Texas

A Houston-area man is charged in the grisly murder of his mother, whose body was found dismembered inside a crate.

The Justice Department asked the high court Monday to lift an order imposed by a conservative federal appeals court that has allowed Texas to continue enforcing the nation's strictest curbs on abortion.

A Texas couple about to board a flight to Las Vegas was surprised to find their pet Chihuahua had stowed away inside their luggage.

William Shatner, known to many "Star Trek" fans as Captain James T. Kirk, launched into space on Wednesday aboard a Blue Origin rocket.

A federal appeals court is temporarily allowing the nation’s toughest abortion law to resume in Texas.

Timothy Simpkins kept quiet after getting out of jail. He did not respond to reporters when asked if he had anything to say to those who were hurt in Wednesday's shooting at Timberview High School.

“The decision he made, taking the gun, we are not justifying that. That was not right. But he was trying to protect himself. We hope the police department does the investigation properly,” the Timberview High School shooting suspect's family told reporters.

The order by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman is the first legal blow to the Texas law known as Senate Bill 8.

Four people were injured after a shooting at Mansfield ISD's Timberview High School in Arlington on Wednesday morning. Authorities arrested an 18-year-old suspect.

An armed customer intervened in the attempted robbery of a fried chicken fast food restaurant. They shot the two robbers, killing one of them.

William Shatner, known to many as Captain James T. Kirk from Star Trek, will blast off into space on Oct. 12 aboard a Blue Origin rocket.

During a court trial hearing, officials say Dexter Kelsey, 25, went into the school intending to shoot a staff member due to a grudge stemming from 2015.

Thousands of protesters are demanding continued access to abortion in marches across the country Saturday in a year when conservative lawmakers and judges have put it in jeopardy.

Officials with YES Prep say a former student, Dexter Kelsey, came to the Southwest Secondary campus around 11:45 a.m. and opened fire. No students were injured, but an administrator was and a suspect is in custody.

A Texas judge has found Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones liable for damages in three defamation lawsuits related to his claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

Carrollton police say a teen father is charged with murdering his newborn son because he was angry at the mother for keeping the baby and was worried about paying child support.

Fort Worth police say the man wanted for murdering, dismembering and then burning the bodies of three people confessed to that crime as well as to two other murders.