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GRANBURY, TEXAS - Residents of a North Texas town ravaged by a deadly tornado are starting to return to home for the first time since the midweek storm.

He went to several meetings, worked on paperwork and did "normal things a county judge does in a county of our size." By the end of the day, the outbreak would produce the deadliest tornado to strike the Dallas-Fort Worth area in more than 50 years.

Rain showers benefit Montana agriculture, but severe weather is another story. Storms should not be taken lightly, as some North Texan residents learned first hand Wednesday evening.

A federal magistrate refused to appoint appellate attorneys for an Amarillo mother and daughter convicted in a 1995 murder-for-hire scheme.

A 300-pound Fort Worth man died shortly after police fired a Taser stun gun at him during a drug raid.

Every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may require it.

The Texas Senate honored Sen. Judith Zaffirini of Laredo after the veteran lawmaker cast her 50,000th consecutive record vote.

Prosecutors continue to press a North Texas jury to send a man to death row for drowning two of his sons in a creek.

A jagged bolt of lightning slashed through the darkened afternoon sky, commanding the undivided attention of the trio huddled beside a grave.

Twisters with winds of up to 200 miles per hour in north Texas left six dead, many injured and scores of homes destroyed in their wake; Then, the surviving Boston bombings suspect wrote a note inside the boat in which he was hiding, detailing the motive for the attack; Also, American combat troops are due to leave Afghanistan after next year and ... (more)

This aerial photo shows a neighborhood that was damaged by Wednesday's tornado in Granbury, Texas on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Habitat for Humanity spent years in a North Texas subdivision, helping build many of the 110 homes in the low-income area.

In Amityville disabled vehicle. right lane blocked on The Southern St Pkwy WB between Rt-109/X33 and Rt-110/X32. Stop and go traffic from New Hwy/X34 In Amityville disabled vehicle.

At least six people were killed and 100 injured when tornadoes ripped through north-central Texas after dark and authorities said the death toll could rise as rescuers search through the rubble of destroyed homes.

Tornadoes that struck a neighborhood in Texas left not just physical wreckage but scar the hearts of people as tornadoes destroy homes constructed through the volunteer initiative Habitat for Humanity.

Lawmakers in Texas passed two bills this week that open the doors to legal discrimination against members of the LGBT community.

The race for Texas Senate District 10 is heating up nearly a year before voters can begin casting ballots in the race.

A rash of tornadoes slammed into several small communities in North Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens more injured and hundreds homeless.

Global health officials say a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to two health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia.

This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Jeffrey Williams.