth is 'child abuse'

Governor Greg Abbott wants the state to investigate parents of transgender kids, who may be getting "gender-affirming healthcare." Civil rights groups sued, and the state is fighting back.

Women of Houston Rodeo kick off International Women’s History Month

March is International Women’s History month and FOX 26 will be featuring some phenomenal women all month long who are making their own history. We set the month off with the current 2021 World Champion Barrel Racer Jordon Briggs.

Texas court partially blocks Abbott's directive to investigate parents of trans youth

A hearing has been scheduled for March 11 to decide where to block Gov. Greg Abbott, Commissioner Jaime Masters, and DFPS’s actions more broadly, says the ACLU.

New video of boxer Joe Louis at Austin's Lions Municipal Golf Course

The course, called Muny, was the first public course in the South to racially desegregate and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

St. Edward's University inaugurates 1st Hispanic president

St. Edward's University made history over the weekend with the inauguration of the school's first Hispanic president, Montserrat Fuentes.

Psaki condemns directive from Abbott labeling sex changes for minors as child abuse

Psaki said that Abbott's directive and similar action in Florida and other states are "designed to target and attack the kids who need support the most."

Interior Department seeks to remove derogatory name from federal lands

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in November formally declared the term derogatory and initiated a process to remove the word from use by the federal government and to replace other existing derogatory place names.

Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson? Biden taps 1st Black woman to Supreme Court

President Joe Biden tapped federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman picked for the high court.

Texas Supreme Court takes up challenge to state’s restrictive abortion law

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has asked the Texas Supreme Court to weigh in on a question of state law before the appeals court proceeds with its ruling.

Ahmaud Arbery Day: Family marks 2 year anniversary of murder caught on camera

On Feb. 23, 2020 — at the age of 25 — Ahmaud Arbery ran through the Satilla Shores neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia for the final time. Two years later and after two trials, three men have been convicted in both state and federal courts for his murder and hate crime.

Ahmaud Arbery what's next: Legal battles connected to Georgia man's killing

The trials of Travis McMIchael, Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan are likely not the last related to the death of Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County.

Ahmaud Arbery: Jury finds men who killed Black jogger guilty of hate crimes

A federal jury has found the three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery guilty on all counts of interfering with Arbery's civil rights in their federal hate crime trial.

Ahmaud Arbery's family pleased men found guilty of hate crimes: 'Ahmaud's hands were in this'

Ahmaud Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, and father, Marcus Arbery, joined hands outside the federal courthouse minutes after hearing the three men convicted of killing their son were found guilty of hate crimes.

US Soccer, USWNT members settle equal pay lawsuit for $24 million

U.S. women soccer players reached a landmark agreement with U.S. Soccer in which they are promised $24 million, plus bonuses that match those of the men.

Sofía Jirau becomes 1st Victoria’s Secret model with Down syndrome

“I can finally tell you my big secret... I am the first Victoria’s Secret model with Down syndrome!” the 24-year-old Puerto Rican model announced on Valentine’s Day.