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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A University of Texas study estimates there are more than 313,000 victims of human trafficking in the state who are forced into prostitution or to perform labor.

HOUSTON (AP) — Officials intend to introduce an innovative plan to speed up funding for flood-control measures along Houston bayous.

HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the hospitalizations of former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara Bush.

The NFL's Super Bowl Week in Houston is coming up and the former NFL and Texas A&M quarterback is hoping to cash in.

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas Congressman Ted Poe says his cancer is in remission.

HOUSTON (AP) — Investigators are reviewing security video to try to determine who used spray paint to scrawl racist words and draw offensive images on a school in Houston.

DALLAS (AP) — Advocates say the child-protection system in Texas should be revamped to better monitor adoptions and prevent a re-occurrence of the seven special-needs children found near Houston isolated and living in filthy conditions.

HOUSTON (AP) — A 53-pound snapping turtle is recovering at a Houston wildlife rehabilitation center after fire-rescue crews saved it from a drainage pipe.

HOUSTON (AP) — A former Nevada woman has been accused of endangering her 14-year-old daughter by letting exotic animals roam in the family's Houston-area home.

HOUSTON (AP) — A report by the American Civil Liberties Union says many municipal courts in Texas unfairly jail poor defendants who can't pay fines related to traffic tickets and fail to consider their ability to pay such fines or to consider alternatives such as community service to reso…