Texas DPS launches a groundbreaking program letting sexual assault survivors test DNA free of charge, even if a report has ...

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A new Texas law allows for forensic medical exams for sex assault survivors even if no report has been made to law ...

Republicans redid their voting map so they could flip five seats to help keep control of the U.S. House. But achieving that ...

On Saturday, Dec. 6, at 2 o’clock, about 15 people went to pee at the Capitol using the restroom aligned with their gender identity. Nothing happened that first trip. But after rallying at the rotunda ...

Denmark is planning to follow Australia in introducing stricter restrictions for younger teens to access social media. The ...

Patrick Von Dohlen, a three-time candidate for a North Side City Council seat, filed to run for the county's top elected ...

Anthony Nel, of Texas, became a U.S. citizen as a teen. But a flaw in a Trump administration citizenship tool flagged him as ...

DeSantis said CAIR "was founded by persons connected to the Muslim Brotherhood," which his order links to Hamas. He added ...

For months, San Marcos has been circling the question that’s reshaped policing debates across Central Texas: What do we really get from a citywide network of license plate scanners? On Tuesday, Dec. 2 ...

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers issued criminal trespass warnings to four transgender women after a Dec. 6 rally ...

DPS' Crime Laboratory Division is implementing the state’s new Limited Consent for DNA Testing Program for sexual assault ...