Private foster care and adoption agencies in Texas are brokering contracts for moms to turn over their children in a murky legal world, spawning protracted civil custody battles.

As if everyday life in these United States wasn’t politicized enough, your local house of worship could soon become a part of ...

Fear and reticence spread in Fort Worth as Sally Mann’s nude photos of her children were held as police evidence.

The new date comes after Ken Paxton took over the case that could lead to the nation's first execution based on the contested ...

If approved, opponents warn that a massive new utility project could disrupt toxic sediment, and more, in Lake ...

Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.

The first data center for a $500-billion artificial intelligence project arrives in small-town Texas, alongside a potentially ...

A federally funded project at Rice University is trying to tackle that problem, but in just two counties so far.

A new book unearths a chapter of the state’s story when anti-intellectual fundamentalism was put to good ends.

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Aditya Panangat is a Texas-based machine learning researcher focused on the environmental impact of artificial intelligence.

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