At a Tuesday protest in downtown Austin, friends described the 17-year-old killed by police last week as kind and thoughtful.

Following recent gun violence across Austin, community leaders and protesters gathered at city hall to demand Austin City Council to restore community violence intervention programs.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Protesters march in the streets of downtown Austin to show opposition to the war in Iran during a protest organized by the Austin for Palestine Coalition Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

AUSTIN, Texas — A lawyer who said he is representing the man who shot Austin protester Garrett Foster July 25 claims the shooter was acting in self-defense. Lawyer Clint Broden of the Dallas law firm Broden & Mickelsen identified the shooter as Daniel ...

Protesters gathered outside the Texas Capitol before a Texas Senate Committee on Finance hearing on data centers and the state's tax incentives for qualifying facilities. The hearing examined the fiscal effects of the incentives as lawmakers heard testimony from state officials,