A Texas law that criminalizes abortion went into effect in August 2022, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Under the law, physicians who provide abortions can be charged with a first ...

(NEXSTAR) — The state of Texas has more than a few of oddball laws on its books — it’s still illegal to milk to someone else’s cow, for instance — but for the most part, they’re not ultra-enforceable.

Texas’ 2013 law that allows for new trials in cases with flawed scientific evidence was pioneering. But the state’s highest criminal court has rejected most of those challenges. Robert Roberson seeks ...

The fatal shooting of an alleged car burglar Wednesday morning brings questions about the use of deadly force -- something state law suggests could be a reasonable response in a range of situations.

The law would expand the legal definition in the Texas criminal code of what is considered to be an illegal public performance of sexual conduct in front of children. HOUSTON — A federal judge on ...

Montgomery County's New Year's DWI task force results in 49 arrests. Joe Stephens, chief public defender of the Concho Valley Public Defenders Office, looks out at the Tom Green County Courthouse in ...

Robert Roberson seeks a new trial for his 2003 murder conviction in the death of his two-year-old daughter. His attorneys are asking for a new trial based on new findings they say debunk the flawed ...