Photo: The Texas State Capitol in Austin (file image)
USAGina Hinojosa wins Texas governor race, ending more than 30 years of Republican control
Democrat Gina Hinojosa has defeated three-term Republican Governor Greg Abbott in Texas, becoming the state’s first Latina governor and its first Democratic governor since the 1990s.
Photo: The Texas State Capitol in Austin
PoliticsTexas turns blue: James Talarico beats Ken Paxton in Senate race as Democrats end 32-year statewide drought
Democrat James Talarico has defeated Trump-backed Ken Paxton to win the US Senate race in Texas, the first statewide Democratic victory there since 1994, on a night when his party also took back the House of Representatives.
Photo: Deep Ellum station in Dallas, Texas
USAFour dead and 15 injured in three separate Halloween-night shootings in Dallas’s Deep Ellum district
Dallas police said four people were killed and 15 injured in three separate shootings in the Deep Ellum entertainment district in the early hours of Sunday, with no link established between the incidents and no motive yet given.