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Texas Lets Adult Trans Prisoners Keep Hormones While Under-18s Are Weaned Off, TDCJ Policy Says

A July 2026 Texas prison policy document says adults with documented gender dysphoria treatment may continue hormones, while state law requires some minors on prescriptions to taper treatment.

International Business Times UK · Sep 28

Texas Teens Walk Out in Protests After Austin ICE Shooting of Wilber Garcés Pérez. Sept. 30 Court Date Set

Pflugerville students walked out after an ICE officer shot DoorDash driver Wilber Garcés Pérez. What we know before his Sept. 30 federal hearing.

Latin Times · Sep 23

Texas Moves To Protect Kids—and Women—From 'Demonic' Sex Education Book

The book is part of a wider spate of "dirty" and "vulgar" books that authorities want yanked, including an educational book that mentions animal penis sizes and classic literature by authors like Tennessee Williams and Maya Angelou.

Reason · Aug 26

Waymo cars are still breaking the law in Austin despite company saying software was updated, new video shows

Waymo quickly issued a voluntary software recall for 3,000 of its vehicles due to an issue that caused the autonomous cars to drive past stopped school buses

The Independent UK · Jan 14

Two thrill-seekers stuck on top of Texas rollercoaster for more than an hour after terrifying malfunction

One of the thrill seekers was left with symptoms ‘consistent with blood pooling’ due to be in the air for so long

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2025

Texas teen hospitalized with severe burns after TikTok experiment goes horribly wrong: ‘My shirt was on fire’

Twelve-year-old Caden Ballard and his older brother saw a video on the social media app which involved putting rubbing alcohol into a bottle and setting it on fire, making flames shoot up the bottle

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2025

Texas officials long feared for riverbank summer camps. A warning system was rejected as too expensive

Camp Mystic, the Christian girl’s camp, reported that 27 campers and staffers had been killed in last week’s flash flooding

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025

Texas mortuary worker accused of dismembering corpses to perform ‘experiments’

Adeline Ngan-Binh Bui, 50, carried out the alleged crimes while employed at Capital Mortuary Services in north Austin

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025

Harris Supporters in Texas Receive Threatening Flyers Signed By 'Grand Dragon of Trump Klan': You Are In 'Our National Database'

Police are investigating flyers left for Kamala Harris supporters, claiming they are in a "national database" and will be audited by the IRS when "Donald Trump assumes the Presidency again."

International Business Times · Oct 29, 2024

Kamala Supporters in Texas Receive Threatening Flyers Signed By 'Grand Dragon of Trump Klan': You Are In 'Our National Database'

Police are investigating flyers left for Kamala Harris supporters, claiming they are in a "national database" and will be audited by the IRS when "Donald Trump assumes the Presidency again."

Latin Times · Oct 28, 2024