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The man had challenged rules that prevented his pastor from touching him and praying aloud during his execution, saying his religious freedom was being violated.

The owner of a sports memorabilia auction house says he has offered $2 million to the fan who caught Aaron Judge’s American League-record 62nd home run.

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge isn’t in the starting lineup for New York’s regular-season finale a day after his 62nd home run that broke Roger Maris’ 61-year-old American League single-season record.

Shipping asylum seekers north may garner headlines for the Republican governors of Florida and Texas, but such political stunts rest on a vast misunderstanding of immigration’s true costs and benefits.

Dallas baseball fan Cory Youmans made the catch of a lifetime, snagging the ball that New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit for his American League-record 62nd home run.

As he walked through a concourse in the outfield at Globe Life Field, high-fiving with fans and surrounded by a sea of cameras, it was almost as if Cory Youmans had hit a huge home run. Youmans made the catch of a lifetime Tuesday night, snagging the ball New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge launched for his American League-record 62nd homer. The historic souvenir came sailing into the front row of section 31 in left field, a drive Judge hit to lead off the second game of a day-night doubleheader against the Texas Rangers.

A Texas death row inmate whose case clarified the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide has been executed, despite the efforts of a district attorney to stop his lethal injection.

A Texas death row inmate whose case clarified the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide is scheduled for execution Wednesday, despite efforts by a district attorney to stop his lethal injection. John Henry Ramirez, 38, was sentenced to death for killing 46-year-old Pablo Castro, a convenience store clerk, in 2004. Prosecutors said Castro was taking the trash out from the store in Corpus Christi when Ramirez robbed him of $1.25 and stabbed him 29 times.

After a year of calling for abortion to be outlawed, Kari Lake now says there are times abortion should be "rare and legal"

Aaron Judge has hit his 62nd home run of the season to break Roger Maris’ American League record.

A migrant was shot and killed while in custody at the Ysleta Border Patrol station in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon, according to officials.

A mother-son trip to a major league game for a Florida family in need of diversion after their home was hit by Hurricane Ian turned into much more on Tuesday afternoon. Samantha Sheffield and 14-year-old son Braylon were in town from storm-ravaged Fort Myers, sitting in the lower deck in left field at Globe Life Field when New York Yankees rookie Oswald Peraza hit a long drive in their direction against the Texas Rangers. Braylon, a good-fielding middle infielder, reached to his left in front of his mom and made the catch on Peraza's first big league homer, four rows beyond the wall.

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is still at 61 home runs with two games left.

Jackson was a standout at the University of Texas and was the No. 5 pick in the WNBA draft in 2007. She went on to play nine years in the league.

Texas DPS Lt. Christopher Olivarez joined "Fox & Friends" to discuss the human smuggling attempts by plane occurring at the southern border, and blames "open border" policies.

The verdict of a jury of six men and six women came after three weeks of sometimes grisly testimony.

The mysterious woman who allegedly lured dozens of migrants on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ flights to Martha’s Vineyard from San Antonio has been identified by several media outlets as Perla H. Huerta, a former combat medic and U.S. Army counterintelligence agent living in Tampa.

Taylor Rene Parker, 29, was convicted of capital murder for killing Reagan Micelle Simmons-Hancock, 21, and her baby in their home in October 2020.

Beto O'Rourke gained an endorsement from Harry Styles during the singer's "Harry's House" concert at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.

Miss Texas R'Bonney Gabriel was crowned the new Miss USA on Monday night. She works as a model and fashion designer.

Aaron Judge remained at 61 home runs with three games remaining, and Luis Severino pitched seven no-hit innings before the Texas Rangers broke through against New York’s bullpen in the Yankees’ 3-1 win.

New York Yankees right-hander Luis Severino has not allowed a hit and has faced the minimum 21 batters through seven innings against Texas.

Shares of Tesla fell Monday after the electric vehicle maker released third-quarter production and delivery numbers that missed analysts' estimates.

Florida's Venezuela migrant flight recruiter 'Perla' identified as ex-Army counterintelligence agent

Charley Hull has won The Ascendant LPGA in Texas for her first LPGA Tour title in nearly six years.

Incumbent Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tied Beto O’Rourke to President Biden's policies in a debate Friday, according to an expert in campaign debate preparation.

Hurricane Ian almost derailed plans for one couple to wed in South Carolina on Saturday.

Social media companies aren't waiting on the Supreme Court to start thinking about how they can respond to a Texas law prohibiting them from removing political speech.

High school homecoming mums are taking off in a big way in Texas as homecoming football games kick off this fall — here's the back story of the tradition and the latest word on mum-making.

A Democratic Texas mayor pro-tem said she does not believe migrants are being "lied to" as they depart to various northern regions after crossing the southern border.

Maverick County, Texas, Sheriff Tom Schmerber said he prefers a zero-tolerance migration policy that enforces deportations on immigrants who crossed illegally.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke traded barbs and sought to paint each other as inherently out of touch with the state in their first and only televised debate on Friday evening. The debate — hosted by Nexstar Media Group, which also owns The Hill — gave the candidates an opportunity…

Officials have disclosed the identities of five people killed in a Central Texas neighborhood, as well as the suspect in the slayings. The Texas Department of Public Safety said Friday that Nicolas Jaimes-Hernandez, 35, of Mexico, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The DPS identified them as Monica Delgado, 38, Miguel Avila, 15, and Natallie Avila, 14, along with next-door neighbors Lorena Aviles, 47, and her daughter, Natalie Aviles, 20.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott highlighted Operation Lone Star, his border security initiative meant to address the large number of migrants pouring into communities.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said during a debate against Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke that Texas would send busloads of migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to more cities.

Charley Hull is forcing herself to spend more time with her putting.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s staff this month quietly dropped a series of human trafficking and child sexual assault cases after losing track of one of the victims, a stumble in open court emblematic of broader dysfunction inside one of America’s most prominent law offices. The Republican has elevated his national profile in recent years, energizing the right by rushing into contentious court battles that have affected people far beyond Texas. An Associated Press investigation found Paxton and his deputies have sought to turn cases to political advantage or push a broader political agenda, including staff screenings of a debunked film questioning the 2020 election.

People across the country skipped work to protest the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision which overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal right to an abortion.

Two Texas brothers open fired on a group of migrants killing a man and shooting a woman in the stomach. The woman is currently recovering at a hospital.

Authorities say one person was detained after someone opened fire on three Angeles National Forest contract workers in mountains near Los Angeles. A sheriff's official says nobody was struck by gunfire in the shooting. (Sept. 29)

Two brothers in Texas have been arrested after authorities say one of them opened fire on a group of migrants getting water near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one man and shooting a woman in the stomach, according to court documents filed Thursday. The shooting Tuesday was in rural Hudspeth County about 90 miles from El Paso, where the woman was transported and recovering at a hospital, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. DPS said the victims were among a group of migrants standing alongside the road getting water when a truck with two men inside pulled over.

Alex Bowman will miss Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway with a concussion the Hendrick Motorsports driver apparently suffered last week at Texas.

Five people were found dead in a Central Texas residential neighborhood Thursday, officials said. Details on what happened were sketchy, but a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety said officers of several law enforcement agencies converged on the neighborhood in McGregor, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southwest of Waco. Sgt. Ryan Howard declined to say if the five had gunshot wounds, saying that the cause of death was still to be determined.

Nike said its revenue rose in its fiscal first-quarter

Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez said Border Patrol saw a car believed to be carrying illegal immigrants speeding down Highway 90 before the crash.

Border Patrol agents in Texas' Laredo Sector thwarted a human smuggling attempt after spotting a vehicle driving the wrong way on I-35 and crashing into the median.

A letter from five U.S. senators led by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., sounded the alarm to Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin about fentanyl contributing to drug overdose deaths among servicemembers.

The artist's manager says he was found unresponsive in a friend's bathroom.

An illegal immigrant tried taking a rifle from a Texas National Guard soldier at the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday while a group of migrants were being detained, authorities said.

FAU last met North Texas in a 41-38 loss in 2018.

A new poll shows Texas voters favor incumbent GOP Gov. Greg Abbott over Beto O'Rourke for governor and that their top concern is the situation at the border.

Amal and George Clooney join “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King in the studio for an exclusive interview on their eighth wedding anniversary.

How a single Texas ruling could change the web forever

The extremist Republican congresswoman's competition to hunt the feral pigs did not go over well.

The conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff have met for almost seven hours to work on expanding the postseason system from four to 12 teams as soon as the 2024 season.

Joe Dutra, of the city's Department of Family and Support Services, said, “We are committed to assisting each family and individual, providing human services with respect and dignity.”

The US Army fired Javeline anti-tank missiles from seven-ton robots during a series of war preparations at a recent exhibition in Fort Worth, Texas

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fleeing a subpoena shows the Republican Party’s new approach to law and order: Consequences for thee, not for me.

The 22-year-old went missing “due to foul play,” investigators said.

Texas police stopped a Houston-bound plane of six illegal immigrants from Mexico and El Salvador, including a previously deported child sexual assault suspect, before it left Weslaco.

The Department of Homeland Security is underwire from both Republicans and Democrats over the shipping of illegal immigrants from the U.S-Mexico border to sanctuary cities in the north.

A process server claimed Monday that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) ran to avoid subpoenas in an ongoing lawsuit concerning out-of-state abortion access.

School district officials said the middle school teacher was last heard from on Thursday, Sept. 22.

Katharine McClain said her husband John McClane found the baby in a shed at their home, and wrapped her in a towel before an ambulance arrived.

Prescribing medical abortions across state lines is now risky for doctors. "We're talking about something that's a protected right in one state and a felony in a sister state," says one legal scholar.

The 334 laps at Texas Motor Speedway provided quite a tumultuous start to the NASCAR playoff round of 12.

Tyler Reddick opened the round of 12 in NASCAR’s playoff with a victory at Texas.

The young Cleveland Guardians finished what they started.

The Cleveland Guardians clinched their first AL Central title since 2018 when the second-place Chicago White Sox lost to the Detroit Tigers 4-1.

Rape crisis centers in Texas say their caseloads remain high a year after a new abortion law that made no exceptions for rape victims went into effect.

Devon Achane rushed for 159 yards and a touchdown, Demani Richardson sprinted the final 82 yards on a wild fumble return for another score and No. 23 Texas A&M beat 10th-ranked Arkansas 23-21.

Trey Wolff kicked a 20-yard field goal in overtime to give Texas Tech a wild 37-34 victory over No. 22 Texas.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for an overhaul of Democrats' political strategy.

A Texas city has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a Black mother after she and her daughter were wrestled to the ground and arrested by a white police officer following a dispute with a neighbor.

New York City’s mayor says he plans to erect hangar-sized tents as temporary shelter for thousands of international migrants who have been bused into the Big Apple as part of a campaign by Republican governors to disrupt federal border policies.

Chris Buescher's win at Bristol last week marked the first time in this version of NASCAR's playoffs that drivers who are not racing for the championship swept the three races of the first round.

The Florida-funded flights of 50 migrants from Texas to Massachusetts took center stage during news conferences by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Manny Diaz, the chair of the Florida Democratic Party, on Thursday in Miami-Dade County.

A group of Florida Democratic Party leaders and Venezuelan-American activists met on Thursday at El Arepazo restaurant in Doral to condemn the flights of immigrants out of Texas.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to send a group of Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard continues to attract criticism from political opponents, as well as a criminal investigation and lawsuit, but the governor has remained steadfast defending the move.

Venezuelans have surpassed Guatemalans and Hondurans to become the second-largest nationality stopped at the U.S. border in August after Mexicans.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is defending his decision to send a group of Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard amid a criminal investigation and, now, a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of the migrants filed Tuesday.

The Republican governors of Florida and Texas have delivered migrants on planes and buses to Washington, D.

Frozen meals are being pulled from store shelves.

A Texas sheriff has opened a criminal investigation into two flights of migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Republican governors have been sending more migrants released at the U.S. border with Mexico to Democratic strongholds, raising questions about their legal status, how they are lured on board buses and planes, and the cost to taxpayers.

U.S. authorities say the number of Venezuelans taken into custody at the U.S. border with Mexico soared in August.

Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher benched quarterback Haynes King for Max Johnson, and the LSU transfer came through to help the Aggies down the Miami on Saturday night.

A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took the playbook of a fellow Republican, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to a new level by catching officials flat-footed in Martha's Vineyard with two planeloads of Venezuelan migrants.

There may be no reason to put second-ranked Alabama and No. 17 Baylor on upset alert even though both are playing Sun Belt Conference teams in Week 3.

Republican governors are escalating their practice of sending migrants without advance warning to Democratic strongholds, including a wealthy summer enclave in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.

More than 121 million fans watched a telecast of an NFL game during the league's opening week, a 5% increase over last season.

In a Sept. 14 story about the sentencing of former Travis County sheriff's deputy Stephen Broderick, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Broderick rammed his vehicle into his ex-wife's house and shot three people inside.

Diamond DeShields will be chronicling her journey with USA Basketball as they prep for and play in the FIBA World Cup in Australia.

A Texas woman accused of killing a woman to steal her unborn baby to present as her own went on trial for capital murder.

General Motors’ self-driving car company has announced plans to expand a robotaxi service into new markets in Arizona and Texas before the end of this year.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is set to go on trial a second time for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax and causing several victims' relatives emotional and psychological harm.

Former President George W.

Georgia has reclaimed the top spot in The Associated Press college football poll and Oklahoma State, Kentucky and Arkansas moved into the top 10 after an upset-filled weekend.

Chase Brice threw for 134 yards and a touchdown and Appalachian State took advantage of two turnovers to stun No. 6 Texas A&M 17-14 on Saturday.