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The University of Texas at Austin made headlines early in the pandemic after more than 60 students contracted COVID-19 during a spring break trip to Cabo San Lucas. That group was among the first of more than 1,250 UT students, staff and faculty to test positive. One staff member died in July.

Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke at a webinar today hosted by the where he discussed the disproportionate impact that COVID-19 has had on the Latinx community and other people of color.

The Texas Historical Commission denied a request to relocate the Cenotaph monument in Alamo Plaza in a 12-2 vote on Tuesday.

Texas hemp farmers are preparing for their first-ever harvest despite complicated cannabis regulations in the state.

The Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been on a tour of the Texas-Mexico border. Mark Morgan visited Laredo’s World Trade...

The Coast Guard reported Wednesday that weather conditions are still not permitting repairs of a leak at a natural gas platform offshore of Corpus Christi, but the leak has greatly diminished on its own.

Mathias Ometu has spoken publicly for the first time since San Antonio police arrested him on Aug. 25. Officers mistook Ometu, a Black man who was jogging at the time of the arrest, for a domestic violence suspect.

Bexar County DA Joe Gonzales met with the family of Damian Daniels, a Black veteran shot and killed by sheriff's deputies last week. Hours after that dozens of protestors gathered outside the sheriff's office and demanded justice.

On this week’s Petrie Dish, we explore what happened in Louisiana and Southeast Texas when Hurricane Laura landed — and what other hurricane hotspots like Florida, Alabama and Mississippi can learn from the deadly storm.

Scientists around the world are racing to develop a safe and effective vaccine against the novel coronavirus, but some people propose letting the virus...

The streets of Beaumont were largely empty Wednesday morning, dotted with boarded-up businesses closed well ahead of Hurricane Laura's landfall....

The delivery of medicine, packages, bills and letters has been delayed across the country as a result of new controversial changes issued by the...