The largest wildfires in U.S. history

The Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas is already the largest in the state’s history, and it’s still burning. And while everything may be bigger in Texas, the state does not claim the biggest wildfires in U.S. history.

Texas Panhandle wildfire: Largest fire in state history claims 2 lives

The Smokehouse Creek fire in the Texas Panhandle has now burned more than 1 million acres and has claimed the lives of two women.

Texas wildfires force brief shutdown of US nuclear weapons facility

Texas wildfires forced the temporary shutdown of Pantex, the U.S. main assembly and disassembly site for its atomic bombs.

Audrii Cunningham autopsy reveals cause of death

A cause of death has been released for 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, whose body was found in the Trinity River five days after she went missing.

Audrii Cunningham found dead: Don Steven McDougal charged with capital murder

Don Steven McDougal, 42, has been charged with capital murder in the death of Audrii Cunningham, who was found dead in the Trinity River after being reported missing in Livingston, Texas.

Police: Lakewood Church shooter had 'anti-semitic' writings

Houston police said they have been working non-stop to find answers as to why a shooting occurred at Joel Osteen's church on Sunday.

Off-duty Texas school officer in coma after selfless act turns tragic

Officer Tina Egelston of the Edgewood Independent School District in Texas is currently in a medically-induced coma after being struck by a vehicle. The incident occurred while she was off-duty, directing traffic.

Farting passenger delays American Airlines flight to Austin, redditor says

A flight from Phoenix to Austin was delayed after a passenger purposely passed gas and was removed from the flight, according to a person who posted in the Austin subreddit.

Decades-lost bridal photos discovered at auction, returned to 85-year-old bride

Lost bridal photos, missing for over 30 years, have been rediscovered and returned to their owner, Harriet Galbraith, by a Virginia woman named Sandra Poindexter. Poindexter found the photos at an auction while searching for vintage picture frames.

See the asteroid sample a NASA spacecraft took 7 years to bring back to Earth

NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample canister is no longer holding up science after the curation team at Johnson Space Center removed two fasteners preventing access to the full sample from asteroid Bennu.

Uvalde, Texas school shooting timeline and law enforcement response

The Robb Elementary School shooting left 19 students and two teachers dead. In the months since, law enforcement has come under scrutiny and even ridicule for the 74 minutes it took officers to enter the school and kill the lone gunman.

Fort Worth hotel explosion: 911 calls shed light on terror following blast

Newly released 911 calls are shedding new light on the terror in the moments after an explosion at the Sandman Hotel in Fort Worth earlier this month.

Texas man says Walmart mistook him as shoplifter, demands free stuff for life

Roderick Jackson filed two handwritten complaints claiming he was suing Walmart for an incident occurring at a store in Omaha, Nebraska, in 2021.