KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Four people remained hospitalized Monday, two in critical condition, after a weekend drag racing crash in the Texas Hill Country that killed two children, police said. The crash happened during a Saturday racing event on a runway at the Kerrville-Kerr County Airport, about 50 miles (85 kilometers) northwest of San Antonio. In a statement Monday, Kerrville …

WASHINGTON — As Texas and other states pass new limits on transgender students in schools that advocates say are harmful, Texas Democrats say federal legislation could be warranted to help protect them. With Gov. Greg Abbott signing a bill into law Monday that restricts transgender student athletes from playing on school sports teams that align with their gender identity, Texas …

The Texas state health department and providers across the state will receive approximately 1.3 million doses of the Pfizer pediatric vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, the Texas Department of State Health Services announced Monday. The vaccines, which have not yet been recommended or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, …

Lawyers representing the suspect in a Timberview High School shooting earlier this month reiterated allegations Monday that he had been bullied before the incident. The assertions came during a news conference, called days after Arlington’s police chief said the 18-year-old, Timothy George Simpkins, had been involved in “high-risk activity” that led to a disagreement at the school before the shooting. …

AUSTIN, Texas — A state district judge in Austin has denied a CBD retailer’s request to block Texas health officials from listing the popular cannabis extract delta-8 as an illegal drug in what is believed to be the first legal challenge to the state’s decision. State District Judge Gary Harger on Friday denied a request for a temporary restraining order …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In baseball, a key to hitting is muscle memory. It’s a skill developed through repetition. For Astros hitting coach Troy Snitker, this week not all of his repetition is around the batting cage. “We just keep saying, ‘We can’t believe this is happening,’ I can’t believe this is happening,” Troy Snitker told reporters. Troy’s father is …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Despite pledging not to accept per diem money during the quorum break this summer, has learned that only a few Democrats have returned the money. This summer, the majority of Texas House members broke quorum and threw two special sessions into chaos. A large group traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with lawmakers over voting legislation. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman said she thought she was going to die at the hands of her boyfriend last week as he drove around beating her in southeast Houston. Prisca Mendoza said the father of her four children showed up to a bar she was at late Thursday night and threw her into her truck. “He kept on …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The Harris County District Attorney’s Office accepted two intoxicated manslaughter charges this weekend and a third charge in a crash that killed a young woman early Monday morning. So far in 2021, there are more of these deadly incidents than in 2020. In 2019, there were 34 intoxication manslaughter charges in Harris County. In 2020, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — On Monday, Harris County Precinct 5 deputies arrested a man wanted for a road rage incident in which a truck driver was attacked on the North Freeway on Oct. 15. Stephen Sahr, 41, was arrested and charged with assault and deadly conduct after he swerved in front of a delivery truck in the second lane of …