Texas

The prisoner used a plastic spoon to pull out one of his eyes, then began trying to gouge the other eye. Now he's suing the prison and warden for understaffing.

The child led deputies from the Converse Police Department on a chase from behind the wheel of a black Toyota Tundra. It lasted between three and four miles and at points reached speeds of 50 miles per hour.

Elsa Alcala said the president's recent verbiage in attacking the "four women of color" serving in the House of Representatives was the final straw.

The 3-year-old girl was reportedly asked to choose between her mother and father by border agents, who told the family that they would be separated after arriving at the holding facility.

The newly identified dinosaur, named Aquilarhinus palimentus, represents an entirely new genus, or group of species.

Austin police entered room 219 of the Rodeway Inn several times, but couldn't find the victim until the suspect allegedly told them to look "inside the mattress."

Carli Saville took the photos of her father, Jeff, modeling different shirts before going out on a date. Jeff only wanted Saville to advise him on which shirt to wear, but she took it a step further and created a post that went viral.

"Just because you are black and have a nice car does not make you handicapped ;)," the note reportedly said.

"We will never know if the dogs killed Mr. Mack or consumed him after he died from a medical condition," said Johnson County Sheriff Adam King.

A federal grand jury has indicted a kitchen supervisor at the Rio Grande Detention Center in Laredo, Texas, for making a false statement and providing contraband in prison to an inmate, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick on Friday.

After video surfaced of a woman licking a pint of ice cream—and putting it back in the case—a Walmart in Corpus Christi wasn't taking any chances.

Police in Houston said a robbery suspect put down his gun on the fireworks stand's counter, only for it to be used against him.

"There is no telling how many I have in my yard," Pearland resident Marranda Ganucheau said.

One woman demanded free drinks for the rest of the night as compensation for the incident.

The proposal comes amid reports of dire conditions at border detention centers, with one Buzzfeed article on Thursday quoting the children living who are, by all appearances, living in squalid conditions.

Candace Owens mocked pictures showing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez breaking down outside Texas border detention facility, stages "photoshoot."

Despite the allegation, the woman currently has not been charged with any crime.

Jason Paul Robin, 24, and his fiancée Katharine Wyndham White, 21, from Harris county, were arrested earlier this week.

The incident took place at Plush Daiquiri Bar and Grill restaurant last Saturday. The restaurant owners stressed the comments do not reflect the business, saying: "It wasn't…anything personal."

Six people purchased $340 of soap, diapers, wipes and toys and drove to the Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas to deliver the items but were unable to do so.

"Violent crime, such as murder, armed robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, extortion, and sexual assault, is common," the U.S. State Department writes about Nuevo Laredo.

"You can't just show up and say, 'Let me in,' in general," noted attorney Robyn Barnard of Human Rights First.

The National Guard troops will assist Border Control and help facilitate commercial traffic coming across the border.

The Hispanic growth over the last eight years is more than the growth of blacks, whites and Asians combined.

The money includes boats on the Rio Grande, and planes to help detect "the drug cartels that are trying to smuggle people into our country," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said.

The group's super PAC status allows it to bring in and spend an unlimited amount of money on races and campaigns.

Six inches of rainfall has fallen in parts.

Whataburger, the famous burger chain with a 69-year legacy in Texas, has sold a majority interest in the company to Chicago-based investment banking firm BDT Capital.

"I want to get help for this alligator, I don't want to see an alligator swimming around with a knife in his head," local resident Erin Weaver told ABC13.

"We decided to take things into our own hands and that we have got to do something to protect our cities and to protect the unborn children."