Toluwani Osibamowo

The decision comes days after the Texas Supreme Court ruled the child's genetic parents can transport him to California, where they live, to get further medical care for a serious heart condition.

Kids threatened suicide, urinated on themselves and were pepper sprayed in the early days of a statewide lockdown of Texas' five youth prisons. The first-of-its-kind move has youth advocates, experts and former staff wondering if the restrictive protocol is doing more harm than good.

Simon Property Group, which owns the Allen Premium Outlets, appealed the case to the state's highest court after lower courts allowed the lawsuit by victims of the shooting and their families to move forward.

Surrogate McKenna West asked the high court on Wednesday to put a pause on a California court's order stating a newborn boy's genetic parents have parental authority over the child. West fled to Texas to give birth to the child, who has a rare heart defect, despite his genetic parents asking her to have an abortion.

Dallas judge Ashley Wysocki on Tuesday extended an order preventing McKenna West from seeing or making medical decisions for a newborn she gave birth to on behalf of his genetic parents, a California couple.

Dallas judge Ashley Wysocki on Tuesday extended an order preventing McKenna West from seeing or making medical decisions for a newborn she gave birth to on behalf of his genetic parents, a California couple.

A Texas court is holding a hearing Tuesday in a high-profile custody battle — over a baby born with a heart deformity, to a surrogate.

The lockdown occurred after an "exceptionally brutal” assault against a correctional staffer, according to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

Texas aims to contract child welfare services to private providers by 2029 under a system called "community-based care." The abrupt cancelation of its contract with a foster care provider serving eastern North Texas after child deaths has community stakeholders questioning the system's effectiveness.

Texas' child welfare agency cut ties with the nonprofit Monday, according to an internal email obtained by KERA News. EMPOWER was already under state oversight following the deaths of two children in the provider's care and the hospitalization of another within the past two years.

A special appeals court ruled evidence did not support allegations that Givens allowed her court coordinator to impersonate her during a virtual hearing nor that Givens intentionally put a man in jail and revoked another’s bond after she recused herself from their cases.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office website identifies the inmate as 33-year-old Steven Charles Lenard. His cause and manner of death is pending.