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A film being shown Wednesday at the Mayborn tells the story of an overlooked Black cultural and artistic moment at the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition that has shaped history.

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

Texas's first female condemned killer received special permission to leave jail and be baptized at New Light Baptist Church ...

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

Despite a long waitlist, the number of children served in the YES Waiver program has declined because of provider shortages.

Alabama has carried out the nation’s fourth nitrogen gas execution, putting a man to death for the killing of a woman who was ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was killed via lethal injection on Wednesday evening - the second execution in the country this ...

A Texas man is to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of a pastor that he insists he did not ...

Garcia-Rulfo, Becki Newton (Lorna), Angus Sampson (Cisco), and Raycole are all confirmed to return. Furthermore, Neve ...

Met Gala guests, suit up! The Met Gala revealed the dress code for its annual lavish celebration of fashion in May.

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