Texas ranks eighth in the nation for preventable fatal crash rates, but leads the country in the total number of annual deaths linked to avoidable crashes, according to a new analysis of federal traffic data.

Authorities in Laredo are investigating after six people were discovered dead inside a cargo train boxcar near the U.S.-Mexico border, a tragedy that has renewed concerns surrounding migrant smuggling operations in South Texas.

Keion Dewayne Redd, 24-year-old Jacksonville College student, will be remembered during an emotional graduation ceremony when his mother will accept his degree on his behalf, honoring the life and future of the young man killed by gun violence in Smith County just weeks before he was set to graduate

A man opened fire at a shopping mall north of Dallas on Tuesday, shooting five people and killing two, according to police.