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Health officials in Lubbock, Texas, held a press conference on Wednesday following confirmation of the first death related to the current measles outbreak.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s failure to obtain permission before using corpses for research may have violated state law, authorities said.

A person who was hospitalized with measles has died in West Texas, marking the first death in an outbreak that began late last month.

The measles outbreak in West Texas has increased to 124 cases, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

A Texas lawmaker horrified by an NBC News investigation into a medical school that profited from the bodies of the poor and vulnerable moved this week to ban the practice, introducing a bill that would make it illegal in the state to perform medical research on a corpse without explicit consent.

The company says the layoffs are part of its plan to minimize costs and increase efficiencies. 

Officials say a parent tackled a man who opened fire during a band competition at a Houston-area high school as several others then helped disarm and detain him.

At least seven officers were shot while responding to a call at an apartment for a “possible suicide in progress” in San Antonio on Wednesday.

The unidentified suspect shot an officer who first arrived at the scene then proceeded to shoot six more officers more, the San Antonio Police Department said.

In an announcement Monday, the University of North Texas System Board of Regents said it had accepted Sylvia Trent-Adams’ resignation.

The truck driver in a Texas smuggling attempt that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants in a sweltering tractor-trailer without air conditioner has pleaded guilty.

“Drug-addicted rats” are eating narcotics seized and stored by Houston police, prompting a change in how long the department is required to store the evidence, officials said.

Flags have been lowered to half-staff at many federal and public buildings across the country in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29.

Several North Texas counties, including Dallas and Tarrant, are under a winter storm warning in effect until Friday at noon.

Bottles of sulfuric acid were found in a unit northwest of Houston during a search by the FBI and Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

At least two people were killed and six more injured as several tornadoes touched down in Texas and Mississippi on Saturday, damaging homes and flipping vehicles as the storm system moved east across Alabama early Sunday.

Millions of people from across the South are under threat of damaging winds, strong tornadoes and hail Saturday as the region braces for more potential destructive storms.

Peyote, a cactus that contains mescaline, a hallucinogen, grows naturally in South Texas and northern Mexico. It is sacred to many Indigenous people, playing a central role in their ceremonies, spiritual practice and medicine.

A Texas medical school suspended its body donation program, major biotech companies responded and lawmakers called for accountability.

Authorities in Texas say law enforcement has fatally shot a fleeing motorist who drove into a JCPenney at a busy shopping mall Saturday. Five bystanders were injured. Sgt. Bryan Washko of the Texas Department of Public Safety says the five are at area hospitals. They range in age from 6 to 75 years old. Washko says chase the pursuit began...