An African-American burial ground recently unearthed in Texas reveals details about an ugly chapter in the history of the American South.
Bhutan’s expulsion of more than 100,000 people in 1992 forced many of them to live in camps in Nepal. Viviane Dalles photographed one family as they relocated to Texas.
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking deportation of asylum applicants and ordered a plane carrying two applicants to turn around and return to the United States.
A federal court in Houston heard arguments on a bid to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. But the fate of the program is complicated.
The indictment charged that Arkema North America, its chief executive and a plant manager were responsible for the chemical release, which prosecutors said was preventable.
Cody Wilson is engaged in a legal fight to distribute blueprints for printing 3-D weapons. He calls his efforts “a pretty mainline American idea.”
A trio of sharknappers wheeled Miss Helen, a horn shark who’s less than a year old, out of the San Antonio Aquarium, but the police tracked them down.
A recent City of Austin report identifying sites that honor Confederates also highlighted that the city itself was named for a man who fought efforts to abolish slavery.
A 60-year-old man shot his father and stepmother to death on Friday after killing two others at the couple’s nearby residence, the police said.
Times journalists focused on one day in the life of the station itself, interviewing dozens of the more than 100 migrants there after being released.
A city official said three people were found shot to death at the nursing home, including the killer. Two others were later found dead at the home of one of the victims.
Growing up in a friendly Dallas suburb, I never imagined the hostility lurking beneath the surface.
Thousands of migrants, many fleeing violence and poverty, are arriving at America’s southwestern border as the nation’s family separation policy continues to draw criticism.
The governor described a night of “gross incompetence,” with children being driven from one airport to another as the government raced to return them to their parents.
I have multiple sclerosis. Why can’t I move to be closer to my son?
I have multiple sclerosis. Why can’t I move to another state to be closer to my son?
The findings of an influential commission will make it harder to deny a new trial to Joe Bryan, a former high school principal who was convicted of murdering his wife.
A boy died recently after being left in a day care van, an accident that officials said was avoidable. We looked at how to evaluate a day care program and assess its safety standards.
Cities in the Rio Grande Valley have been a way station for reunified migrant families, who have been aided by loose network of volunteers and officials.
Jose Gilberto Rodriguez, 46, has been linked to three killings and other violent crimes. He was a registered sex offender on parole who had cut his ankle monitor, the police said.
A cemetery found on a construction site is believed to contain remains of African-Americans forced to work on plantations through the so-called convict lease system.
The government has just made it easier for terrorists and criminals to produce deadly weapons with an inexpensive 3-D printer.
A jury convicted Marq Vincent Perez on all counts in the arson at a mosque and Islamic community center in January 2017.
Jose Gilberto Rodriguez, 46, was arrested as the suspect in a series of attacks that included three murders, a home invasion and an assault on a city bus.
Immigrant detention is expanding under the Trump administration, increasing the risk of sexual assault in a system where abuse is not uncommon. Two women told us their stories of being sexually abused by guards while under the custody of ICE.
The Blanton Museum of Art in Texas is wrestling with how to present Vincent Valdez’s panorama of a modern-day Ku Klux Klan gathering.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park in West Texas has a reputation as a hiker’s paradise. It’s deserved.