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Texas' execution chamber as seen from the witness viewing room at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville.
Lawyers for Jamaal Howard are asking Gov. Greg Abbott for a 30-day reprieve after two lethal injections failed to kill Christa Pike, leaving her hospitalized.
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Alex Brandon/APPresident Trump said he wants to develop one of his Florida golf courses into a presidential retreat where his successors can spend quiet weekends, describing it as "sort of a Camp David." -
Bernat Armangue/APMaría del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized. -
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/via APThe National Hurricane Center said late Wednesday that the hurricane was on track to strike the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. It's expected to bring heavy rains and potentially flash flooding. -
The World Health Organization says it wants more information on what caused the death of an employee at a Russian plague research lab. Russia says the woman died of pneumonia of unknown origin.
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ICE activity in Austin is under renewed scrutiny following the shooting of Wilber Garces Perez last month. But ICE's presence in the Austin area has been felt for months before the shooting, following a statewide and national trend. -
The special exhibition explores more than a century of women’s leadership, achievement and expanding opportunity in Texas and beyond. -
Nearly half of low-income households say they would be unprepared if natural disaster struck. -
The companies have faced waves of public backlash in Texas. To battle that negative public perception, they've donated millions to community causes and needs. -
He'll appear at the Freeman Coliseum with Republican Carlos De La Cruz, who is running in the newly redrawn 35th Congressional District. -
Texas passed the Life of the Mother Act in 2025, aiming to clarify the narrow medical exception to the state's abortion ban. Advocates are still working to spread the word.
