There is a line between reporting the news and exploiting a tragedy. When reports emerged that Smash Da Topic livestreamed the death of a 20-year-old who jumped to their death in Dallas, that line demanded serious scrutiny.

As debates over assisted suicide and medical assistance in dying continue across North America, questions about dementia, mental illness and patient consent are raising concerns about the boundaries of end-of-life care.

DALLAS, Texas (TXAN 24) — Mark “Tattoo Mark” Shenefield, a well-known Dallas Cowboys superfan and philanthropist who dedicated years to bringing comfort to hospitalized children, has died unexpectedly, according to a news release issued Tuesday. Shenefield was the founder of the Tattoo Mark Foundation, an organization focused on raising funds, collecting teddy bears and delivering them to sick children in hospitals. Through the effort, he sought to give children and their f

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 4,500 people died from drowning each year from 2020 through 2022.

Garages of America is mourning the death of co-founder Jack Griffin, who died Sunday in a car accident near Gunter, Texas.

Houston recorded 121 pedestrian fatal crashes in 2024, the highest annual total in the five-year period from 2020 through 2024, according to an analysis of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data.

A 34-year-old Harris County man has been charged with tampering with evidence after deputies discovered his elderly mother’s body inside a duffel bag at a west Harris County home, according to court documents.

A Texas reserve police officer is facing multiple homicide charges in Mexico after authorities say a custody dispute over his young son escalated into a deadly shooting that left three people dead and the child’s mother critically injured.

A person is dead after a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper shot them during a reported suicidal-person call in Brownsboro, Texas.

Dallas has the highest rate of fatal crashes involving impaired drivers among the nation’s 50 largest cities, according to a new analysis of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data.

Texas recorded more animal-related deaths than any other state between 1999 and 2024, according to a new analysis of federal mortality data by outdoor recreation website Outforia.

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.

Tanner Horner, who confessed to the November 2023 killing of 7-year-old Athena Strand, was given the death penalty sentence Tuesday by a Wise County jury.

Texas continues to lead the nation in fatal motor vehicle crashes, according to newly analyzed federal data highlighting the scale of roadwa

The investigation into a deadly shooting at Club Exotic in Smith County has led to multiple arrests, with more expected, according to Sherif

The Smith County Sheriff’s Office has identified the two men killed in a double shooting early Sunday morning in Tyler.

A mass shooting in downtown Austin early Sunday left three dead and 14 injured, with federal authorities now treating the incident as a poss