Over 20 people injured in apparent gas explosion at Texas hotel
Fort Worth authorities said some were trapped in basement before found by rescue crews and one person was in critical condition
November 2023
Texas’s Kay Granger, longest-serving Republican congresswoman, to retire
First elected in 1996, Granger – Republican chair of the House appropriations committee – will retire in 2024
July 2023
Biden decries gun violence as shootings across US mar Fourth of July festivities
At least 15 people shot dead across the country in mass shootings so far on the holiday weekend celebrating the US’s independence
July 2022
How a moped crash led Cameron Norrie to a Wimbledon quarter-final
The last Brit standing at this year’s championship reveals how he was forced to turn his life around after an accident
February 2021
Texas interstate crash: at least five killed in pileup of up to 100 vehicles
Overnight freezing rain caused the pileup near Fort Worth which left a nearly mile-long wreckage and injured dozens of people
July 2020
NSA whistleblower Reality Winner tests positive for Covid-19 in prison
Winner says guards are mocking infected prisoners and that cleaning and isolation practices are inadequate
October 2019
'We will fight back': how the police killing of a black woman in Texas sparked fear and anger
The officer who shot Atatiana Jefferson was charged with murder – but as police killings continue across the country, communities say the system itself needs to change
Fort Worth police chief: 'absolutely no excuse' for officer killing black woman
Officer Aaron Dean charged with murder after Atatiana Jefferson, 28, shot dead as victim’s family accuse police of underhand tactics
'That's murder': Fort Worth police officer shoots woman inside her home
Lawyer and family of Atatiana Jefferson, 28, demand answers over why officer shot so quickly while investigating report of a door left open
June 2016
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Police find body of murdered US freelance journalist
Press freedom watchdog calls for full investigation into the motive
January 2014
The amazing world of sport
Stunt biker on BMX rides across arches of Texas bridge – video
Mat Olson dons a helmet camera to capture his feat: traversing the support spans of the new Seventh Street Bridge
October 2010
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Joel Burns tells gay teenagers of Fort Worth: 'Stick around, it gets better'
Texas councilman makes heart-wrenching plea for young people not to cave in to bullying about their sexuality
May 2009
Texas museum acquires work believed to be Michelangelo's first painting
The Kimbell Art Museum, based in Fort Worth, paid an undisclosed figure for The Torment of St Anthony
July 2006
BetonSports chief waives bail rights during Texas court hearing
Wearing an orange prison-issue jumpsuit, BetonSports' chief executive, David Carruthers, made a brief court appearance yesterday and was remanded in custody for a long-distance transfer across America's midwest.
August 2004
Death row artist asks for life
A Texas murderer who has taken his fight for clemency to the internet, where he sells handmade greeting cards and other artworks, is asking the state parole board to give him life in jail instead of the execution due on August 26.
