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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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Texas patients and doctors will no longer have to pay taxes to access and share medical records. State comptroller Don Huffines signed an executive order Tuesday abolishing taxes on healthcare technology systems. -
Longtime East Texas A&M broadcast professor Dr. Robert “Bob” Sanders, who taught generations of radio and television students during 34 years in Commerce, has died at 83. -
Here’s how to check your registration, see if you’re eligible to vote and how to register in advance of the Nov. 3, 2026 midterm elections for Texas’ U.S. Senator, governor and more. -
President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Army Maj. Nidal Hasan for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. The U.S. military hasn't carried out the death penalty since 1961. Hasan killed 13 people and injured more than 30. -
Dallas Fire-Rescue says the ring toss game caught fire. Investigators determined an electrical short was the cause of the fire.
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The ancient disease of plague is back in the headlines after the death this month of a Russian lab worker. -
It's likely you've already chewed and swallowed some tasty morsel today. But when did that ability emerge? New evidence points to at least the middle Jurassic, back when dinosaurs still reigned. -
A week after the failed execution, Pike is awake but is said to be angry and confused. Her lawyers said Wednesday's hearing was about "transparency." -
The Pentagon says Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad in December at Fort Hood, where he killed 13 people in 2009. The announcement came days after a botched lethal injection in Tennessee. -
Trump is temporarily allowing this fuel to be used on highways, although it's typically just for off-road farm and construction vehicles. Could that lower the price of diesel?
