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AUSTIN, Texas - A Travis County woman wrongfully convicted of murder in 2005 has now been officially declared innocent after a decades-long legal battle, but immigration enforcement is now standing in her way. Carmen Mejia was supposed to walk free Monday after being exonerated; instead she remains in custody under...

Parts of Lohmans Crossing Road in Lakeway were shut down Monday night after a deadly crash, according to Lakeway Police. The roadway fully reopened overnight, police said.

A video circulating on social media shows a Waymo autonomous vehicle in Austin stopped in between train tracks and a railroad stop arm as a CapMetro train passes by.

AUSTIN, Texas — A woman faces multiple felony charges after allegedly stealing a delivery driver's vehicle, striking him in the head with a glass bottle and leading Austin police on a brief chase that ended when her vehicle crashed into a light pole Wednesday evening. Akira Ahamad-Hickman, 19, was...

Carmen Mejia was 34 in July 2003 when police said she brought a baby to a clinic on Lamar Blvd. with third-degree burns over 80% of his body.

AUSTIN, Texas — Police are asking for the public's help identifying a group of suspects believed to be involved in a series of vehicle burglaries and auto thefts in northwest Austin. In several incidents, suspects were seen stealing and burglarizing vehicles while armed, according to the Austin Police Department.

A Waymo self-driving car stopped dangerously close to train tracks in Austin, and the video is giving a lot of people second thoughts about robotaxis.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office announced Friday it has notified Austin ISD of a citizen complaint via a state tip line alleging a violation of Senate Bill 8, also known as the Women's Privacy Act or the "bathroom bill." In his statement, Paxton said Austin ISD and Austin High...

A Texas mother who spent the last 22 years in prison was exonerated Monday in the 2003 death of a 10-month-old boy who was burned from scalding bathwater while in her care. Travis County District Court Judge P. David Wahlberg exonerated Carmen Mejia after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned her convictions...

North Austin just picked up a bold new chai stop. Soundra Roastery & Chai has rolled its trailer into 12400 Amherst near Parmer and MoPac, pouring steeped chai and turning out elevated Indian street food from a compact kitchen on wheels. Owner Ramya Patel, a Hyderabad native who walked away from a lucrative tech...