A dead man was found Monday on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol, authorities say.

More than two dozen University of Texas students have tested positive for the coronavirus after taking a spring break trip to Mexico, public health officials said.

Austin is joining other major Texas cities in closing bars and restaurant dining rooms to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

Austin is the latest Texas community to prohibit large gatherings as a way to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus.

Two presumptive positive cases have been reported in Austin, health officials said Friday morning according to NBC affiliate KXAN. A man in his 60s is hospitalized, and a woman in her 30s is quarantined at her home, said Austin Public Health interim health authority Dr. Mark Escott. Both tested positive for COVID-19. “Austin Public Health has received two presumptive positive…

The University of Texas in Austin announced Wednesday night that spring break will be extended by one week due to concerns over the coronavirus. Classes are expected to resume on campus on Monday, March 30. A media release from the univeristy says “The university will remain open, and the additional week of spring break will provide UT faculty and staff…

A 10-year-old Austin boy has set up a hand sanitizer stand, and business is booming.

Austin Mayor Steve Adler announced Friday he’s declared a declaration of disaster in the city and has canceled the upcoming SXSW music festival.

A Texas woman accused of stabbing and beheading her 5-year-old daughter in 2017 has been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Netflix is canceling its South by Southwest screenings and events amid concerns about the outbreak of the new coronavirus.

Facebook announced late Monday it would not participate in South by Southwest, joining Twitter as the second tech giant to pull out of the conference amid growing anxiety about the coronavirus.

Living in an apartment with your canine companion isn’t much different from living with a human roommate: They don’t clean, they don’t pay for groceries and you’re starting to suspect they don’t even have a job.
But canine roommates present additional, unique challenges.

Temperatures soared to 96 degrees in Wilmington, North Carolina on Thursday. So, Melissa Martin and Denise Mintz gathered up their dogs Abby, Harpo and Izzy and headed to a nearby pond for a swim. Hours later, all three pups were dead.

A driver has been arrested after police said he fatally struck a pedestrian in Austin, Texas, kept driving for about half a mile with the mangled body in the car and then went to a beer garden.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s return to a courtroom had nothing to do with suing Washington.

Texas is aiming to incentivize new peace officers to join departments around the state by implementing a student loan assistance repayment program.

The cancer charity whose yellow wristbands became a global brand under founder Lance Armstrong is seeking to reinvent itself, years after donations and revenues crashed along with the disgraced cyclist’s career.

The University of Texas at Austin has announced a new partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation that will provide scholarships and support services to low-income students. UT said Friday that the partnership will be modeled on the Dell Foundation’s Dell Scholars program, which has served 5,000 low-income students at over 800 universities nationwide. The program also helped these…

Atari, the arcade game company that ushered in the gaming revolution in the 1980s, is opening eight video game-themed hotels across the U.S. The company said this week it will break ground on its first hotel later this year in Phoenix

A woman accused of kidnapping an Austin mother who was later found dead was indicted Tuesday on a capital murder charge. The indictment accused Magen Fieramusca, 34, of strangling Heidi Broussard with a leash and her hands on or about Dec. 12, the day Broussard and daughter Margot Carey were reported missing from their apartment in southern Austin. An arrest…

A Texas man’s terrible headaches were reportedly caused by a tapeworm in his brain, the Fort Worth Star Telegram reports. According to the Fort Worth Star Telegram, the man is from Austin and experienced debilitating headaches for months before he passed out at a soccer game. Doctors examined the man and found a tapeworm lodged in his brain, the...

An Amber Alert issued out of Austin Saturday for a 12-year-old girl has been canceled. Avery Reynolds, who had last been seen Jan. 10, was located and the Amber Alert was canceled, according to the Austin ISD Police Department. Reynolds had last been seen Jan. 10, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Taco Cabana’s parent company, Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc., says they are immediately shutting down 19 of their 164 restaurants in Texas, including eight in Dallas-Fort Worth. The company said the 19 restaurants were underperforming and that while they contributed to approximately $24.5 million in earnings they also had $4.2 million in pre-tax operating losses, including $2 million in depreciation expense,…

A Greek court on Monday indefinitely postponed the retrial of seven suspects on murder charges over the 2017 fatal beating of a Texan tourist on an island resort. The postponement was granted following a request by some of the defendants’ lawyers, who were trying separate cases on the same day. Monday’s postponement was the second, after the court in the…

Mike Bloomberg isn’t going to be the loudest campaigner in the Democratic primary contest, and he’s not planning to spend time talking about his rivals. With the first votes just weeks away, he acts more like he’s running in a general election than a primary. While the top Democratic candidates campaigned in Iowa and Nevada this weekend, Bloomberg was...

A Greek court has postponed the retrial of seven suspects on murder charges over the 2017 fatal beating of a Texan tourist on an island resort. It is to allow a lawyer newly hired by the victim’s family to familiarize himself with the case. The court on Wednesday postponed the case until Jan. 13. Six of the men, five Serbian...

Cyber attack attempts originating in Iran are increasing, Texas officials said Tuesday. Over the previous two days, as many as 10,000 “probes” of state agencies’ IT systems per minute came from Iran, according to Gov. Greg Abbott and state Department of Information Resources executive director Amanda Crawford. “It’s very important that everybody be particularly vigilant right now about what may…

The man accused of stabbing two people inside an Austin restaurant, killing a manager, has died of injuries he sustained after jumping from the roof of the building, police said.

It’s that time of year again: Watery eyes, runny nose, and lots and lots of sneezing. Allergy sufferers know “Cedar Fever” well. The culprit? Cedar pollen. Specifically, we’re talking about Mountain Cedar, which is also known as Juniper. Mountain cedar season runs from late December to February, so, unfortunately, it’s just getting started. As the pollen becomes airborne down...

Emergency officials say one person was killed and three others hurt in a reported “stabbing incident” in downtown Austin, Texas. Police say a suspect was taken into custody Friday morning. Austin-Travis County EMS said a man in his 20s was pronounced dead and a man in his 50s was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. Two others were being...

Emergency crews were called out for a “wilderness rescue” along the cliffs adjacent to the Pennybacker Bridge over the Colorado River on Lake Austin Thursday. Austin Fire Chief Travis Walden told KXAN-TV a female, in her late teens, was walking her dog, but when the dog slipped and went over the cliff she went after the dog and went over…

An Austin resident who was diagnosed with measles is no longer a health threat, but officials are urging some people to get medical attention if they develop a fever before New Year’s Day. Public health officials made the plea to anyone who visited specific Austin locations that the affected resident was in between Dec. 14 and Dec. 17. The Austin…

Margot Carey, the baby found in the Houston-area after her and her mother were missing, was reunited with her father in Austin Monday night, NBC affiliate KPRC reported. Many law enforcement agencies were searching for her and her 33-year-old mother Heidi Broussard after they were both reported missing on Dec. 12. Broussard was found dead Thursday night at a home…

More than a week after a 33-year-old Texas mother and her infant daughter vanished, authorities said Friday they found the woman dead more than 100 miles away but the baby safe, and have charged a suspect with kidnapping and tampering with a corpse. Heidi Broussard and her 1-month-old daughter, Margo Carey, were last seen Dec. 12 in their hometown of…

Austin police investigating the disappearance of 33-year-old Heidi Broussard and her 3-week-old daughter Margot Carey say a healthy infant was found at a home in Houston Thursday night and that a woman’s body was found nearby. Police confirmed Friday that a person has been arrested and charged with kidnapping and tampering with a corpse, but the identity of that...

A Minnesota developer that’s planning one of Uptown Dallas’ biggest real estate projects has an even bigger deal in Austin. Ryan Cos., architect Page Southerland Page and banking firm BBVA USA plan to build a 60-story downtown Austin skyscraper that will have both office and residential space. The new tower, which will be the second-highest in Austin and one...

Federal investigators are now involved in the case of a Texas mother and her newborn daughter reported missing last week. Heidi Broussard, 33, and her daughter, Margot Carey, who was born Nov. 26, were reported missing Thursday evening. Police in Austin say the two were last seen on a school security photo as Broussard dropped off a child at an…

A former Texas police officer has admitted that he fatally shot his pregnant girlfriend, reversing his not guilty plea and bringing his capital murder case to a close just months before he was scheduled to go on trial. Ex-Austin officer VonTrey Clark will be sentenced to life in prison without parole under the plea agreement, the Austin American-Statesmen reported. Prosecutors…

Colorado is the only state in the country to cap insulin co-pay costs at $100 for patients with health insurance, but other states, including Texas, are starting to explore the possibility, Austin’s KXAN reports. According to KXAN, a state plan released by the Texas Diabetes Council outlines these co-pay caps as a priority and it says they are “a key…

University of Texas regents on Monday approved a new Longhorns product licensing management agreement in a long-term deal worth an estimated $100 million for the school. The contract with Collegiate Licensing Co. re-partners Texas with the company that helped the school and Longhorns logo become a licensing juggernaut starting in the late 1990s, and boost its athletic department into one…

As Texas legislators work towards possibly making CBD legal in the state, confiscation of the oil by federal officers has “skyrocketed” this year at DFW Airport, NBC 5 Investigates has learned.

At a Senate Committee hearing in Austin Tuesday, a state senator offered some insight into a lingering question at the capitol: What does Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) think about efforts to legalize CBD oil?

A 22-year-old college senior and 38-year-old businessman were among three people killed when a single-engine plane crashed into a commercial part of San Antonio.

The tradition of decorating trees on Loop 360 during the Christmas season dates back to the 90s, but some groups feel the decorations may harm the environment.

Let’s start with the bad news…it’s going to be a soggy Saturday. Yep, the timing is terrible. Expect several hours of rain Saturday afternoon.

Big 12 closing out this regular season with two rivalry games: Bedlam and `Farmageddon.’

After being at the scene of a motorcycle accident in Dallas, a man asked lawmakers to write a bill calling for mandatory helmets.

The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office will seek enhanced penalties for anyone caught looting in the areas hit hardest by the Oct. 20 tornadoes.

A forum organized by Ross Perot Jr. eyed the future of air travel and how people can one day go to work or home in air taxis as easily as calling an Uber.

A new judge has been assigned to death row inmate Rodney Reed’s case, one week after the highest criminal court in Texas canceled his execution scheduled this month.

President Trump is set to visit Apple’s new $1 billion campus in Austin on Wednesday.

A prominent Texas state lawmaker admitted that he dropped an envelope containing cocaine at an Austin airport.

The Dallas County Criminal District Attorney’s Office says they will seek enhanced penalties for anyone caught looting in tornado-ravaged areas of Dallas County.

With a combined 211 years between them, Charlotte and John Henderson, from Austin, Texas, have been named the oldest living couple by Guinness World Records. John Henderson is 106 — he turns 107 next month — and Charlotte Henderson is 105. They will be married 80 years on Dec. 15. The pair met in 1934 as students at the University...

A substitute teacher has been fired and charged with aggravated assault following the beating of a 15-year-old female high school student in an incident captured on video.

A substitute teacher in Texas was fired and arrested Friday after a video showing her allegedly assaulting a high school sophomore was posted online, NBC News reported. The teacher, Tiffani Shadell Lankford, 32, was charged with aggravated assault after the incident occurred at Lehman High School in the city of Kyle, south of Austin, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office said....

Supporters of a Texas death row inmate who is facing lethal injection in less than two weeks for a murder he says he didn’t commit are mounting a final push in the courts and on social media to stop his execution, which is being called into question by lawmakers, pastors, celebrities and the European Union. Read More

Supporters of a Texas death row inmate who is facing lethal injection in less than two weeks for a murder he says he didn’t commit are mounting a final push in the courts and on social media to stop his execution, which is being called into question by lawmakers, pastors, celebrities and the European Union. Read More

The pastor from First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs is running for the Texas Senate. He says mass shootings around the country, after the one at his own parish, motivated him to seek office.

The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity at the University of Texas has been shut down after a university investigation into hazing allegations.

A Texas lawyer has been convicted of corruption for scamming roughly $1.5 million from international drug traffickers whom authorities say turned him to the FBI.

A Texas man must serve three years in federal prison for creating fake political action committees in 2016 supporting Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders that raised more than $500,000.

Vice President Mike Pence used a stop at an Army post in Texas to praise U.S. military forces whose weekend raid left Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dead.

A 27-year-old Austin, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to stalking and sending threatening letters and emails to pop star Taylor Swift’s former record label. Federal prosecutors in Nashville, Tennessee, said in a news release the letters to Big Machine Label Group began in January 2018 with Eric Swarbrick asking the CEO to introduce him to Swift.

A traveling college-readiness tour offered roughly half a million dollars in scholarship money to North Texas students.

Taos Air has announced that it will relaunch flights to Austin and Dallas in December, giving some Texans direct access to northern New Mexico for the ski season.

A street fight in Austin resulted in a scooter being thrown through a car windshield and prompted a response from Governor Abbott.

Rapper Post Malone — who is from Grapevine — has a new collaboration with Bud Light, where his smiling face is printed on bright blue beer cans.

A convention opening in Dallas on Friday is aimed at exploring the age-old question: Do aliens really exist?

“Joker” will premiere in theaters across the country this weekend.

A Texas woman said she was shamed online by a potential employer who took a photo of her in a bikini from her Instagram account and shared it on the company’s page while warning other applicants that it was unprofessional, NBC News reports. Emily Clow, who according to her Twitter account lives in Austin, said she applied for a marketing...

Every morning on NBC 5 Today we like to say, “Make it a good day, on purpose.” We’re introducing you to a young man who has made it his mission to help you live a “purposeful” life.

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke says President Donald Trump should resign as Congress begins an impeachment investigation. O’Rourke said Saturday there shouldn’t be a fear of an impeachment probe intensifying partisan divisions. The former Texas congressman said at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin that he believes impeaching Trump would ultimately unify the country. But O’Rourke says “the best thing”...

The U.S. Army is not publicly releasing its full investigation into a 2016 training accident at a Texas military post that left nine dead.

Apple will continue manufacturing its Mac Pro computers in Texas after the Trump administration approved its request to waive tariffs on certain parts from China.

Former University of Texas quarterback Jevan Snead has died, according to a tweet from the Longhorns football program.

Two people are dead after a crash in Cleburne Saturday afternoon that involved a truck pulling a cattle trailer, police said.

The House Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety met for the first time on Tuesday. The committee was formed after two mass shootings in Texas within a month.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) hosted the 2019 Star of Texas Awards Wednesday, honoring peace officers, firefighters and emergency first responders.

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Investigators in Wise County say they’ve made an arrest in the murder of a young mother killed inside her Lake Bridgeport home before it was set on fire earlier this summer.

Zooey Deschanel and Jacob Pechenik have called it quits. The “New Girl” alum and her film producer beau have split after four years of marriage.

Week two of the college football season is here. I love the LSU vs. Texas matchup. We are lucky to get this so early in the season. I love the storyline of the coaches in this matchup.

University of Texas will retire the No. 33 jersey of women’s basketball player Kamie Ethridge, the first time the school has so honored a female athlete.

A trial against a former bar owner accused of sexual assault ended in a mistrial Thursday. He’s accused of sexually assaulting a female customer inside the Fort Worth business in an attack that was captured on surveillance cameras.

Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey will join the University of Texas as a professor who this fall will teach in the university’s Department of Radio-Television-Film. McConaughey has been a visiting instructor at the flagship campus in Austin since 2015 and the university said in a statement Wednesday that the appointment recognizes his “outstanding work as a teacher and mentor.”

Former NFL running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in Texas. He was 36.

Texas law enforcement officials want your help identifying a woman described as a serial “wedding crasher” who’s accused of showing up to wedding parties uninvited and stealing gifts.

Police say they have located the Austin three-week-old for whom an Amber Alert was issued Monday afternoon.

Prosecutors say the founder of a Texas company that sold plans to make untraceable 3D printed guns has pleaded guilty to having sex with an underage girl.

A Burnet woman says she spent the night in the hospital after swallowing two screws — which she says were secretly planted inside a banana she bought from the grocery store.

Authorities have used DNA testing to identify a Texas woman found dead 40 years ago and previously known as “Orange Socks” for the only clothing on her body

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to make an address shortly on the mass shooting in El Paso.

Eight-term North Texas U.S. Rep. Kenny Marchant announced his retirement Monday.

A Central Texas airport has begun testing a driverless shuttle outfitted with cameras and sensors to make sure passengers are safely transported and not in danger of being hit.

A controversial new ordinance that will require most businesses in Dallas to provide paid sick time for their employees took effect Thursday.

The Texas Department of Public Safety says its chief of intelligence and counterterrorism has been arrested on a sexual assault charge and was fired.

A man who prosecutors say faked being a law officer and stole more than $300,000 from immigrants in Texas and Illinois who were seeking legal status has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.

The MoPac Expressway in south Austin has been under construction for more than a year now, and KXAN learned the La Crosse Avenue bridge project is being delayed.

A historic rural Roman Catholic church that had served its surrounding Central Texas farming community for more than a century has burned to the ground.