A little while back, I did a 6 p.m. appearance/signing in Houston and decided I wouldn’t drive all the way back to. I stayed at one of my rural go-tos, Best Western, in Madisonville, and presumed I’d ...

And in east Texas, just southeast of Palestine, nearly two dozen black residents were reportedly gunned down indiscriminately during the 1910 Slocum Massacre for reasons that remain unclear.

“Was the Slocum massacre another example of the ‘expulsion’ of peoples of the ‘wrong color’ from a small East Texas Town? Why is this history so hard for some to accept?” Cravin said.

Following the federal government's potential overhaul of the U.S. Department of Education, a Texas lawmaker is seeking to eliminate the Texas Education Agency, responsible for overseeing public ...

A measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 58 confirmed cases, local health officials confirmed to CBS News Tuesday, making it the state's worst in over 30 years — and officials say additional ...

Students reacted to a California bill that, if passed, would make it illegal for companies to sell such products to shoppers under 18 years old. By The Learning Network We invite students to ...

Though victory in the state feels farther away than ever, some Democrats, including their new leader, say Texas could still be a key part of their party’s future. By J. David Goodman Reporting ...

More than 1,000 people, mostly Alawite civilians, have been killed by security forces in just a few days, throwing into question the ability of Syria's new government to maintain peace in a ...

James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is on covering news and politics in Texas, as well as other general news across the United States. James joined ...

On February 25 he said on air: "Every year in France, we commemorate what happened in Oradour-sur-Glane -- the massacre of an entire village. But we have committed hundreds of these, in Algeria.