"In the deposition, Paxton said he was ready to invest his own cash, but the CEO said, 'I don’t want your money. God doesn’t want me to take it.' So he told that to federal investigators under oath in this deposition." buff.ly/2rxVN0T

“These are questions we haven’t yet dealt with … Whether or not a human has to make the final decision to strike the target, or can a system execute the engagement autonomously once it’s been activated?” buff.ly/BelLHg4

San Antonio’s Fiesta will look different in 2027, with its longtime Night in Old San Antonio canceled and other changes possible. Organizers say they’re addressing changing habits and costs, with implications for nonprofits that rely on festival fundraising. buff.ly/z7jNv2t

Sorghum can handle dry conditions better than many crops. Now growers and chefs are trying to answer another question: Can they persuade more Americans to eat it? buff.ly/QsR8i2G

Still seeing Senate ads everywhere? Campaigns and outside groups are spending heavily in the Paxton-Talarico race, making this an extraordinarily expensive election season in Texas. buff.ly/WIM2gT6

According to the affidavit, Texas Rangers have probable cause to believe the camp’s leaders committed criminal offenses, including: manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, injury to a child, abandoning or endangering a child and deadly conduct. buff.ly/gBFlHu3

Kids threatened suicide, urinated on themselves and were pepper sprayed in the early days of a statewide lockdown of Texas’ five youth prisons. The first-of-its-kind move has advocates, experts and former staff wondering if the restrictive protocol is doing more harm than good. buff.ly/lVxBh5j

No safe drinking water. No sewer system. No municipal trash pickup. Residents of Sand Branch have spent years trying to bring basic infrastructure to their small North Texas community. buff.ly/TdSslC6

Women are the fastest-growing group of U.S. veterans — but many aren't enrolled in VA health care. A new outreach effort is trying to understand why and connect more female veterans with available services. buff.ly/uQExMDf

More than a million Texans are on the voter suspense list as of March of this year.

It doesn’t mean a voter has been removed from the voting rolls or that they’re ineligible to vote, but may mean that they have extra requirements to fulfill at the polls. buff.ly/vn8yEUK

French, the Republican nominee for a statewide position regulating Texas’ oil and gas industry, posted a photo of University of Texas students, while decrying “foreigners” displacing Americans. buff.ly/l8jiDui

Kevin Tuerff was supposed to fly into New York on September 11, 2001. Instead, his plane was diverted to Newfoundland, where strangers welcomed thousands of stranded travelers. His experience became a book — and part of the Broadway musical "Come From Away."
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The victims of 9/11 included people with connections to Texas. One family’s story offers a deeply personal way to mark a quarter-century since the attacks. buff.ly/PSxEMHS

Dark matter is thought to make up most of the universe’s mass, yet scientists have never directly identified a particle of it.

That may have just changed. buff.ly/Snw4KLH

Military working dogs face many of the same battlefield dangers as the troops alongside them. Medics need to know what to do when those dogs are badly wounded. buff.ly/YQHiFIZ

“The Beauty of the Days Gone By,” the debut novel by Jason Stone, could not exist without the work of Texas historians of the past.

Stone’s book follows a family whose world is ruptured after two children are captured by Native Americans on the Texas frontier. buff.ly/qaTFg0m

“Of course, that wasn’t [actually Talarico], but it can be confusing for voters.” buff.ly/HhNRwyd

The Nepali community in North Texas is grieving after flash floods and mudslides devastated central Nepal and killed at least a thousand people. Various groups are gathering to pray, remember and raise funds to help rebuild their motherland. buff.ly/6WQNFUl

Dallas hosted the 1984 Republican National Convention and a GOP midterm convention is about to start.

The city — and the politics — have changed a lot. buff.ly/n14FFDR

"Texas has largely been considered the ATM for Republican Party politics. There’s no other state where there’s such a convergence of ideology and money as Texas." buff.ly/nQmCPAq