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SCOTUS orders Texas court to reconsider man’s 1997 murder conviction

The ruling came after Cooke County District Attorney John Warren told the U.S. Supreme Court that “the State no longer had confidence in the verdict.”

From an indictment to an alleged affair, Ken Paxton’s controversies hang over his Senate bid

The attorney general has won statewide elections twice since his legal woes began. This time he will be at the top of the ticket, facing a fundraising juggernaut in James Talarico.

More Bible stories in public schools, changes to history lessons before Texas education board today

The State Board of Education will vote on incorporating more Christian stories into public classrooms as well as on deemphasizing race and cultural diversity in history lessons.

Which Bible passages are in Texas’ proposed student reading list? Here’s what the selections reveal.

The chosen readings, to be voted on soon by the State Board of Education, draw heavily from Christian perspectives.

“Mass euthanasias”: Screwworm could have deeper implications for Texas’ already-crowded animal shelters

Most stray animal shelters are already at capacity. Adding a deadly parasitic infestation could create an even more dire situation.