7 dead, 22 injured in West Texas shooting

Authorities said Sunday they still could not explain why a man with an AR-style weapon opened fire during a routine traffic stop in West Texas to begin a terrifying rampage that killed seven people, injured 22 others and ended with officers gunning him down outside a movie theater.

Looser gun laws go into effect in Texas one day after mass shooting

The gun bills that moved through the Texas legislature earlier this year were mostly in response to the mass shootings in Sutherland Springs and at Santa Fe High School. 

Car that won't stop nearly runs down young girl getting off school bus

Josephine Kirk-Taylor was waiting for her daughter's bus to arrive after her very first day of school. It pulled up on the opposite side of the street. 

Matthew McConaughey joins faculty at University of Texas

Academy Award winning actor Matthew McConaughey has been appointed as a professor of practice at the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas starting in the fall 2019 term.

Maleah Davis memorialized with bronze sculpture in Houston

The death of four-year-old Maleah Davis broke hearts across Houston, and now the little girl who touched so many people is being memorialized in a special way.

Texas police search for woman who used saw to break into Botox clinic

Police are searching for a woman who was captured on camera using a power tool to break into a Botox clinic in Sugar Land, Texas.

Texas newlyweds killed in car crash moments after tying the knot

 A newlywed couple was killed in a car crash just moments after confirming their union at a courthouse in Orange County, Texas on Friday afternoon.

Mom’s clever T-shirt tradition for son’s first days of school goes viral

One creative mom in Texas is winning applause on social media after sharing a photo of her young son in an oversized T-shirt, which he’ll mark with a painted handprint in honor of the first day of school for the next 12 years.

North Texas teen's lung failure linked to vaping

A North Texas teenager nearly died of lung failure and doctors are blaming his problem on vaping.

Caretaker wanted for allegedly causing skull, rib fractures to Houston child

Crime Stoppers and the Houston Police Department's Special Victims Division are asking for the public's help locating a man who is wanted for allegedly causing multiple injuries to a child that was under his care.

Gabby Giffords launches new Texas gun lobby

Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was in Austin Tuesday to discuss gun control with Texas gun owners.

Husband of El Paso victim given new SUV when his is vandalized the day he buries wife

A man whose partner was shot and killed during the El Paso Walmart massacre was given a new vehicle on Monday after his was vandalized the day he buried the love of his life.