Two Texas Democrats voted to ban transgender athletes in girls sports on Tuesday. Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar voted yes on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. The bill passed 218-206.

WASHINGTON — Texas and Florida are growing rapidly. California, Illinois and New York are shrinking.

Temperatures will rise to nearly 70 degrees by Friday, but then plummet over the weekend and next week. Wind chills could fall into the teens.

The Alamo City came to a standstill as over 13 inches of snow blanketed the area. It remains the heaviest snowfall total ever recorded here.

Snow, freezing rain and rain are underway in the southern Plains as a potent winter storm strengthens Thursday.

Austin was just behind Washington in a ranking of Southern tech hubs. The Dallas-Fort Worth metro placed fourth and Houston placed ninth.

Johntay Cook and Washington have parted ways just a couple of weeks after the former 5-star committed to the program.

Jan. 19 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1861, Georgia voted to secede from the Union and joined the Confederacy. In 1920, threats against the life of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, because of his activities in suppressing criminal radicalism, led officials to take every precaution to guard the head of the Justice Department.

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Portions of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin have an extreme cold warning in effect as wind chills may reach as low as -50°F.

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Cats — both large cats in captivity and pet house cats — across multiple states have been dying from H5N1 bird flu. Now, federal agencies are enforcing new rules to help keep the virus out of pet food.