Austin is continuing a lukewarm streak of being labeled one of the nation's mildly happy cities for the second year in a row.

A mother and son arrested in early 2024 for offering “illicit commercial sex” at massage parlors they owned in Lubbock and eastern New Mexico, received their prison sentence.

He's the first Texas commit in the new year, and first 2026 commit since last summer. "I'm choosing Texas because they've been the first ones to recruit me and they've believed in me since the ...