Rangers All-Star pitcher Jacob deGrom is excited to be going back to where his career began.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office says one of the first doctors in the U.S. accused of illegally providing care to transgender youth under GOP-led bans was found not to have broken the law.

Julian Sayin passed the first two tests in a season-long course on being the Ohio State quarterback.

The Big Ten’s lackluster schedule this week exemplifies a problem facing the conference.

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian rebuffed a question about Arch Manning’s physical well-being after videos posted on social media on the weekend sparked speculation the quarterback might have throwing issues.

Texas A&M's Cashius Howell sacked Utah State quarterback Bryson Barnes on three consecutive plays in the second quarter Saturday.

Powerball players in Missouri and Texas have won the nearly $1.8 billion jackpot, overcoming astronomical odds to end the lottery game’s three-month drought without a big winner.

The families of some of the children who died at Texas' Camp Mystic during catastrophic flooding two months joined Gov. Greg Abbott for a ceremonial bill signing.

A bill that would let Texas residents sue out-of-state abortion pill providers for up to $100,000 has been passed by lawmakers and sent to the governor.

Rep. Ronny Jackson has announced that the Navy has restored his retired rank of rear admiral.

Ohio State is back at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll ahead of No. 2 Penn State and No. 3 LSU, which was joined this week by No. 5 Miami in the top five.

As wrestling great Ric Flair famously said, to be the man, you gotta beat the man.

The Texas Rangers are making a push for the playoffs.

Distracted driving endangers lives on the road every day, and a researcher at Virginia Tech is sharing tips on how to stay safe when your phone tempts you while you’re behind the wheel.

The Dallas Cowboys have signed cornerback DaRon Bland to a $92 million, four-year contract extension four days before the NFL opener at defending champ and NFC East rival Philadelphia.

A U.S. judge has blocked the government from deporting Guatemalan children who had crossed the border without their families.

Julian Sayin had a 40-yard touchdown pass to Carnell Tate early in the fourth quarter, Ohio State got a couple of key stops in the red zone and the third-ranked Buckeyes opened the defense of their national championship with a 14-7 victory over top-ranked Texas.

Lee Corso has made his final headgear pick on ESPN's "College GameDay," choosing Brutus Buckeye.

A feud over management of one of North America's longest rivers has been simmering in the courts for years.

A Florida man who fatally stabbed a married couple during a robbery is scheduled for execution in Florida under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Missouri’s Republican governor is calling a special legislative session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts.

Former Major League Baseball star Mark Teixeira is seeking the Republican nomination for a House seat in Texas.

Adolis García, Joc Pederson and Kyle Higashioka each hit a three-run homer, Corey Seager went deep a team-leading 21st time and the Texas Rangers blew out the Los Angeles Angels 20-3.

The Uvalde school district released only a small fraction of the documents it said would be made public related to the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre.

Coach Ryan Day is keeping it simple for Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin before his first college start on Saturday.

Voting-rights advocates are suing to overturn all of the redistricting plans drawn by Texas Republicans meant to favor Republicans in 2026 midterm elections, saying the map weakens the electoral influence of Black voters.

Texas Rangers right-hander Nathan Eovaldi is likely done for the season because of a rotator cuff strain.

Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington says he's recovering from quadruple bypass heart surgery.

United States attacking midfielder Gio Reyna is switching Borussias.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to sign a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans maintain their slim majority in Congress.

The push to redraw congressional maps in Texas is shifting the dynamics of the state’s 2026 Senate campaign.

Joe Milton ran for a touchdown and threw for a score, and the Dallas Cowboys beat the Atlanta Falcons 31-13 in the preseason finale for both teams.

Texas is favored to win the national championship, with Arch Manning leading the Heisman Trophy race.

Moves by Texas Republicans and California Democrats to redraw their U.S. House districts could disrupt a rare partisan balance in American politics.

The Texas Senate has given final approval to a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature.

With 2 1/2 weeks left in the WNBA’s regular season, the league has already broken its single-season attendance record.

A Republican congressman from Texas, Chip Roy, says he's running for state attorney general.

California voters will decide in a November special election whether to approve a redrawn congressional map designed to help Democrats win five more U.S. House seats next year.

Former President Barack Obama has expressed support for California Governor Gavin Newsom's approach to redistricting.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Texas from requiring nearly a dozen public school districts across the state to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom.

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives has passed a redrawn congressional map that creates up to five new winnable GOP seats in Congress.

The Texas Rangers are skipping Jacob deGrom's scheduled start this week due to shoulder fatigue.

Texas Democrats are joining a colleague who can't leave the state Capitol because she won't agree to having law enforcement officers shadow her.

There’s so much speculation about Texas quarterback Arch Manning’s future, in the media and even within his own family, that it can be hard for even him to keep up.

Here's all you need to know about gerrymandering and redistricting.

A California hearing on Democrats' redistricting effort turned into a shouting match Tuesday.

Texas Democrats have ended a two-week walkout that stalled efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Donald Trump’s desire to reshape U.S. House maps to his advantage.

A federal appeals court has upheld a law strengthening the rights of pregnant workers, vacating a judge’s earlier order that had stripped those protections from Texas state employees.

No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Penn State each had three players selected for the preseason AP All-America team.

The California Legislature comes back from a summer recess and is slated to vote on a partisan plan to redraw congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Democrats have struggled to find effective ways to oppose President Donald Trump, and even some Democratic voters describe the party as weak.

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies to ramp up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots now in Mexico from damaging the American cattle industry.

WK Kellogg Co. plans to remove artificial dyes from its breakfast cereals in the next two and a half years.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for a special election on Nov. 4 to introduce new U.S. House maps.

Police say a Texas man fatally shot three people in a Target parking lot, including a child and her grandfather.

Texas, Penn State, Ohio State and Clemson would be the top four seeds in the College Football Playoff based on The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating the partisan redistricting fight by asking a judge to hold progressive activist Beto O'Rourke in contempt.

Police body camera footage shows desperate parents begging law enforcement officers to storm an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in the frantic minutes after a gunman opened fire.

Delivery drones are supposed to be fast, yet the long-promised technology has been slow to take off in the United States.

School district officials have released text messages, personnel files and student records of the shooter from the 2022 attack at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers.

Police say two adults and a child have been killed in a shooting outside a Target store in Austin, Texas, and a suspect has been detained.

The Associated Press preseason Top 25 college football poll is out and it's topped by Texas for the first time in an opening poll.

Texas Republicans were unable again Monday to approve new congressional districts to meet President Donald Trump’s demands.

Texas Republicans have escalated the penalties against Democrats as they enter a second week camped out in states across the country to block new U.S. House maps pushed for by President Donald Trump to win more seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

At the core of the fight in Texas over redrawing the state’s congressional districts is a debate over a time-honored right spelled out in the Constitution: Every two years, “the People” get to pick someone to represent their interests in the U.S. House of Representatives.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have appeared shoulder-to-shoulder with Texas Democratic lawmakers in a show of support for their nearly weeklong walkout.

The Associated Press has assembled a chronology of chaotic rescue efforts as a flash flood barreled through the Hill Country of Central Texas before dawn July 4.

California Democrats are rushing to schedule an election to remake U.S. House districts to counter plans to boost Republican seats in Texas.

President Donald Trump is increasing pressure on Republican-led states to redraw congressional boundaries.

Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state to block a Republican plan for congressional redistricting are pleading for donations to help cover their costs.

Tens of thousands of U.S. college students without legal residency are losing access to in-state tuition as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration.

IndyCar driver Pato O’Ward and series officials are shocked by a social media post from the Department of Homeland Security.

The shooting of five U.S. Army soldiers at a base in Georgia is the latest in a list of violent occurrences at American military installations over the years.

A redistricting battle for partisan advantage in Congress is spreading across states.

Aaron Judge is back in the lineup as the designated hitter for the New York Yankees following a 10-day stint on the injured list with a flexor tendon strain in his right elbow.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to remove from office a top state lawmaker he called the “ringleader” of Democrats who left the state to block a vote on a new congressional voting map pushed by President Donald Trump.

The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, part of a congressional probe that lawmakers believe may show links to President Donald Trump and other former top officials.

California Democrats are weighing new political maps that could slash five Republican-held House seats in the liberal-leaning state while bolstering Democratic incumbents in other battleground districts.

Aaron Judge has been activated off the 10-day injured list by the New York Yankees and is set to return Tuesday night at the Texas Rangers.

Dozens of Democratic state lawmakers in Texas have scattered across the country in a last-ditch effort to prevent Republicans from adopting U.S. House maps that President Donald Trump wants in place before the 2026 midterm elections.

A spat over congressional redistricting in Texas marks the latest episode in a long national history of gerrymandering.

Dozens of Democratic lawmakers have left Texas in an attempt to block the adoption of redrawn U.S. House maps sought by President Donald Trump.

Texas Democrats have prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn congressional map sought by President Donald Trump.

Texas Democrats have fled the state in an effort to keep Republicans from approving a new U.S. House map that could boost their slim congressional majority next year.

Texas Democrats have left the state in an attempt to prevent the state House from holding a vote Monday on new congressional maps that Republicans hope will net them several additional U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterm elections.

Some Republican-controlled states are moving to redraw legislative maps to pad their party's narrow House majority in Washington.

Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been moved from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas as her criminal case generates renewed public attention.

Exxon Mobil’s profit dropped in the second quarter to the lowest level in four years as oil prices declined amid an increase in production by OPEC+, but the results still managed to beat Wall Street’s expectations.

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high.

Léon Marchand of France has won gold in the 200-meter individual medley at the swimming world championships in Singapore and it had a Texas flavor to it.

Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood that caused widespread destruction and killed more than 130 people.

Texas Republicans have proposed a new congressional map that creates five additional GOP-leaning districts as they brace for a challenging midterm election in 2026.

A massive AI data center proposed near Cheyenne, Wyoming, would use more electricity than all homes in the state combined.

Waymo has announced plans to expand its robotaxi service to Dallas next year.

Leaders of the county where 19 students and two teachers were killed in the 2022 shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, have voted to release records related to the massacre.

Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ruling.

Congress is considering proposals from President Donald Trump to slash funding for disability rights centers in each state, and advocates worry that they could lose more than 60% their federal dollars.

The White House is focusing on redistricting efforts beyond Texas to help Republicans maintain control of the U.S. House in 2026.

Texas Democrats on Thursday slammed the GOP's unusual push to redraw the state's House maps to win more seats ahead of the 2026 elections.

Sam Surridge, Tai Baribo and Brian White scored goals and Major League Soccer defeated Liga MX of Mexico 3-1 in the MLS All-Star Game.