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HOUSTON (AP) – President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in 12 Texas counties throughout the state that suffered severe flooding last month during heavy rainfall. The declaration, app...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – The family of an unarmed black college football player who was fatally shot by a white North Texas police officer is asking prosecutors to refile charges in the case afte...

DALLAS (AP) – Police say a Maryland man who was shot by an officer outside a Dallas airport after a domestic disturbance is being charged with aggravated assault and assault family violence. Sha...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Central Texas chiropractor must serve 14 years in prison and repay the U.S. government nearly $18 million in a workers’ compensation referral scam. Prosecutors say G...

DALLAS (AP) – The U.S. flag flown on the stern of the boat that led the first American troops onto Utah Beach on D-Day has sold for $514,000 at auction in Texas. Heritage Auctions spokesman Noah...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) – After the funeral for a Mississippi woman killed in Texas, her family and friends held a festival to celebrate her life. Brandon Bardwell of Pascagoula tells the Sun Her...

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) – Former President George H.W. Bush is celebrating his 92nd birthday with family on the Maine coast. His chief of staff says Sunday’s celebration is low-key and B...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Gov. Greg Abbott has opened the Texas governor’s mansion to thousands of people for tours and official events since taking office last year. But the people who have re...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has deleted a tweet quoting the New Testament that he posted after the deadly Orlando nightclub shooting. Hours after the early Sunday morning sho...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The City of Orlando has released names of victims of the nightclub shooting whose next of kin have been contacted. The list will be periodically updated on www.cityoforlando.net/b...