It took just seconds for a routine traffic stop on a Texas highway to escalate into a fatal shooting that left 24-year-old ...

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A wave of new laws and new technology might finally bring the era of the online pornography free-for-all to a close.

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict birthright citizenship could have significant repercussions for Texas ...

Attacks on our rights are still in full throttle. And the future of your reproductive health care access may lie in the hands of your state leaders.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hearing arguments in a case that will weigh the standard for how deadly police shootings ...

Gov. Greg Abbott swore in UT alumnus Jimmy Blacklock as chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court on Jan. 7. The Supreme Court of Texas is the state’s highest authority on civil and constitutional ...

MAGA’s cruelty toward immigrants and its disregard for civil liberties are on full display in the Lone Star State.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is fighting to uphold a Texas law he says is keeping the pornography industry from ...

Politically, TikTok misplayed its hand at every turn of this multi-year saga. Executives repeatedly dismissed the possibility ...

With a TikTok ban likely to move forward after the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling Friday, content creators are sharing ...