Three people, including a 4-year-old child, were killed last week in a North Austin shopping center, in a state where the Legislature has repeatedly rolled back gun safety laws. As Austin-area ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- The Texas state dish is chili, while the official state footwear is cowboy boots and its state vehicle is the chuck wagon. Soon, Texas may have an explosive addition to its set ...

Unless the older brother intended to shoot the younger, he should not be charged because he is also a child. It appears he was curiously looking at the gun. He may have been charged because someone ...

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Regarding “Minneapolis, a series of shootings and the grim realities of a tough summer,” (Aug. 29): Following the tragic shooting in Minneapolis, which resulted in the loss of two innocent lives and ...