Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says her state won't comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation's schools.

Torrential rain has caused flooding in southeastern Texas.

The start of the first civil trial stemming from the deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld festival in Texas has been delayed.

Exxon Mobil’s $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer Natural Resources has received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission, but the former CEO of Pioneer was barred from joining the new company’s board of directors.

A Texas state House committee has formally found that a decayed and broken utility pole caused the largest wildfire in state history.

A Texas man who made an online threat of a mass attack on a convention of young conservative activists in Florida in 2022 was sentenced to five years in federal prison.

Arrests continue on campuses around the U.S. as police dismantle camps of students protesting Israel's war in Gaza.

A Texas school board has accepted a voluntary separation agreement with its superintendent who was suspended after removing a transgender student from a role in the musical “Oklahoma!”.

Police in Fort Worth, Texas, says four children are among six people wounded in a drive-by shooting at an apartment complex that Police Chief Neil Noakes called stupid.

Gamers’ appetites for immersive sports video games have not changed much since the heyday of EA Sports' college football.

Abortion is still consuming U.S. state legislatures, courts and political campaigns two years after the draft of a Supreme Court decision that would upend the status quo was leaked.

Federal workplace safety officials say a home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house.

Texas officials are investigating at least nine recent deaths involving an unusual spike of opioid overdoses in Austin.

Twenty-six Republican attorneys general are suing the Biden administration over its new rule requiring firearm dealers to run background checks at gun shows and other places outside brick-and-mortar stores.

Walt Disney World will host dozens of portraits of service members and veterans from the nation’s Painter-in-Chief.

Police have cleared dozens of people from inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the administration building in New York earlier in the day.

A two-week standoff between pro-Palestinian protesters and college administrators at Columbia University in New York is coming to a head.

Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Deanne Criswell says “our heart aches for the loss of life” in tornadoes that left four dead and about 100 injured in Oklahoma.

The Supreme Court has refused to block a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of their users.

Walmart is closing its health centers and virtual care service after struggling to find success with the offerings.

The White House says teamwork between the U.S. and Mexico to crack down on illegal migration is paying off.

A growing number of cities are passing tax increases to expand access to child care.

Colleges around the U.S. are begging pro-Palestinian demonstrators to clear out tent encampments as commencement ceremonies approach.

New Mexico has reached a record settlement with a Texas-based company over air pollution violations at natural gas gathering sites in the Permian Basin.

Authorities say none of the 10 people who were wounded in a shootout at a Florida restaurant over the weekend, including Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell, suffered life-threatening injuries.

Republican state attorneys general are challenging a new federal regulation that mandates protections for transgender students at schools.

Shares of Tesla stock have rallied after the electric vehicle maker's CEO, Elon Musk, paid a surprise visit to Beijing over the weekend and reportedly won tentative approval for its driving software.

Within three or four years, thousands of self-driving tractor-trailers are expected to travel on America’s public freeways.

Late this year, Aurora Innovation Inc. plans to start hauling freight on Interstate 45 between the Dallas and Houston areas with 20 driverless trucks.

The Rolling Stones are showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

Small towns in Oklahoma are beginning a long cleanup after tornadoes flattened home and buildings and killed at least four people, including an infant.

Protests are roiling college campuses across the U.S. as upcoming graduation ceremonies are threatened by disruptive demonstrators, with students and others sparring over Israel’s military offensive in Gaza and its mounting death toll.

Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell was shot in Florida and sustained a minor wound, the team announced on social media.

Oklahoma governor says 4 dead after tornadoes left wide destruction, thousands of people without power.

Dan Rather was synonymous with CBS News before the veteran anchorman left in bitterness in 2006, following a discredited report on then-President George W.

Two people are dead in Oklahoma after a tornado swept through Oklahoma.

Student anti-war protesters at U.S. college campuses are digging in and vowing to keep their demonstrations going, while some universities have moved to shut down encampments after reports of antisemitic activity among the protesters.

Student anti-war protesters at U.S. universities are digging in and vowing to keep their demonstrations going, while several school faculties have condemned university presidents for calling law enforcement.

A tornado has plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions.

Alex Padilla is taking practically every opportunity to put his stamp on the Democratic Party’s approach to immigration.

Alex Padilla is taking practically every opportunity to put his stamp on the Democratic Party’s approach to immigration.

A retired professional wrestler who failed in bids for Congress from Nevada and Texas has been indicted on a murder charge in the death of an Idaho man during a Halloween Party last year at a Las Vegas Strip hotel.

When the Houston Astros take on the Colorado Rockies this weekend, it will be the seventh regular-season series played in Mexico.

An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts.

An investigation by The Associated Press has found that at least 15 people died in Texas over a decade following physical encounters with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative.

An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts.

Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war are digging in at Columbia University for a 10th day, part of a number of demonstrations roiling campuses from California to Connecticut.

Some health lawyers and doctors in Texas say they're worried that proposed requirements could further disincentivize providers from performing medically necessary, but legally risky, abortions.

Prosecutors in Texas asked the state’s highest criminal appeals court on Thursday to reverse a ruling that overturned a Fort Worth woman’s voter fraud conviction and five-year prison term for casting an illegal provisional ballot.

Israel-Hamas war demonstrations that began at Columbia University last week have spawned a nationwide movement.