SpaceX has been buying out a village to build a private Mars prototype town next to its Starship rocket-development and launch site.

SpaceX is dismantling a remote beach community in south Texas, one house at a time.

HOUSTON — A federal judge in the Southern District of Texas today ruled the state’s drag ban, Senate Bill 12, is unconstitutional and issued a permanent injunction blocking the legislation from

As a series of repressive bills targets drag shows across the country, performers in Texas try out a novel defense.

As a candidate for Texas governor, the Democrat was considered a long shot. But the state’s new—and extreme—restrictions have galvanized his campaign.

A sprawling tactical industry is teaching American civilians how to fight like Special Ops forces. By preparing for violence at home, are they calling it into being?

As conservative politicians try to control expressions of gender and sexuality, a rural haven from hostility offers competition and comfort.

The paper’s employees lost neighbors, acquaintances, and a daughter in a school shooting. Then they had to report the story.

The detectives who investigate fake stories of military service use many tools, including shame.

For millennials, Y2K felt like an apocalypse. Twenty years later, we’re still anxious.

The booming market for certain vintage vehicles is driven by a particular vision of authenticity.

Something ugly happens when we turn murder into social media content.

The detectives who investigate fake stories of military service use many tools, including shame.

When undocumented immigrants venture near campuses, many schools institute security protocols. But criminal acts by migrants aren't common.

Marfa, Texas, is known for its highbrow arts scene. A new gallery is unsettling that image.

Not many people will drive the mail to places the U.S. Postal Service won’t. Seventy-one-year-old Gilbert Lujan is one of them.

To fill the donor void, a new means of sperm donation is on the rise: Facebook groups. Elaine Byrd got involved in the community first as a moderator, then as a recipient. That’s how she met Ari...

The booming market for certain vintage vehicles is driven by a particular vision of authenticity.

People are fleeing big cities for rural areas in an attempt to outrun COVID-19. In Marfa, Texas, that has divided the community.

As conservative politicians try to control expressions of gender and sexuality, a rural haven from hostility offers competition and comfort.

The “Lonesome Dove” author’s great subject was the mismatch between the glamorized West and the grimmer reality.

A community near Scottsdale, Arizona, is running out of water. Amid the finger-pointing, the real question is: how many developments will be next?

People are fleeing big cities for rural areas in an attempt to outrun COVID-19. In Marfa, Texas, that has divided the community.

Kurtis Minder finds the cat-and-mouse energy of outsmarting criminal syndicates deeply satisfying.