Jim Vertuno

Beryl was hurtling across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico on a collision course with Texas, forecast to pick up strength and regain hurricane status before nearing the coast Sunday and making landfall the following day with heavy rains, howling winds and dangerous storm surge.

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Texas residents told to expect power outages, flooding as Beryl moves closer to landfall

July 7, 2024 at 11:22 p.m.

Beryl was hurtling across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico on a collision course with Texas, forecast to pick up strength and regain hurricane status before nearing the...

The former Uvalde schools police chief and another former officer have been indicted over their role in the slow police response to the 2022 massacre at a Texas elementary school that left 19 children and two teachers dead, according to multiple reports Thursday.

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Former Uvalde police chief indicted over response to Robb Elementary shooting

June 27, 2024 at 10:26 p.m.

The former Uvalde schools police chief and another former officer have been indicted over their role in the slow police response to the 2022 massacre at a Texas elementary school...

Singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist Kinky Friedman, who led the alt-country band Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan, sang with Willie Nelson, and dabbled in politics with campaigns for Texas governor and other statewide offices, has died.

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Singer, songwriter, provocateur and politician Kinky Friedman dead at 79

June 27, 2024 at 5:43 p.m.

Singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist Kinky Friedman, who led the alt-country band Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan, sang with Willie Nelson, and dabbled in politics with campaigns for Texas...

The families of 19 of the victims in the Uvalde elementary school shooting in Texas on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against nearly 100 state police officers who were part of the botched law enforcement response.

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Families of Uvalde school shooting victims are suing Texas state police over botched response

May 22, 2024 at 5:42 p.m.

The families of 19 of the victims in the Uvalde elementary school shooting in Texas on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against nearly 100 state police officers who were part of...

A cluster of wildfires is scorching the Texas Panhandle. One of the blazes has grown into one of the largest in state history. An 83-year-old grandmother from the tiny town of Stinnett was the lone confirmed fatality Wednesday. Flames have blackened the landscape across a vast stretch of small towns and cattle ranches. Authorities warn that the damage to communities on the high plains could be extensive. The largest fire has expanded to nearly 1,300 square miles. It has jumped into parts of neighboring Oklahoma. Texas A&M Forest Service says the flames are only about 3% contained.

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Wildfire grows into one of largest in Texas history as flames menace multiple small towns

February 28, 2024 at 11:39 p.m.

A cluster of wildfires is scorching the Texas Panhandle. One of the blazes has grown into one of the largest in state history. An 83-year-old grandmother from the tiny town...

The Texas Supreme Court will allow the new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday, setting up Texas to be the most populous state with such restrictions on transgender children.

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Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect

August 31, 2023 at 2:41 p.m.

The Texas Supreme Court will allow the new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday, setting up Texas to be the most populous state with...

The president of Texas A&M University has resigned after a Black journalist’s celebrated hiring at one of the nation’s largest campuses unraveled over criticism of her diversity and inclusion work. The school made the announcement Friday. President Katherine Banks said in a resignation letter that she is retiring immediately. She says “negative press has become a distraction” at the nearly 70,000-student campus in College Station. Republican lawmakers across the U.S. have been targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs on campuses. Kathleen McElroy, a former New York Times editor, has been hired to revive the school’s journalism department. Banks told The Texas Tribune that backlash surfaced over McElroy's hiring because of her work on race and diversity in newsrooms.

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Texas A&M University president resigns after Black journalist’s hiring at campus unravels

July 21, 2023 at 8:52 p.m.

The president of Texas A&M University has resigned after a Black journalist’s celebrated hiring at one of the nation’s largest campuses unraveled over criticism of her diversity and inclusion work....

Shaka Smart leaves VCU to coach at Texas

August 15, 2019 at 7:01 a.m.

AUSTIN, Texas — Shaka Smart has been a hot coaching commodity since leading Virginia Commonwealth to the Final Four in 2011. He had reportedly shunned several big-time offers, but the...

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