A man was fatally struck by a minivan Thursday night after running from a minor collision on the Gulf Freeway near Scarsdale Road, Houston police said. Southeast Division officers responded at about 8:40 p.m. The man, an occupant of one of the vehicles involved in the collision, ran to the freewa...
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The northern mockingbird has represented Texas for nearly a century, but two state lawmakers want to give another feathered Texan a chance at the title. Republican state Rep. Shelley Luther and Democratic state Rep. Eddie Morales Jr. have filed separate bills to replace the north...
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The proposed Bayshore Desalination Facility aims to help with water security in the region by removing salt and minerals from seawater to produce 24.5 million gallons of drinking water a day for a region that’s home to nearly 8 million residents....
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In her July 2025 divorce petition, filed a few months after Ken Paxton launched his Senate campaign, Angela Paxton said the couple had stopped living together more than a year earlier....
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As Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa prepares to take office, her promise of a more data-driven approach to public safety is raising questions about how Texas addresses juvenile crime — including whether more investment in prevention could help keep young people out of the justice sys...
