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Families gather following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

Biden to go to Texas 'in coming days' after shooting

US President Joe Biden has said that he would soon go to Texas in the wake of the deadly shooting at an elementary school that left 19 students and two teachers dead.

World • 25 May 22

Day long siege at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville ended in gunfire on Saturday night

Two teenagers held in UK over Texas synagogue attack

The UK's counter terrorism police have detained two teenagers in connection with the hostage-taking incident by a British national in a Texas synagogue over the weekend.

US • 17 Jan 22

Local reports said the aircraft was taking fans to watch a play-off baseball game

Plane crashes in Texas, all 21 on board survive

A plane crashed on takeoff in the US state of Texas, with all 21 passengers and crew on board scrambling to safety before the aircraft burst into flames.

US • 19 Oct 21

Protesters earlier this month calling for the Texas law to be overturned

Biden asks Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law

US President Joe Biden's administration has asked the United States Supreme Court to block a Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion after a lower court reinstated the Republican-backed measure.

World • 18 Oct 21

The Texas abortion row has inflamed passions among pro-choice and pro-life supporters in the US

US court allows Texas to resume ban on most abortions

A US federal appeals court has ruled that Texas could resume its ban on most abortions, two days after another court suspended the ban.

US • 09 Oct 21

Tesla moving headquarters to Texas from California

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said the electric carmaker plans to move its headquarters from Silicon Valley's Palo Alto, California to Austin, Texas, where it is building a massive car and battery manufacturing complex.

Business • 08 Oct 21

Justices denied an emergency request by abortion and women's health providers for an injunction on enforcement of the ban

Biden vows to combat strict new Texas abortion law

US President Joe Biden said he is launching a "whole-of-government effort," including from the White House counsel, to combat a strict new Texas abortion law after an overnight Supreme Court decision let it stand.

US • 02 Sep 21

John Hummel was executed by lethal injection

Texas executes man convicted of three murders

The US state of Texas executed a man convicted of a violent triple murder, who was the first to get a stay of execution due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

US • 01 Jul 21

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said it was time for Texas to have the legislation

Texas allows public to carry guns without permit

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law a bill that allows people to carry firearms in public without a permit, the latest in a series of measures expanding gun rights in conservative US states.

World • 17 Jun 21

Greg Abbott did not provide details about his plans for the unfinished border wall

Texas governor wants to resume building border wall

Texas will announce plans next week to build a wall along its border with Mexico, the US state's governor Greg Abbott has said.

World • 11 Jun 21

Women rescued as boat teeters over Texas dam

Four women had a narrow escape when the boat they were travelling in came dangerously close to tipping over a Texas dam yesterday.

News Lens • 11 Jun 21

Exxon Mobil shares have climbed 35% so far this year

Exxon posts first profit in five quarters

Top US oil producer Exxon Mobil has today posted its first profit in five quarters, boosted by rising oil prices that offset costs from a February deep freeze in Texas.

Business • 30 Apr 21

It is the latest of several mass shootings in the US in recent weeks

One dead and several injured in Texas shooting

A gunman opened fire at the cabinet-making plant in Texas where he worked, killing one person and wounding six others before he was taken into custody yesterday.

World • 09 Apr 21

Last month's storm killed dozens of people, left millions without electricity and water and caused billions of dollars in damage

Texas power grid operator sacks CEO after storm chaos

The polar vortex storm that plunged the US state of Texas into chaos continues to reverberate through the state's power grid operator, which fired its chief executive as Congress launched an investigation into its failures.

US • 04 Mar 21

Nearly half of Texas' residents had to endure disrupted water service yesterday

Biden approves major disaster declaration for Texas

US President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Texas, which has suffered widespread power blackouts and water shortages during a deadly deep freeze, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has said.

US • 20 Feb 21

Texas Senator Ted Cruz pictured at Cancun International Airport in Mexico

Cruz flies to Mexico as home state slammed by storm

Texas Senator Ted Cruz faced fierce criticism today after he flew to a Mexican holiday resort while millions of people in his state were struggling without power or water due to a winter storm.

US • 18 Feb 21

People help push a pickup stuck in the snow at Round Rock, Texas

Millions without power as Texas hit by winter storms

Nearly two million people were still without power in Texas, the oil and gas capital of the United States, with some facing water shortages as a deadly winter cold spell that hit the southeastern part of the country headed east.

US • 18 Feb 21

Rod Ponton (bottom right) said he did not know how to remove the kitten filter

'I'm not a cat,' says lawyer after kitten filter mishap

A lawyer in Texas has gone viral after accidentally activating a kitten filter during virtual court proceedings.

US • 10 Feb 21

An empty main street in Lake Charles, Louisiana as people seek safe shelter before the arrival of Hurricane Laura

Laura becomes Category 4 hurricane as it approaches US

Hurricane Laura has become a Category 4 storm and is expected to cause "catastrophic storm, extreme winds and flash flooding" across the northwest US Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said.

Weather • 26 Aug 20

Billy Joe Wardlow is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection

Texas to execute man convicted over 1993 murder

A Texas inmate who was convicted of fatally shooting an elderly man at his home as he robbed him of his truck nearly three decades ago is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection by the state.

US • 08 Jul 20

Abel Ochoa is the third person to be executed in the US since the start of the year

Texas executes man convicted of killing family members

A man who killed five family members including two of his children in 2002 during what his defence argued was a drug-induced delirium, has been executed in Texas.

US • 07 Feb 20

The service at the West Freeway Church of Christ was being streamed live on the internet

Worshippers kill gunman after Texas church shooting

Worshippers in the US state of Texas shot dead a gunman who opened fire during a livestreamed Sunday service, ending an attack that killed two parishioners, authorities said.

World • 30 Dec 19