Does Texas football play today? Here's what to know of the Longhorns' 2026 college football schedule ahead of the Red River Rivalry:

After a dry spell of more than three decades, Democrats are daring (yet again) to believe they can win one or more top-of-the-ballot races in a vast and stubbornly red state.

A sprawling piece of property along Lake Palestine in East Texas is set to become a new state park.

The hurricane season threat to Texas is largely over as October begins, with El Niño and returning cold fronts lowering the risk of a direct hit.

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The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) told Newsweek that it received the tipoff Tuesday night about the plot, and this led to the arrest of Benny Caldera Jr., 40, at his home in Converse in the early hours Wednesday morning.

Tennessee will halt executions for the remainder of 2026 following the failed lethal injection of a female inmate on death row on Wednesday. The decision is raising a question in Texas: Could Gov. Greg Abbott take a similar step before the state's next scheduled execution?

A criminal complaint alleges Caldera Jr. said in a recorded conversation that he made up his mind and said goodbye to his parents.

A new Fox News poll shows the Texas Senate race between James Talarico and Ken Paxton is tightening weeks before Election Day.