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Starting Nov. 1, Texas hospitals are ordered to ask patients for their citizenship status. Immigration advocates are sounding the alarm as hospital systems work to understand and prepare for enforcing the new requirement.

The new law will require hospitals to ask patients about their citizenship status. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen tells us the details.

In Palestine, Texas, people go on about their daily lives of school, work, and play. However, Matthew Bowman tells NBC 5 he feels stuck, unable to move past what happened 20 years ago.

The family at the center of the “shaken baby” case is speaking out for the first time. The execution of Robert Roberson is on hold as advocates push for his acquittal in the 2002 death of two-year-old Nikki Curtis. Nikki’s older brother shares their family’s struggles over the past twenty years. NBC 5’s Candace Sweat reports from Palestine.

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

A Palestine state rep and the family of slain two-year-old Nikki Curtis wrote a letter to lawmakers and filed a brief with the Supreme Court.

A jury found Robert Roberson guilty of killing his two-year old daughter years ago in East Texas. In the past few weeks, lawmakers have been locked in a legal battle to stop his execution. NBC 5 political reporter Phil Prazan takes a look at what comes next.

Just three months ago NBC 5 Investigates uncovered just how understaffed DPS driver license centers are. That was causing long waits even just to get an appointment. NBC 5’s Vince Sims takes a closer look at a plan by DPS to move to virtual appointments.

Both Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump were in Texas at the same time on Friday. NBC 5’s David Goins reports Harris is in Houston for a star-studded rally, while Trump is campaigning in Austin.

The case of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson has reached new levels of scrutiny as blowback continues over recent statements from the Attorney General Ken Paxton. In the latest move by Roberson’s defense, his team released a rebuttal to claims from Paxton’s office that affirmed the prosecution’s case.

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

The governor spoke briefly but publicly in Dallas for the first time about the halted execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson.

Governor Greg Abbott is breaking his silence about the controversial ‘shaken baby’ capital murder case. The governor spoke briefly but publicly in Dallas about the halted execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans has the latest on where the case stands.

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.

At the Texas State Capital, a bi-partisan hearing is underway late into the night to save the life of Robert Roberson, a death row inmate from Palestine. His attorney is currently testifying. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans has more.

Amid rising gun violence and frequent natural disasters, a new report ranks Texas as one of the least safe states to live in the U.S. for 2024.

Robert Roberson, a death row inmate in a shaken baby case, will face lawmakers on Monday as advocates call for his acquittal under a Junk Science law. NBC 5’s Larry Collins has the details.

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

A Texas death penalty case has garnered national attention as advocates seek to save Robert Robertson’s life. He was convicted of murdering his 2-year-old daughter in 2003 based on shaken baby syndrome evidence, now questioned by experts. Keenan Willard from NBC 5 has more.

A historic Texas death penalty case has gripped the country’s attention as advocates work to save the life of condemned man Robert Roberson.