The Texas Senate race remains tight, with Paxton trailing Talarico by 3 points in a new poll, within the margin of error.

A man has been put to death for the 2005 fatal shooting of three people during an attempted robbery at his neighbor’s home in rural Texas, the state’s fifth execution this year. In Georgia, the execution of a man who killed two real estate agents had also been scheduled for Wednesday but was halted by a judge’s late-night