A swath of a Texas town was given the all-clear after authorities advised the area to evacuate on Thursday during the investigation of a bomb threat near a county courthouse. The evacuation zone ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of the prosecutor's office that originally put him on ...

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen near sunset in Washington, Oct. 18, 2018. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new ...

Transgender rights activist, Alright Reynolds, stands outside the Texas Capitol with a transgender pride flag during a rally on March 22, 2023. (Kirk McDaniel/Courthouse News) HOUSTON (CN) — The ...

People in Maverick County spend months in jail waiting to be charged with minor crimes. Some are simply lost in the system. Eagle Pass, Texas, borders the Mexican city of Piedras Negras.

Two Republican lawmakers have introduced constitutional amendments in the Senate and the House to limit senators to two ...

Since 1961, a granite monument has been on the grounds of the Texas Capitol complex. The monument was at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Van Orden v. Perry, in which it found the ...

The highest court in Texas on Tuesday issued a rare stay of execution for David Leonard Wood, who has always denied being the so-called Desert Killer and reiterated his innocence in a recent ...

The final decision will rest with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.