By  BERNARD CONDON NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk sent dozens of self-driving Cybercabs without steering wheels or brake pedals onto the streets of Austin, Texas, on Thursday, betting that Americans will overcome their fears of rides with “no control” and hop inside. The rollout of the gold-colored Teslas, which give passengers no way to take control in an emergency, comes...

A new poll indicates that Gov. Greg Abbott and state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, are statistically tied in their respective races. The Overton Insights and Texas Public Policy Foundation poll shows that Abbott leads state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, D-Austin, by one point, which is within [...]

By  JAMIE STENGLE DALLAS (AP) — A Texas judge denied a new trial for Karmelo Anthony on Saturday in the stabbing death of a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet, a killing that drew national attention and led to harassment of the families. Anthony, 19, was convicted of murder in June and sentenced to 35 years in prison for the April 2025 killing of Austin...

ZZ Top returned to the stage in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 22 for the band's first concert since the death of longtime drummer Frank Beard. The performanc...

By  JIM VERTUNO AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas court on Friday slashed a $50 million judgment to $1.5 million against Infowars founder Alex Jones over falsely calling a 2012 school shooting a hoax. The ruling does not affect a $1.4 billion judgment against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for for him after he and his company, Free Speech...

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By  Anna Wilder AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A few years ago, a pop culture store owner in Wisconsin mentioned to Jason Ganos, a well-known Nintendo game collector, that he had a box of Super Mario cartridges that had been sitting in storage for years. It stopped Ganos in his tracks. It turned out to be an ultra rare collection of 97...

A DeSoto County teen is dead, and the Tunica County Sheriff's Office is looking for answers...

By  KAITLYN HUAMANI Sydney Towle, a social media content creator who projected enduring optimism as she chronicled her life with a rare form of cancer, has died, according to her family. She was 26. Towle was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, an aggressive form of cancer in the bile ducts, in August 2023. Her mother, Elizabeth Morrow, and brother, Austin Towle, posted a...