Sources: BBC
SpaceX launches the first test flight of Starship, the largest and most powerful launch vehicle to ever fly, from Starbase in South Texas. The vehicle successfully launched but lost control and the flight was explosively terminated four minutes after liftoff. 2023-04-20
One person is killed and three others injured after a mass shooting in a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, United States. 2023-02-15
Texas senator Ted Cruz said he will support Donald Trump in the 2020 elections. 2018-04-25
At least eight people have died in the American state of Texas with 30,000 residents in the city of Houston expected to seek temporary shelter. 2017-08-28
A Texas jury awards T. Boone Pickens and his Mesa Petroleum partners $140 million as a result of systemic underpayment of profits and ownership from 160 oil wells in Reeves and Pecos counties. 2016-11-23
The Supreme Court of the United States strikes down a law that would have required abortion clinics in Texas to upgrade in order to meet new "hospital-like" standards. Supporters of abortion rights said that the proposed law would force nearly all abortion clinics in the state to shut down, while their opponents argued for women's health benefits. 2016-06-27
A man fires two shots into the ceiling of Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, United States with a rifle before killing himself. 2013-05-2
Voters in the US state of Texas go to the polls for a runoff election in the Republican Senate primary with Ted Cruz defeating David Dewhurst. 2012-07-31
A mass shooting occurs in east Texas, United States. Four children are killed, all less than 5 years old. ([http:--edition.cnn.com-2011-12-01-justice-texas-mass-shooting-index.html?npt=NP1 CNN])2011-11-30
Eight states will gain seats in reapportionment for the 113th United States Congress, with Texas receiving four new seats and Florida receiving two. California fails to gain seats for the first time since 1920. Ten states will lose seats, with New York and Ohio each losing two. 2010-12-21