Texas

Authorities in southeast Texas say a freight train has derailed and are urging nearby residents to evacuate their homes as hazmat crews assess the damage.

American University students Meredith Reilly and Zachary Houdek drove from Washington D.C. to their home state of Texas to cast their ballots for the 2020 election. The two first-time voters joined LX News to talk about their journey to make sure their votes count.

A record surge in coronavirus cases has pushed hospitals to the brink in the border cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, confronting health officials in Texas and Mexico with twin disasters in the metropolitan area of 3 million people

Texas was neck and neck with California as the state with the most confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, the latest NBC News figures showed Monday.

El Paso, Texas, is turning its convention center into a field hospital and asking residents to stay at home for two weeks after the city recorded a roughly 200 percent increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations in less than a month, officials said Sunday.

A Texas child is dead after accidentally shooting himself in the chest during his birthday party, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

Sen. Bernie Sanders shares why he endorsed Joe Biden, and why he believes the election results will take longer than usual.

In a new docuseries, a child who uses a walker meets a dog with its own version of wheels. Inmates find solace in training canines for adoption, and pigs strut their stuff in a “body positivity” celebration.

A Texas woman in her 30s died of COVID-19 while flying home from Arizona this summer, officials said Monday.

A beloved ice cream shop that has been struggling to survive the pandemic earned a sweet surprise live on TODAY Friday morning — a $50,000 grant. Howdy Homemade, located in Dallas, Texas, is known for its original, delicious flavors, but also its public service mission. All of its employees are individuals with special needs. Founder Tom Landis said that he…

Natalie and Dave Sideserf are the owners of Sideserf Cake Studio in Austin, Texas, and the hosts of Food Network’s “Texas Cake House.” Natalie shows off some of her most impressive desserts, including the YouTube famous “selfie cake” and baby Yoda cake.

A Texas couple decided to share the news of their newfound status as “empty nesters” with a hilarious photo shoot.

Current and former soldiers at Fort Hood, a U.S. Army base in Texas, have taken to social media to report accounts of sexual assault and harassment following the disappearance and slaying this year of Spc. Vanessa Guillen. Five women spoke with The Associated Press.

Fátima Garza is a college student and activist fighting against construction of President Donald Trump’s border wall. If construction goes as planned, it will cut through homes in Los Ebanos, a small border town in Texas where most of Garza’s family lives. For Garza and other residents, the wall is more than a distant talking point; it’s in their backyard....

Gov. Greg Abbott has dramatically reduced the number of places Texas voters can drop off their mail-in ballots in what he says is an effort to ensure poll security.

A Texas sheriff has been indicted on charges accusing him of destroying or concealing video in an investigation into the death in custody of a Black man, Javier Ambler, that was filmed by a police reality TV series “Live PD.”

School is back in session, but students are returning to dramatically different classrooms than the ones they left abruptly in the spring. First graders in masks, calculus over Zoom video calls, indoor recess: a world ravaged by Covid-19 has reimagined what it means to learn.  In Texas, the new academic year is causing a blitz of emotions, from excitement...

Texas officials have lifted a warning for all but one Houston-area community to stop using tap water because it might be tainted with a deadly brain-eating microbe.

Former GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul says he’s OK after video circulated online of him having an apparent medical issue during a livestream interview

Beta has weakened to a tropical depression as it parked itself over the Texas coast, raising concerns of extensive flooding in Houston and areas farther inland