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Justin R. Simmons, a prominent federal prosecutor, was named as interim U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas.

Plaintiff lawyer Tony Buzbee, who has already filed 40 lawsuits against Sean “Diddy” Combs, weighs in on Combs’s trial so far ...

The 33 potential voting violations are a tiny fraction of the roughly 11 million who cast ballots in the November 2024 ...

Senate Bill 2878, if signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, also would create new district courts in Brazoria and Fort Bend counties.

Mistakenly deported Salvadoran native Kilmar Abrego Garcia is on his way back to the United States where he will face ...

She confessed to several people that she had shot the girl, telling at least one person "I got rid of her," according to a ...

Federal authorities are moving to drop a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Sheetz convenience store chain, part of a ...

The Randall County District Attorney, Robert Love, reported that Joshua Griffin Borders was sentenced to 14 years in prison ...

A Venezuelan migrant who made the unusual move of voluntarily asking for bail to avoid being arrested by ICE could be locked ...

Pedro Baldonado plead guilty to manslaughter in connection with the deaths of Marissa and Chris Montes. The case had been ...

El Paso money service providers say that the Treasury Department's order affects their businesses and has led to fewer people ...