Texas’ highest criminal court declines to stop execution of man accused in shaken baby case

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas’s highest criminal court on Wednesday declined to stop the execution next month of Robert Roberson, who was sentenced to death in 2003 for killing his 2-year-old daughte

Russian captive’s father blasts Ted Cruz in ad endorsing Colin Allred

Sign up for the We the Texans newsletter to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated to boosting civic engagement and chronicling how democracy is experienced in Texas. WASHINGTON — Two years ago, Joey Reed excoriated U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz for not doing more to help free his

Federal government fines Elon Musk's SpaceX $148,000 over environmental issues

As billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX awaits federal approval to conduct another test launch, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined the firm more than $148,000 over environmental issues at its South Texas site. In documents posted online, EPA officials said SpaceX agreed to pay the penalty

British actor Himesh Patel on starring in Coen-esque dark comedy Greedy People

In the dark crime comedy Greedy People, British actor Himesh Patel stars as Will Shelley, a rookie police officer in Providence, Rhode Island, who finds trouble when he accidentally kills the wife (Traci Lords) of a local seafood tycoon (Tim Blake Nelson). Things get more complicated when Will and h