Texas

It’s been 41 years since a Mesquite father gave up his prized possession to pay for diapers. Now years later, his son is looking to make it right.

A death row inmate convicted of killing her toddler daughter is “actually innocent” of murder and should be freed from custody, the prisoner’s trial judge said in documents unearthed on Thursday.

Federal law enforcement officials said Thursday that they stopped a Texas man from carrying out a possible terrorist attack in Houston.

A possible suspect wearing a Halloween Michael Myers mask was seen in the area of a Harris County, Texas, home where a man was found shot to death, authorities said Friday.

The National Park Service didn’t name the hiker. A vehicle left parked for days led to a search that discovered the body.

The search for a missing Texas mother is entering its third week as police continue the investigation into her disappearance.

National Transportation Safety Board officials are reviewing the records of the pilot involved in a helicopter crash that killed all four people on board on Sunday.

Multiple people died as a helicopter struck a radio tower in Houston on Sunday night and sparked a large fire, authorities said.

The obituary of the Texas man who died at 74 lampooned his eccentric life and mishaps.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a Dallas doctor Thursday for allegedly providing transition-related care to nearly two dozen minors in violation of state law.

Tarrant County will take additional steps to find the families of dead people and honor their religious beliefs following an NBC News investigation. 

A Cessna made a belly landing at Dallas Executive Airport Thursday morning when its landing gear collapsed. No one was injured.

Amerie Stidham had not seen her father in a year and a half.

A Texas state legislator is vowing to ban the use of unclaimed bodies for research in response to an NBC News investigation that found a local medical program obtained and studied hundreds of human specimens without families’ permission.

The child allegedly made social media posts threatening a shooting at Hal Peterson Middle School on Tuesday.

The bodies of destitute people in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have been routinely collected and used for training or research without their consent — and often without the approval of any survivors, an NBC News investigation found.

When a pregnant teacher went into labor at school, her principal and coworker helped deliver the baby in a bathroom.

A Texas man who spent 34 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted has been exonerated.

A Texas school bus driver is accused of punishing students by driving slowly during a scorching hot day and making them put up the windows on an un-air-conditioned vehicle.

Another North Texas pastor is out of a job after a vague “moral failure.” This time, it’s Gateway Church’s Executive Pastor Kemtal Glasgow.