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‘Escape California’: Texas woos frustrated shipping firms, but can ports here handle the load?

The dance to bring several logistics components together simultaneously to make a big port function is incredibly complex. Disruption to any one of the vital...

‘Evil roaming’: Texas trial set for man charged in 18 deaths

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — In the years after Leah Corken's death, one detail after another haunted her daughter. Though M.J. Jennings came...

In wake of Astroworld tragedy, Texas creates new task force on concert safety

By Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune A statewide task force will look for ways to beef up security at Texas concerts after the deaths of...

Judge orders halt to Texas mask mandate ban in schools

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a halt to the enforcement of Texas' ban on mask mandates in the state's...

Houston police admit Astroworld security guard wasn’t injected with needle

Kate Feldman New York Daily News A bizarre theory about people being injected with drugs at last week's deadly Astroworld concert has finally been dispelled...

Remains found in Texas in 1980 finally identified as teen

STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — A body found along an interstate in Texas 41 years ago has finally been identified as a 14-year-old girl missing...

TPWD says whooping cranes are on the move

Texas wildlife officials have issued an alert that whooping cranes, one of the largest and rarest birds in North America, are beginning their winter...

Poll: Majority of Texans support COVID-19 vaccine, mask mandates

By Bethany Irvine, The Texas Tribune A majority of Texas voters support requiring masks at schools and indoor public places and allowing businesses to require...

High court skeptical of Texas death row inmate prayer demand

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism Tuesday about a Texas death row inmate's demand that a chaplain...

Crowd surge wasn’t mentioned in Astroworld operational plan

By JUAN A. LOZANO and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A 56-page event operations plan for the Astroworld music festival included protocols for...