If carried out, the execution would make Cedric Ricks the second person executed in Texas this year and the sixth in the US.

A North Texas man faced execution on Wednesday for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son nearly 13 years ago. Cedric Ricks was sentenced to death for the May 2013 ...

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday denied Ricks’ request for a 90-day reprieve or to commute his death sentence ...

Bexar County commissioners approved a resolution opposing the presence of an East Side ICE detention and processing facility.

In Sunday's SEC championship game, Texas forward Justice Carlton outscored South Carolina by herself in the first quarter. Over the past month, Carlton has had a few first quarters worth remembering.

A Texas judge has ordered Camp Mystic to preserve damaged cabins and other parts of the grounds hit by last year’s catastrophic flood that swept away and killed 25 girls and two counselors.

President Trump spoke to Republican lawmakers gathering at his golf club in Florida. G.O.P. members of Congress are eager to show their work to ease Americans’ economic stress before the midterm ...

The Laredo Bar Association unveiled a bust honoring Gus Garcia, the civil rights attorney who helped win Hernandez v. Texas in 1954.

CHICAGO, IL – Sanjay T. Tailor will break new ground on January 30 when he steps onto the Illinois Supreme Court as the first Indian American justice in the court’s history. His appointment fills the ...

Trump says Kristi Noem's ouster 'wasn't a hard choice,' DOJ releases Epstein files allegations about Trump, and Rep. Tony Gonzales drops his re-election bid.

When it comes to deciding whether violent juvenile offenders should finish their sentences in adult prison, Harris County judges do not always reach the same conclusions.

A court-documented history of family violence didn't bar the suspect in the West Sixth Street shooting from owning guns under ...