Texas

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.

It’s all in the numbers. Texas has 38 electoral votes. Hopeful that shifting demographics and a booming population will eventually hand them that electoral jackpot, Texas is the rainbow Democrats have chased for years.

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

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner briefed the public on Tuesday after Tropical Storm Beta made landfall and brought torrential rain to Houston and the surrounding region.

As Tropical Storm Beta nears the Texas coast, the biggest unknown is how much rainfall it could produce in areas that have already seen their share of damaging weather during a busy hurricane season

More than 10 million people on the Gulf Coast are under a storm warning as Tropical Storm Beta is expected to make landfall by Monday night, bringing rain and dangerous storm surges.