At the end of the Civil War, though slavery was technically illegal in all states, it still persisted in the last bastions of the Confederacy. This was the case when Union General Gordon Granger marched his troops into Galveston, Texas on June 19th and announced that all enslaved people there were officially free. In this TED-Ed animation, Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio dig into the history of Juneteenth. #TEDEd #Juneteenth #TEDTalk Educator - Karlos K. Hill, Soraya Field Fiorio Director

Army private killed in Jordan drone attack remembered by Texas classmates

ROUGH WATERS 🚨: Kayakers were seen battling the ripping waters of the Pedernales River in Johnson City, Texas on Thursday. The river rose over 20 feet as flash flooding slammed Texas Hill Country. #FOXWeather #texas #txwx #flooding #flashflood #river #PedernalesRiver #johnsoncity

James Talarico says Democrats must ‘show up’ to win in Texas

Lightning flashes over Texas as Tropical Storm Bertha approaches

Texas nun detained and released by ICE speaks out

A Texas woman was practicing pole dancing in her living room when the pole came loose from the ceiling and hit a sprinkler, flooding her apartment. #texas

A Texas neighborhood was placed on lockdown after an 18-wheeler carrying up to two million honeybees overturned, unleashing massive swarms across the area, authorities said. The crash happened Sunday, June 21, when the commercial truck carrying 406 hives lost control and flipped into a ditch in Mauriceville, an unincorporated community in Orange County near the Louisiana border. Each hive had between 60,000 and 80,000 bees. The impact ruptured the hives, prompting local emergency officials to ad

@nellycarrenotv North Texas could be in for hazy skies next week as Saharan dust moves into the area. Forecast models show the dust plume could arrive late Sunday into Monday, bringing hazy skies, colorful sunrises and sunsets, and a slight dip in air quality for sensitive groups. It comes as North Texas heats up, with some areas possibly reaching their first 100-degree day of the summer this weekend or early next week. #weather #Texas #dust