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A Texas-based musical interpretation of the life of Jesus created by a teen missionary is closing after only one month due to a lack of ticket sales.

A tornado made landfall in northwest Texas Wednesday night, killing four and injuring 10 people.

Johnson Varkey, a former human biological professor at a Texas university, says he was fired for teaching students that sex is determined by the X and Y chromosomes and is considering legal action.

Three people were killed, and dozens more were injured when a tornado struck the town of Perryton, Texas, on Thursday.

The Texas legislature has passed a bill allowing schools to hire chaplains in addition to school counselors.

A GoFundMe campaign for the only surviving member of a Texas family killed in an outlet mall shooting has raised more than $1.8 million.

A prominent Texas pastor is calling for AR-15 rifles to be banned in light of a string of mass shootings – including one in his home state – that involved such a weapon.

A man killed eight people and injured at least 10 others after he drove his SUV into a crowd of people waiting at a bus stop on Sunday outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas.

“We think there can be a restoration of faith in America, and we think getting [the] Ten Commandments on these walls is a great way to do that. … We think we can really set a trend for the rest of the country.” Matt Krause, a former state representative and current employee of the First Liberty Institute, made that statement when he testified before the Texas Senate last month in defense of a bill that would require public schools to post a copy of the Ten Commandments in every classroom from kindergarten through high school. The bill passed earlier this week and is expected to go before the State House of Representatives soon.

The reasoning behind the legislation is that the Ten Commandments played a key role in the development of America’s founding documents and, as such, should be considered historical in nature rather than strictly religious. As one might expect, not everyone agrees with that assertion.

Arguments over the value of the proposed law could prove irrelevant, however, if the Supreme Court decides that it is unconstitutional.

A man suspected of killing five of his neighbors in Cleveland, Texas, was finally captured on Tuesday following a four-day manhunt.