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The No. 3 seed Illinois Fighting Illini advanced to the Elite Eight by stifling the No. 2 seed Houston Cougars in a 65-55 defensive victory during the 2026 NCAA Tournament.

While the latest U.S. census data finds slow growth affecting large metros across the nation as a whole, four Texas areas were listed among the top 10 fastest-growing. 

A Texas-based hemp retailer has filed a lawsuit in Travis County to block new state regulations scheduled to take effect March 31, 2026, that would effectively ban many currently legal hemp products.

After almost 36 years, an arrest has been made and charges filed in connection to the 1990 “Lover's Lane" murders of a young man and woman in Houston.

A Texas Army reservist says his wife was detained after a routine immigration check-in and never came home. Her attorney says she had a pending asylum case and had been complying with requirements. She is now being held in a Houston detention facility as her legal team prepares for a hearing.

FIFA is launching their final, first-come, first-served ticket sales phase on April 1 for the 2026 World Cup. It includes a new seat-selection map and an official resale marketplace.

Four Texas teams have advanced to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA college basketball tournament.

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents were seen at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Monday morning after the Trump administration announced a plan to send ICE agents to help at airports dealing with TSA staffing shortages.

Social media was buzzing with questions about a thunder-like noise shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday. A woman says a potential piece of the answer may have been what crashed through her roof.

NASA now believes that a meteor was the cause of the loud “booms" heard across Houston on Saturday. They also say pieces of that meteor could still be in the area.

Chávez-related events have been canceled nationwide following a report accusing him of assaulting minors.

A Houston woman is suing Tesla after her Cybertruck, using autopilot, crashed on the Eastex Freeway. The lawsuit slams Tesla’s "misleading" marketing and alleges critical safety tech failures.

A 13-year-old girl made RODEOHOUSTON history with her million-dollar lamb at the rodeo's junior market auction.

Four members of a Houston-based street gang have been convicted for a high-speed string of "juggings" and ATM robberies across Texas that netted over $300,000 in cash.

According to a new report from the National Transportation Safety Board, a Houston jet that crashed in Maine in late January spent a longer time than normal on the runway after de-icing. 

A 27-year-old man was sentenced to federal prison after authorities say he lured a 13-year-old girl away from her family and forced her to engage in prostitution on Houston’s Bissonnet “track".

A Nigerian national living in Houston was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for orchestrating a $4 million scam. Prosecutors say Mba attempted to obtain lawful permanent residency through multiple fraudulent marriages after his initial application was denied,

Texas residents spent nearly $250 million on OnlyFans in 2025, making the state the second-highest spender in the U.S. while revealing a sharp divide between "creator economies" like Houston and Dallas and high-deficit cities like San Antonio.

Houston-based startup Bot Auto is partnering with Ryan Transportation to launch fully driverless, overnight freight runs between Houston and Dallas starting in Spring 2026.