National news

The fall foliage in New England makes all the magazines and postcards, and seems to be the gold standard for how the orange and brown leaves should really look this time of year.  Want some? There's a company that will ship them to you. What should we send back from Texas?

With election season in full swing many are tuning out some of the speeches being made by politicians across the country, regardless of the topic.

Oh those Eagles fans.  They've been known to be um...well, less than friendly to visiting teams, and especially Cowboys' fans.  It's been documented that they've thrown frozen batteries at the visitors in the dead of winter.  And they swear a lot and say unpleasant things.  And now they want the Pope to bless their madness.

Maybe you heard that Target is doing away with signs that separate the boys' stuff from the girls' stuff.  And here's why one woman may be to thank for that.

My dad is a US Navy veteran and he doesn't talk much about the heat of the battles, but he does talk about what the food was like.  From what I gather, in the 1960's the food in US Navy "mess halls" as my dad called them was decent, but kinda bland.  Then later they spiced things up a little and it got better. Now the US Navy is getting rid of fried foods.  Why?

Amidst national controversy over the Confederate Flag and the role of the Confederacy in slavery, new Texas social studies text books are actively downplaying the role of slavery in the Civil War.

Police don't know how they got them all, but two women from Texas are in big trouble for having hundreds of retail and gift cards that had been stolen from other customers.  The good news is, in a month or two it's going to be a lot harder for thieves to get use stolen card info.

Ladies, if you're anything like me you have a "Mama Bear" streak in ya at times and the adrenalin kicks in, and you'll do anything you need to do to protect your young.  Check out the story of a real live Mama bear, who had some friendly suggestions for a group of tourists at Yellowstone National Park recently.  Like, get out!

One look around Texas at all the construction and it's easy to guess that Texas is a fast-growing state.  It's the second-largest in population now, and one Texas county beats all the others in the nation for the number of people who are moving to it.

After two New York City police officers were shot and killed December 20th, a Tyler girl became inspired to write 500 thank you notes to police officers to show appreciation for all they do. And yesterday, she got to meet some of her heroes.

There was a huge number of people who left states like New York and New Jersey last year, and Texas received a bunch of them. When it comes to states people moved to in 2014, Texas is in the Top 10.

This is an amazing Christmas gift, and the son is so casual about giving it, you might think he's handing his parents a coupon saying he'll mow the lawn five times.  But it's so much more than that.  And the video is going viral.