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The July 4 Texas Hill Country flash flooding event is the latest to hit the region known as “Flash Flood Alley,” as Texas continues to lead the U.S. in flood-related deaths. The greatest number of ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has acknowledged DOJ concerns that some districts were drawn “along strict racial lines.” Critics say it’s a ...

A Texas-based tech giant is cutting hundreds of jobs — again. Austin-based hiring giant Indeed is laying off roughly 1,300 ...

Details are emerging about a incident outside ICE's Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado. Officials call it an egregious ...

B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton is leading a relief effort to support Central Texas flood victims through its TLC (Tzedakah, Learning & Chesed) program. Tzedakah is the Hebrew word for ...

San Francisco is likely to prove a more challenging area for Tesla’s self-driving systems. The city is significantly more ...

Good Day Austin's Tierra Neubaum has the latest from a press conference in Kerr County where the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country has announced its first round of grants from the Kerr ...

The Guadalupe River flood claimed 27 lives at Camp Mystic, including local hero Dick Eastland, who died rescuing campers ...

Each year in college football, it may feel like it is unfair for these massive programs like Texas A&M, Alabama and LSU to be playing against tiny programs like ...

Less than two months stand between the Texas Longhorns and their highly anticipated season opener against the Ohio State Buckeyes on the road. As college footba ...

BEND, Texas (AP) — Across a wide swath of Texas, the inundated rivers that ravaged communities also tore through farms and ...