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Texas lawmaker vows to ban medical research on unclaimed bodies after NBC News investigation
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.
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County judge accused of making fake, racist social media posts for sympathy during election
The Fort Bend County Judge, in suburban Houston, has been indicted over allegations he created fake and racist social media posts when he ran for re-election in 2022.
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‘The Texas Bucket List' takes you to the State Fair of Texas Sunday morning on NBC 5
The show dedicated to all there is to see, do and experience in the Lone Star State is taking you to the State Fair of Texas this weekend on NBC 5.
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10-year-old Texas student charged with ‘terrorist threat' over hoax school shooting threat, police said
The child allegedly made social media posts threatening a shooting at Hal Peterson Middle School on Tuesday.
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New Texas Business Court judges will hear civil suits from corporate world
It’s being called the biggest shakeup to Texas courts in more than a century. Gov. Greg Abbott swore in the justices for the newly formed Texas Business Court. NBC 5’s Keenan Willard takes a look at the new trial court system.
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The Iron Skillet meeting between rivals TCU and SMU is the first with both in power conferences
This Saturday in Dallas, an 80-year college football tradition continues with the battle for the Iron Skillet. The annual series between TCU and SMU has been consistently played through 1946 but may not continue past 2025 if the series isn’t extended.
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Endangered sea corals moved from South Florida to the Texas Gulf Coast for research and restoration
Scientists have moved about 300 endangered sea corals from South Florida to the Texas Gulf Coast for research and restoration.
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Texas lawmakers urge Gov. Abbott to halt man's execution in ‘shaken baby' case
A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers petitioned Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday to stop the scheduled execution next month of a man convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter in 2002, arguing the case was built on faulty scientific evidence.
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Big Boy No. 4014 passes through Gilmer
Train enthusiasts lined the streets alongside the tracks as the steam engine Big Boy No. 4014 passed through Gilmer Tuesday afternoon.
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Union Pacific's ‘Big Boy' steam engine arrives in Texas on ‘Heartland' tour
A historic Union Pacific Railroad locomotive will stop in several Texas cities during the “Heartland of America Tour” which brings it to Fort Worth for public viewing in October.
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5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes West Texas
Parts of West and North Texas rattled after a “notable” 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Midland-Odessa area in Martin County on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.
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What you need to know about Texas ‘suspended' voter list
This fall Governor Greg Abbott announced the State of Texas removed more than a million names from its voter rolls, including hundreds of thousands of people on the ‘suspended’ list. We received several questions about that process, including concerns from a military member serving in another state. NBC 5 political reporter Phil Prazan got answers.
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So you're on the Texas ‘suspended' voter list. Now what?
The November election is less than 50 days away and time is running out to make sure your voter registration is up to date. The voter registration deadline is October 7.
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Massive pipeline fire forces evacuations near Houston
A 20-inch pipeline carrying liquified natural gas caught fire and now must burn itself out, authorities said.
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Cut up and leased out, the bodies of the poor suffer a final indignity in Texas
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.
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Texas man sentenced for kicking a cat that prosecutors say was later set on fire
A federal judge has sentenced a Texas man to more than three years in prison for kicking a cat that court records say was later set on fire.
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Texas official gets probation for accidentally shooting his grandson at a wedding
A Texas county commissioner will spend one year on probation for accidentally shooting his grandson during a Nebraska wedding he was officiating.
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A Texas teacher gave birth in a school bathroom, with help from her colleagues
When a pregnant teacher went into labor at school, her principal and coworker helped deliver the baby in a bathroom.
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Tropical system expected to strengthen near Mexico and Texas and bring heavy rains, forecasters say
A tropical system in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico was expected to strengthen this week into a tropical storm and dump heavy rains onto Mexico and Texas before reaching the U.S. as a potential hurricane, the National Weather Service said Sunday.
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Former Uvalde schools police chief asks judge to throw out charges against him
The former Uvalde, Texas, schools police chief asked a judge on Friday to throw out the criminal indictment filed against him over the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead.