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Texas man set to be executed for killing a pastor in his own church
A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his own church during a robbery was facing execution on Wednesday, the second scheduled execution in the U.S. so far this year.
From the Statesman archives: Austin started big as a national, even imperial, capital
Austin was carved from the wilderness to be a national, even imperial, capital. Innkeeper Angelina Eberly saved it.
This Texas community is steeped in its history — and trying to save it from solar farms
Franklin County is old, by Texas standards. Spanish explorers, the Cherokee people, Sam Houston and Davy Crockett traveled through here. Lineage and family farms in this northeast Texas county predate ...
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Texas National Guard can now arrest and detain people who illegally enter the US
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas National Guard soldiers can arrest and detain people for entering the U.S. illegally from Mexico under an agreement with the Trump administration that expands the ...
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Texas governor orders ban on DeepSeek, RedNote for government devices
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott issued a ban on Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek for government-issued devices, becoming the first state to restrict the ...
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How did Austin become the capital of Texas? A cannon got in the way of Houston's effort
The story involves Houston’s proud namesake, growing pains in the fledgling Texas Republic and a “war” that settled it all. Let’s look back. After white settlers took control of parts of ...