Disaster relief fund created to help Travis County flooding victims

A short-term disaster relief fund has been created to help Travis County communities that were impacted by devastating flooding during the holiday weekend.

Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: See who’s being held at the remote detention site

A newly obtained list of more than 700 detainees sheds light on who is being held at Florida’s controversial new immigration detention facility in the Everglades. The Miami Herald reports that many have no criminal records, raising new questions about transparency, access, and due process.

Minnesota lawmakers shooting: Vance Boelter indicted, prosecutors detail letter

A grand jury has handed up an indictment against Vance Boelter, the man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers last month, leaving one lawmaker and her spouse dead.

Austin city manager proposes $6.3B budget for 2025-26

Austin's city manager presented a proposed budget of $6.3 billion for 2025-26 to the mayor and city council on Tuesday.

Texas flooding: Marble Falls Area VFD announces End of Watch for missing chief

The Marble Falls Area Volunteer Fire Department has announced the "End of Watch" for missing fire chief Michael Phillips. He was last seen when responding to a call for service during the deadly July 4th floods.

Man who stabbed, killed UT student Harrison Brown in 2017 has hearing this week

Kendrex White, a man who stabbed four UT students in 2017, could be back out in the community following a hearing this week. FOX 7 Austin's CrimeWatch reporter Meredith Aldis spoke with the mother of Harrison Brown, who was killed.

Ex-MLB pitcher convicted in Lake Tahoe ambush attack

Former Major League Baseball player Daniel Serafini, who grew up in the Bay Area, was convicted of murdering his father-in-law and attempting to kill his mother-in-law in a 2021 ambush attack in Lake Tahoe.

NORAD sends fighter plane after latest unauthorized flight over Kerrville floods

The military had to send an F-16 fighter jet to the skies over Texas after private aircraft repeatedly violated a temporary no-fly zone around the deadly floods.

Florida reports four deaths from flesh-eating bacteria so far in 2025

Florida leads the nation in cases of Vibrio vulnificus — a rare but deadly flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in warm, brackish water.

Father stabs son to death in San Jose, then killed by police after allegedly luring them to park

A father fatally stabbed his 9-year-old son at a San Jose park Sunday afternoon before being shot and killed by officers who responded to what turned out to be a misleading 911 call, police said.