A three-judge panel reversed a lower court's injunction against the controversial "sonogram law," which mandates that women who have abortions must submit to a sonogram and hear a description of the fetus as litigation proceeds.
The hearts of music writers everywhere grew three sizes when they heard “Glory,” Jay-Z's new track about his daughter, Blue Ivy Carter.
Some Apollo-era astronauts, including Apollo 13 Commander James Lovell, had their hands slapped by NASA for putting space artifacts on the auction block.
The justices heard arguments on Monday, but they found themselves on a sticky wicket and are no closer to making a decision.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z's named their bundle of joy, who arrived Saturday night, Blue Ivy Carter. It may be unusual, but is it the worst Texas celeb baby name?
Khloe and Kim Kardashian dropped by the Dallas World Aquarium this week.
Jaime Gonzalez Jr.'s parents don't understand why Brownsville officers shot their son three times, but a 911 reveals that police asked the eighth-grader to drop his gun several times.
Manny Fernandez of the New York Times penned a poignant piece about death in Texas’s prison system.
A North Texas teen and his grandmother have become YouTube stars almost overnight, racking up more than half a million views in two days with their lipsyncing rendition of Tyga's "Rack City."
After Ron Paul sends a snarky tweet about Jon Huntsman's poor showing in Iowa, Huntsman takes a jab at Paul on Piers Morgan.
Texas prison officials suspended Jeffs's cut his line to the outside as they investigate allegations that the polygamist leader used a phone call to preach to his flock on Christmas.
Rick Perry, clad in running gear, proves that running a presidential campaign is a marathon, not a sprint.
Ten pictures of the moments and themes that defined this year.
When it comes to courtroom drama, Texas never disappoints, and this year was no exception.
The history of Ron Paul's position on his offensive newsletters is beginning to emerge as the media latches on to the scandal.
Before developing a drilling site in Burleson, Chesapeake Energy relocates a prairie dog colony.
A Bryan crime novelist was arrested earlier this month after she allegedly took out a hit on her estranged, cheating husband.
An old scandal about Ron Paul's newsletters, which contain "racist, anti-gay and anti-Israel passages," has again reared its head as Paul surges in Iowa.
Despite his latest "oops" moment, Perry is picking up endorsements and rising in the polls.
Some 5,000 people rallied in Athens to support the nativity scene displayed outside the Henderson County Courthouse that has been criticized by an atheist group.
The ambulance that carried JFK's body from Parkland Memorial Hospital to Love Field is going up on the auction block next month in Scottsdale.
In Thursday’s GOP debate in Sioux City, Rick Perry scored one of the night’s most memorable lines when he compared himself to the often-underestimated Broncos quarterback.
A nativity scene on the Henderson County Courthouse lawn is at the center of national spat.
The DMV approved a religious plate the same day the Sons of Confederate Veterans filed a lawsuit against the agency for infringement of free speech.
The Illinois senator told the teen’s tragic story to inspire his colleagues to pass the DREAM Act.
The governor’s campaign just bought $1 million worth of advertising in the Hawkeye State. What commercials might Iowans expect to see?
The endangered whooping crane is at the center of a lawsuit that could change the rights of water users in Texas.
Ron Paul’s talons were out over the weekend, slamming the decision to let billionaire mogul Donald Trump moderate the Newsmax debate in Iowa.
Temple-native Bryan Burrough examines how the governor went from being the “anointed” one to a punch-line factory.
Joaquin Luna’s family said he killed himself last week out of despair over his immigration status, but others say the suicide was unrelated to that.
Ready for the next YouTube sensation out of Texas? A phone video of a woman dancing on a treadmill filmed at an El Paso gym has almost a million hits.
It's no accident that Rick Perry has a 10-0 election record. Watch the campaign ads that helped convince voters he was the man for the job.
Hunting from a helicopter isn't as easy as Sarah Palin makes it look.
Sorry, secessionists. The White House says the U.S. Constitution does not "provide a right to walk away from" the Union.
After a few hardline moves in 2011, the Texas Republican Party may be returning to its moderate stance on immigration policy.
On Tuesday, House Speaker Joe Straus won his third term as speaker after a challenge against him fizzled and Governor Rick Perry urged fiscal responsibility despite the state's improving financial picture.
Maybe because of a new state law requiring expensive meningitus vaccinations.
To commemorate the Mayan Apocalypse, video game tycoon Richard Garriott de Cayeux threw a lavish soiree at his 65-acre spread along Lake Austin, complete with various scenes of imagined end-of-the-world scenarios.
Baby rhinos, penguins on airplanes, lions in church, and other animal tales we enjoyed in 2012.
After waiting it out for a year, the singer got a giant canary yellow diamond and will marry Brandon Blackstock.
Five things to know.
A lemur named Keanu attacked a postal worker named Marla Reeves as she drove her rural route outside of Grapeland.
An exclusive peek at the trailer for The Last 40 Miles, an animation about heading to the death chamber.
The former president weighed in on the coming debate over comprehensive immigration reform yesterday at the Dallas Fed.
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Cities across Texas boasted impressive personal income growth in 2011, government data shows.
27-year-old was suffocated after months of allegedly being raped, at her husband's urging, by members of the prayer group he founded in Georgetown.
Last month, state troopers in a Texas Department of Safety helicopter shot two Guatemalan men who were hiding in the back of a pickup truck near the border. The national media takes note.
The federal government made a cool $8.8 million over the weekend auctioning off racehorses that purportedly belong to the Zetas.
Actress Eva Longoria and and Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa predict Texas will be purple in 2016 in an opinion piece at Politico.
