The Latest Breaking News from Texas

Juneteenth National Independence Day commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. The holiday is celebrated on June 19, the anniversary of the 1865 order by Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger informing enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, of their freedom.

A local justice of the peace in Jefferson County, where Milton Powell (aka Big Pokey) was performing when he collapsed Sunday, said an autopsy to determine the cause of death was pending.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Amid temperatures that felt like 104, Opal Lee completed her “Walk for Freedom” on Monday and called for people to make a change in others.

The limiting principle presented in Lopez would likely not meet her threshold.

Actor and musician Cody Longo died in Austin, Texas, earlier this year, reportedly of chronic alcohol use.

The heatwave has spurred thunderstorms, flooding and power outages from Florida to Texas, leaving 400,000 in the dark.

Milton Powell, a Houston rapper who performed under the name Big Pokey, has died after performing a show in Texas over the weekend

Republicans said the holiday was meant to stoke racial division

More than 100,000 customers in the southern U.S. are still without power following damaging storms that have left residents searching for relief in sweltering temperatures

WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. John Cornyn says it’s time for the Republican party to dump former President Donald Trump and his destined-to-fail bid for a White House return.

A Texas woman allegedly pulled a gun on neighbours attempting to stop her from throwing her four-month-old son out a third-story window with witnesses worried about doing 'too much to antagonize her more'