Texas

Houston is seeing a massive surge in travel demand and hotel pricing as flight searches jump 60% ahead of the city hosting seven matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Governor Abbott has launched a joint state and local task force, the Texas Repeat Offender Program (TxROP), to specifically target and arrest violent repeat criminals in the Houston area.

A federal judge in San Antonio ordered the released of an Alamo Heights family from the Dilley Detention Center.

A third man is facing a felony murder charge in connection with the shooting of a man in East Austin in 2024.

The former head of the Texas Lottery Commission is no longer facing a criminal charge after prosecutors dismissed the case just days after an indictment.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office for allegedly violating Senate Bill 8 by failing to seek a formal cooperation agreement with ICE.

While the shelter-in-place has been lifted, the suspect is still at large and police say they believe he has fled the area.

State troopers have arrested a 30-year-old woman accused of providing alcohol to a teenager who was later killed in a single-vehicle crash last month, authorities said Tuesday.

A Puerto Rican man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to more than 15 years in prison for leading a drug trafficking organization that distributed thousands of fentanyl pills and caused the death of a U.S. Army spouse.

Annual electric power generated from solar will surpass that of coal in Texas for the first time in 2026, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook.

A 34-year-old Nigerian national living in Houston pleaded guilty Tuesday to operating an illegal money-transmitting business that funneled proceeds from a sophisticated international email scam.

Former President Barack Obama made a surprise appearance in Austin with Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico and Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinjosa.

KAYAK says travel demand for Dallas is outpacing the rest of the country as flight searches and hotel rates spike a month ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

A new mayor has taken over the reins in Uhland, a little more than a week after the previous mayor, Lacee Duke, stepped down.

A new reality show set in the Texas Hill Country has been ordered by a major network.

The FIFA World Cup will kick off in less than a month, and while Austin isn't a host city for any official matches, Austin Public Health (APH) is preparing for an influx of travelers to the region.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against a North Texas business he said is being used to issue fraudulent work visas for employees.

The Alamo is undergoing a major renovation inside and out. A state house committee got an update on the construction and the reorganization.