Texas Repeat Offender Program (TxROP) announced by Governor Abbott in Houston

Governor Abbott has launched a joint state and local task force, the Texas Repeat Offender Program (TxROP), to specifically target and arrest violent repeat criminals in the Houston area.

Florida temporarily bans sloth imports after 55 Sloth World sloth deaths

The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said an executive order is being drafted to temporarily ban the import of sloths to Florida, following the deaths of more than 50 sloths intended for Sloth World Orlando.

May 26 runoff & Texas data centers | Battleground Texas
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This episode of Battleground Texas examines the tightening GOP runoff races for U.S. Senate and Attorney General, while also exploring how the proliferation of data centers has emerged as a contentious new midterm issue impacting rural communities and state legislative priorities.

Search for missing 6-year-old Everman boy intensifies
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The search is intensifying this week as crews try to find the body of a missing Tarrant County boy who vanished more than three years ago. Federal agents are digging in the yard outside Noel Rodriguez Alvarez's former home.

U.S. airmen conduct water rescue of 11 people stranded in Florida plane crash

The 920th Rescue Wing with Air Force Reserve Command was alerted to a plane crash including several victims on Tuesday afternoon, about 80 miles from Melbourne. The crew located all the 11 crash victims were on a single raft and worked to extract them to safety.

Former beauty mogul, co-founder of e.l.f. Cosmetics left his fortune and will soon be ordained a priest

He was once a beauty industry mogul behind a globally popular Bay Area-based cosmetic company, but after walking away from his fortune, Scott-Vincent Borba, is now on the brink of being ordained a priest in the Catholic Church.

Texas man convicted on third federal child porn charge
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A Texas man will spend the next 30 years in prison after he was convicted for a third time on federal child pornography charges. FOX 4's David Sentendrey has more.

NFL players gripe over grass surfaces for World Cup
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FIFA requires grass surfaces for all World Cup matches, something NFL players have been seeking for years. FOX 4's Vania Castillo has more on if the World Cup grass surfaces at AT&T Stadium could stick around after the tournament.

Officials continue search for missing 6-year-old's remains
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Several law enforcement agencies searched for the remains of a still-missing 6-year-old boy in Everman at the house he once lived at on Tuesday. FOX 4's Amelia Jones has more.

Tiffany Haddish's Georgia DUI: Motion claims speedy trial rights violated

Tiffany Haddish is asking a Georgia judge to dismiss her 2022 DUI case, claiming her constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated.

Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay player, dies of brain tumor

Trailblazing NBA center and former Atlanta Hawk Jason Collins, who made history as the first openly gay active athlete in major North American professional sports, has died at 47 years old.

18-year-old gets master's degree from UNT Dallas
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A North Texas teen has become the youngest-ever graduate of UNT Dallas, and she has plans for much more. FOX 4's Shaun Rabb has more.

Robotaxi services under scrutiny in Texas
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Several crashes and incidents involving robotaxis across Texas have the autonomous vehicles under scrutiny. FOX 4's Lori Brown has more.

Fort Worth targets illegal gunfire in new campaign
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A rise in illegal gunfire is the target of a new campaign in the City of Fort Worth. FOX 4's Peyton Yager has more.

Texas sees significant drop in public school enrollment
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The number of students enrolled in Texas public schools for the 2025-26 dropped for only the second time since 1987, raising concerns about the future of public schools in the state. FOX 4's Shaun Rabb has more.

Search for Noel Rodriguez Alvarez resumes in Everman
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FBI agents began digging in the yard of a home where 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez Alvarez lived with his family before he disappeared in 2022. The little boy is presumed dead, but his body still has not been found. His fugitive mother was brought back from India last year on a capital murder charge. Last month, she was found incompetent to stand trial.

Texas water supply: Data centers could make up 9% of demand by 2040, paper finds

Up to 9% of Texas' water supply could be used by data centers alone as early as 2040, a newly released paper from the University of Texas at Austin says.