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  • TexasLaw

    Texas sues utility that caused largest wildfire in state history, over $1 billion in damages

    By Jim Vertuno and The Associated Press
  • Campers embrace after arriving to a reunification area as girls from Camp Waldemar, near the North fork of the Guadalupe River, are reconnected with their families after heavy rainfall in Central Texas, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP)Environment

    Death toll in Texas flash floods rises to 82 as sheriff says 10 campers remain missing

    By Jim Vertuno, John Seewer, and others
  • Sen. John Cornyn, right, speaks to media during a press conference as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, left, and Gov. Greg Abbott, center, listen after recent flooding along the Guadalupe River during a press conference on Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)Environment

    Texas officials face scrutiny over response to catastrophic and deadly flooding

    By Sean Murphy, Jim Vertuno, and others
  • A man surveys debris along the Guadalupe River after a flash flood struck the area, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Environment

    Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search devastated landscape

    By Jim Vertuno, Julio Cortez, and others
  • Water rises from severe flooding along the Guadalupe River.in Kerr County, Texas on Friday, July 4, 2025. (KSAT via AP)North America

    At least 13 dead in Texas floods and more than 20 children missing from a girls summer camp

    By Hannah Fingerhut, Jim Vertuno, and others
  • People hold a vigil at Fruitvale Station in Oakland, Calif. to show solidarity with demonstrations against ICE raids, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)Politics

    Los Angeles protests over immigration raids spread across the U.S. with ‘No Kings’ events planned to coincide with Trump’s military parade

    By Jim Vertuno and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A child holds an iPhone at an Apple store on Sept. 25, 2015 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)Politics

    Texas bill to ban kids under 18 from social media running out of time in face of tech lobby and free speech pushback

    By Jim Vertuno and The Associated Press
  • A statue of SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Saturday, May 3, 2025, is seen near the town of Boca Chica, Texas, that would become Starbase, Texas, if local residents approve a measure to make the area surrounding the rocket launch site its own city. (AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez)Politics

    Musk gets his Texas wish. SpaceX launch site is approved as the new city of Starbase

    By Valerie Gonzalez, Jim Vertuno, and others
  • BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – MARCH 13: People spend time on the beach near the Starship Flight 3 Rocket a day before its scheduled launch at the Starbase facility near Boca Chica beach on March 13, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. SpaceX is preparing to launch its first Starship test of 2024. The operation will be SpaceX’s third attempt at launching a rocket into space. If successful, the company will have achieved a historic milestone for the world’s largest rocket being launched into space. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Tech

    Elon Musk’s SpaceX testing site could become an official Texas city, but critics say it would give the billionaire too much control

    By Jim Vertuno and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A Texas Lottery sales terminal shows the jackpot amounts up to win at Fuel City in Dallas, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)Finance

    Texas lottery boss resigns amid investigations into online buying and a $95 million jackpot won by group that bought 25 million tickets

    By Jim Vertuno and The Associated Press
  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Families of slain Uvalde victims sue Meta, ‘Call of Duty’ maker, and gun manufacturer: ‘This three-headed monster knowingly exposed him to the weapon’

    By Jim Vertuno and The Associated Press
  • Daniel PerryPolitics

    After pressure from Tucker Carlson, Texas Gov. pardons, restores firearm rights to ex-Army officer who shot and killed a protestor

    By Jim Vertuno and The Associated Press
  • Student protesters march round their encampment on the Columbia University campus, Monday, April 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)Politics

    Columbia protestors take over university building and say they won’t leave until demands met as Gaza war protests escalate

    By Jim Vertuno, Cedar Attanasio, and others
  • Ken PaxtonPolitics

    Defiant Texas AG will repay investors to resolve securities fraud charges—’There will never be a conviction in this case nor am I guilty’

    By Juan Lozano, Jim Vertuno, and others
  • Texas rancherEnvironment

    ‘These cows you see dead are worth between $2,500 and $3,000 apiece’: Texas ranchers pick up the pieces after wildfire

    By Sean Murphy, Jim Vertuno, and others