A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.

A blast of extreme cold is poised to descend on the central US this weekend before spreading to New York and the rest of the East Coast, testing power grids and threatening to break temperature records.

Temperatures could dip to record lows along the Gulf Coast and into the Tennessee Valley, the National Weather Service warned.

While maps might have indicated that New Spain included much of what is now Texas, the Spanish, in fact, rarely controlled territory beyond a few scattered presidios, missions and villages. The exceptions might be found in the brushy South Texans land around San Antonio and La Bahía, where Tejanos operated productive ranches.

A storm is bringing the first-ever blizzard warning issued for Beaumont, Texas, and Lake Charles and Lafayette, Louisiana.

Drake has withdrawn his legal case against Universal Music Group and Spotify in New York Supreme Court. Drake Drops One Case Against UMG On Tuesday (Jan. 14), Drake’s lawyers filed a motion to drop the case against the music giants,

Gen Xers are heading to retirement hot spots like The Villages and other retiree-heavy locales in Florida and Texas.

Michaels, the creator of “Saturday Night Live,” has donated his papers to the university’s Harry Ransom Center.

The New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants have been informed Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki won't be signing with them. Giants general manager Zack Minasian announced during a news conference Monday to introduce Justin Verlander that San Francisco no longer was in contention.

Mike Banks, a former Border Patrol agent, has served in his current role as a special advisor to Gov. Greg Abbott since January 2023.

The vote suggested that a period of political warfare between G.O.P. factions would continue to shape lawmaking in the state.

Texas might face particularly challenging conditions ... to descend on the central US this weekend before spreading to New York and the rest of the East Coast, testing power grids and threatening ...