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June 23, 2023

Texas Christian University offers 'Queer Art of Drag' course requiring students to create a 'drag persona'

Texas Christian University offered a course titled 'The Queer Art of Drag' that required students to read articles purporting the 'gender binary is a tool of white supremacy'

June 23, 2023

Gov. Abbott weighs in on potential Mark Zuckerberg-Elon Musk cage match: 'Biggest fight'

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott joined the chorus of people commenting on a potential bout between Twitter owner Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

June 22, 2023

Texas DPS to resume law enforcement partnership with Austin police in July

The Texas Department of Public Safety will resume helping the Austin Police Department to combat crime and shorten response times, after stepping away in May to enforce the border.

June 22, 2023

Migrant children abandoned by alleged smuggler rescued by Texas DPS amid triple-digit heat

The Texas Department of Public Safety's Brush Team safely recovered 10 migrant children from Honduras that the agency said had been left near the Rio Grande by a smuggler.

June 22, 2023

Texas woman sentenced for involvement in 2018 murder-for-hire plot to kill Austin jewelers

A Travis County, Texas judge sentenced a woman to 10 years of probation for conspiracy to commit murder, in a murder-for-hire plot targeting her husband's parents in 2018.

June 22, 2023

Severe storms in west Texas unleash tornadoes, wind, hail leaving 4 dead

A rare and powerful weather event struck west Texas as a line of severe storms wreaked havoc, causing multiple tornadoes, hurricane-force winds, and hail the size of softballs.

June 21, 2023

Texas DPS arrests Gulf Cartel operative for alleged human smuggling into US

Texas Department of Public Safety arrested a Mexican man working for the Gulf Cartel after he allegedly smuggled five illegal immigrants into the U.S. on Tuesday.

June 21, 2023

Tesla sweeps the 2023 Cars.com American-Made Index

The Tesla Model Y, Model 3, Model X and Model S took the top four spots in the Cars.com American-Made Index that ranks vehicles on their impact on the U.S. economy.

June 21, 2023

Austin homelessness ‘getting out of control’: Business owner Larry Maddalena

Austin, Texas business owner Larry Maddalena discusses what impact the city’s homeless is having on the economy and public safety.

June 21, 2023

Federal court delivers major blow to Biden's radical equity agenda

Judge Mark Pittman, a Trump-appointee based in Texas, delivered a remedial lesson in civics to the Biden administration: "The Constitution demands equal treatment under law."