Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Police say a man suspected of stealing a vehicle in North Texas has died after being hit by another vehicle while fleeing on foot. Arlington police say the man died Tuesday night after being hit. Police say the man was confronted by the person whose vehicle he was accused of stealing...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Fort Worth police say a 25-year-old man died from injuries suffered during a fistfight with his brother. The man was pronounced dead Saturday at a hospital, a day after the fight. The Tarrant County medical examiner's office ruled his death a homicide caused by blunt-force trauma of the head due to an assault by another person...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a dispute involving deaf people in Texas who say driver instruction schools in the state won't let them take classes needed to get a driver's license. The justices said Tuesday they will consider whether a Texas state agency that outsources driver instruction to private contractors can be sued for refusing to make sure the schools accommodate people

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A $750,000 settlement has been reached with relatives of an unarmed motorist fatally shot by an off-duty South Texas sheriff's deputy. The family of Mathew Jackson on Thursday agreed to settle the civil lawsuit...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas unemployment rate held steady in May at 4.4 percent. The Texas Workforce Commission on Friday reported the statewide jobless average last month remained the same as the April figure. Nationwide unemployment for May was 4...

BELTON, Texas (AP) — A former Texas law enforcement officer must serve life in prison without parole for the 2014 killing of Little River-Academy police Chief Lee Dixon. David Gene Risner was sentenced Wednesday night in Belton...

DALLAS (AP) — The 2016 State Fair of Texas will carry the theme "Celebrating Texas Agriculture." Fair officials on Wednesday announced details of the annual expo planned Sept. 30 through Oct. 23 in Dallas. Fairgoers can also get an inside look at the life of singer and songwriter Taylor Swift...

LAKEPORT, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a 3-year-old boy has died in an East Texas house fire that left three other people hurt. Gregg County officials are trying to determine what sparked the fire Tuesday afternoon at a rural home near Lakeport...

WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) — Police in North Texas say 34 immigrants smuggled in a closed truck trailer as temperatures topped the 90s have been detained following a nearly 600-mile drive from El Paso. Weatherford police say the men, women and three juveniles were tired, hungry and hot but all declined medical help after being located Sunday night...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An Austin police officer has shot and wounded a man armed with a machete to end a two-hour standoff in a neighborhood. Police Chief Art Acevedo (ah-seh-VAY'-doh) says the suspect was hospitalized in stable condition following the shooting before dawn Tuesday...