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Three U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Cavazos, Texas, have been arrested on human smuggling charges, U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas said Thursday.

The state’s land commissioner bought a 1,402-acre plot on the Rio Grande and has offered it to the incoming Trump administration for immigrant detention centers.

It’ll be a little longer before drivers begin sharing the road with semis with no human on board. The self-driving tech company Aurora Innovation has delayed its driverless truck launch in Texas until next year.

The growing crypto-currency industry in Texas will soon have more rules to follow. The regulation signals the new business is becoming more mainstream. 

Texas Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced a new major legislative initiative for the Texas Senate called the Dementia Prevention Research Institute of Texas.

The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved a new rule requiring virtual currency mining facilities located within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas region to register with them.

Virtual currency mining facilities within the ERCOT power grid region have to register with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT). KXAN’s Sarah Al-Shaikh explains the facilities must provide information to the PUCT annually about the facility’s location, ownership, and demand for electricity.

The seventh annual American Lung Association’s “State of Lung Cancer” report found that Texas ranked 46th in the nation for lung cancer screening rates.

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. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards has the story.

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.

One man is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and deadly conduct after an altercation in Mabank.

Harris or Trump? Curious how Texans are voting for president this year? The latest election results showing how Texans are voting is below.

Already nine million Texans have cast a ballot during Early Voting. Some expect Election Day to break the Texas record for voter turnout, but it’s not the end of the process. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan reports we’ll only see unofficial results on Nov. 5.

The State of Texas is instructing federal officials to stay out of its election process. That came down in a note late Friday from the Secretary of State in response to the Department of Justice’s announcement that it planned to send poll monitors to eight Texas counties, including Dallas County on Tuesday. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards explains the history behind...

Late Friday, Secretary of State Jane Nelson issued a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, saying its staff is not allowed in Texas polling places.

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.

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.