The Associated Press

A 35-year-old Amarillo man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2014 beating and shooting death of one of his ex-wives.

Police say two cousins have been arrested in the investigation of the weekend fatal shooting of a Dallas-area convenience store clerk during a robbery.

Amarillo police are investigating a burglary in which thieves lifted about 4,000 antique lighters.

A 19-year-old man is facing a capital murder charge in San Antonio for what authorities say was a fatal shooting over 1 ounce (28.35 grams) of marijuana.

A Fort Worth man on death row for the shooting deaths of a 5-year-old girl and her grandmother at a children's birthday party a decade ago has received an execution date.

Authorities continue investigating the cause of a fire in a suburban Houston home that killed a mother and her daughter and injured three others.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has unveiled a plan to cut property taxes, hoping to make the proposal a centerpiece of his re-election campaign despite its needing to be approved by the Legislature.

Bitter cold continues to grip parts of Texas as Houston-area authorities urge people to stay off icy roads and a state electricity supplier is asking consumers to moderate their energy use.

Authorities have identified a man Fort Worth SWAT officers shot and killed during a drug raid.

Police say gunfire at a Dallas-area residence has one man dead and two teens wounded.