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Fifteen years after Russell Cowles II paid $1.5 million for allegedly sexually abusing his daughter as a child, she turned to him for help. The daughter, Gretchen “Greta” Hentsch-Cowles, was going ...

The 86-year-old disbarred lawyer, once the most prominent trial attorney in California, will likely spend the rest of his ...

The eastern box turtle is celebrating 30 years as the most highly honored reptile in the Great Smoky Mountains. Here's how it won that status.

State Sen. Angela Paxton, the attorney general’s wife, asked last week for the records to be sealed. A new judge brought on ...

His suggested timeline for green-lighting psychedelic therapy surprised even the most bullish supporters of the drugs.

A 76-foot statue of Stephen F. Austin could cost upwards of $750,000 in repairs after the monument was damaged by Hurricane ...

A group of Williamson County residents came forward on Monday asking county commissioners to draft a new resolution to request a waiver from the Tennessee ...

Efforts to secure the border and combat illegal immigration in the state of Texas are being bolstered by two new bills signed ...

Abbott also spoke to U.S. Border Czar Tom Homan about Texas’ collaboration with the federal government on immigration enforcement and disaster response.

Conservatives, led by key figures in the MAGA movement, have pressed unsubstantiated claims that Epstein was murdered and ...

A Collin County judge’s reported decision could keep details of the divorce from spilling into Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate race.