For the third consecutive year, Texas state parks launched the new year by breaking historical participation numbers at First Day Hike events around the state.

Cops need their donuts. A Texas police union jokingly called out a “tattling” driver who captured video of police officers doing doughnuts in a snow-covered parking lot — but the banter soon “off the rails.”

Two cases of measles have been confirmed in school-aged children in West Texas less than two weeks after the highly contagious respiratory illness was also reported in a pair of Houston residents. The children are residents of Gaines County who have not received the vaccine that protects against measles,

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It's a case that left Houston stunned. In June of 1982, a successful Houston attorney and his wife were shot to death as they slept inside their Memorial-area home. For several years, the case went cold - until their killer began dating an undercover private investigator.

The rapid spread of bird flu in Texas is severely impacting poultry and dairy farms, leading to rising egg prices, milk contamination concerns, and growing fears of human transmission.

Across the country, dairy producers have dumped milk and infected chickens have been killed, including millions of egg-laying hens, causing egg prices to skyrocket.

While snow is a rare occurrence in Houston, historical records show it has happened sporadically over the past few decades.

Alamdar Hamdani previously resigned from the position hours before Trump was sworn into the office as the 47th President of the United States. The move is typical of other presidentially-appointed United States attorneys ahead of an administration and party change.

We’ll celebrate what makes our cities special and discuss the urgent policy action needed for their growth and success.

None of this should be sacrificed at Christopher Rufo’s altar. A&M has a cultural legacy that Hillsdale or the New College of Florida did not and do not. Trying to drag Aggieland into broader squabbles would just ruin what makes A&M great. The anti-woke hoopla is (still) so unnecessary.