Journalist Franklin Leal claims he was discriminated for being Latino in a Gold's Gym location in Austin, Texas. Find out what happened, here!

Texas governor vows to bring abortion bill back following Wendy Davis' successful filibuster.

McCarthy, a former nursing home therapist who had become addicted to crack cocaine, was said to have killed her neighbor, cut off her finger to get her wedding ring, and pawned it for the drug.

Texas state senator Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) filibustered for 12 hours of a 13-hour legislative session. Protestors who came to the Capitol lent a hand for the rest of the time with noise that stalled Republican efforts to quickly assemble a vote on one of the nation's toughest abortion laws.

Texas is approaching a grim milestone: It will soon execute the 500th prisoner since the death penalty resumed in the United States.

14-year-old boy impaled by statue horn.

Texas Senator Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) will try to run out the clock on a special session called to vote on a bill which would effectively shut down most of Texas' 42 clinics offering abortion procedures.

A 15-year-old boy was attacked by a shark at a Texas beach.

La Colombiana y la ganadora del Oscar protagonizarán "Don't Mess With Texas".

Pair of giraffes born in Texas only the second of such births ever in the U.S.

A mother from Texas put her son up for adoption on Craigslist because she was "overwhelmed." Find out more here!

Tornadoes tore through North Texas, killing at least six and injuring dozens.

Texas paramedic Bryce Reed charged with possessing bomb making materials; connection to blast at West, Texas fertilizer plant as of yet unknown.

Judges rules banners with bible verses are permissible at high school sporting events.

African snails, a giant species of land snail and potential carrier of meningitis, have been found in Houston, Texas. Residents are advised not to come in contact with these creatures and report if they encounter them.

Pearl Cantrell of Richland, TX who said bacon is the secret to a long life garners a visit from Oscar Meyer.

The Texas Rangers have made World Series appearances 2 of the last 3 seasons. Already a month into the 2013 campaign, are the Rangers currently among the 5 best teams in the league?

Narco singer Chuy Quintanilla was found dead with two bullets in his head.

Richard Cobb, convicted of killing a man in East Texas in 2002, twisted his head and told the warden, "Wow! That is great. That is awesome! Thank you, warden! Thank you [expletive] warden!"

MotoGP 2013 at Austin, Texas, begins Sunday April 21. Find out how you can watch the Sunday race!

12 bodies have been recovered from the blast site following the Texas fertilizer plant explosion.

Emergency teams were still in search-and-rescue mode today, trying to find survivors of the explosion in West, Texas. "It was massive, just like Iraq, just like the Murrah building in Oklahoma City," said a Texas state trooper.

An explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant in a small north of Waco has left 160 injured

Perry was a foremost contributor to Republican causes, reportedly giving $23.5 million to conservative Super PACs in 2012.

The Texas baseball institution passed away on Thursday. His funeral is scheduled for Monday at First Baptist Church of Warren.

Dozens are injured and at least two have been killed in a bus crash on the President George Bush Turnpike near Irving, Texas.

Reports of as many as 14 people being injured are coming out of southeastern Texas after two individuals allegedly went on a stabbing spree at a local community college.

Two inmates including a man accused of capital murder escaped from Hopkins County Prison in Sulphur Springs, Texas, northeast of the city of Dallas.

Kaufman County, Texas, District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia were the latest deaths in slayings of Texas law enforcement in recent months.

A third George Bush is seeking political office.