Today is the opener of deer season in north Texas. Join Luke and his good friend Larry Wieshuhn for come deer camp talk this morning.

Former Republican state Rep. Ernest Bailes, who lost his seat after opposing Gov. Greg Abbott's school voucher push, is among the governor-elect's first appointments. Her other picks reflect priorities in public education, organized labor and local government.

In her first press conference since defeating Don Huffines on Tuesday, incoming comptroller Sarah Eckhardt, an Austin-area state senator, expressed little interest in pursuing school investigations announced by her predecessor.

Associations that represent the oil and gas industry are calling on Jon Rosenthal, the first Democrat on the commission in three decades, to govern fairly and predictably.

Johnson will be the first Democratic Texas Attorney General since Dan Morales, who was in office from 1991-1999.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, who will lead a caretaker government while negotiations take place, said: "I think everyone's over politics so let's all have a bit of a break for the next three weeks".

On Sunday, tens of thousands packed the main square in Florida, Uruguay, to watch Pope Leo speak.

Comedian Brand faces a "significant" prison sentence, which a London court judge is set to hand down on Monday.

From Arctic landscapes to insect bodies, climate change is shifting the familiar colors of nature.

El Niño rains have transformed Chile's Atacama Desert into a spectacular sea of color, awakening a fleeting ecosystem of flowers and wildlife in one of the driest places on Earth.