Associated Press

DALLAS (AP) — Lawyers for a sex exposition have filed a federal court appeal seeking to overturn a decision by Dallas officials to ban the expo from being held at a city-owned convention center.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The nation's premier immigration attorney conference is boycotting Texas because of the state's tough, new anti-"sanctuary cities" law.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has chosen 12 new astronauts from its biggest pool of applicants ever.

KENEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — Former first lady Barbara Bush is celebrating her 92nd birthday on the Maine coast.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is reviving a so-called "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people after the last try ended with Republican lawmakers angry and deadlocked.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texting while driving will soon be illegal in Texas.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Climate change is often seen as posing the greatest risk to coastal areas. But the nation's inland cities face perils of their own, including more intense storms and more frequent flooding.

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas-based company has agreed to pay the U.S. government almost $2.5 million to settle allegations that it obtained inside information to gain an advantage in bidding for federal prison contracts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Rick Perry has emerged as a strong defender of the department's work even though he once proposed closing it.

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — The owner of a massive agribusiness in eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle has been killed in a helicopter crash.