30 people in their underwear found inside southwest Houston home in human smuggling operation

Federal authorities are investigating a possible human smuggling operation in southwest Houston after a man in his underwear was seen running down the street, yelling that he was kidnapped. Two dozen people were found in a home.

Healthy 35-year-old Midlothian man with no underlying conditions dies of COVID-19

Family members say the 35-year-old father of five was an overall healthy man before he died of COVID-19. His family wants to share how bad and how fast the virus can get.

Dallas restaurant owner’s response to twerking customers goes viral

A Dallas restaurant owner is getting both praise and blowback for his reaction to a group of customers twerking in his restaurant.

Doctor hugs elderly coronavirus patient on Thanksgiving in viral photo

New estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. may be worse than was previously known.

Couple sends cardboard cut-out of themselves to grandkids for holidays

Missy and Barry Buchanan created life-sized cardboard cut-outs of themselves and sent them to their grandchildren in Texas and California ahead of the holidays.

Houston men accused of trying to sell non-existent masks to foreign government

Paschal Ngozi Eleanya, 46, and Arael Doolittle, 55, of Houston are accused of attempting to fraudulently sell 50 million N95 facemasks that they did not possess to a foreign government, defrauding them out of more than $317 million.

Boy celebrates 5th birthday without his parents, both lost to COVID-19

A little boy from Texas turned 5 on Sunday and marked the birthday without his parents, who both died from the coronavirus within months of each other.

El Paso offering $27 an hour to people willing to work in morgue overrun with COVID deaths

Looking for work? El Paso (Texas) is offering $27/hour to anyone willing to work in the morgue. They're overrun with the bodies of COVID patients. More than 300 people have died in El Paso since October.

Man convicted of killing Texas teen becomes 8th federal execution of 2020

The U.S. government has executed a man who kidnapped and raped a 16-year-old Texas girl before dousing her with gasoline and burying her alive.

Matthew McConaughey won't rule out running for Texas governor

During an interview on broadcast journalist and law professor Hugh Hewitt's podcast, McConaughey said that a potential run "wouldn't be up to me."