Two supervisors have been disciplined and two detectives are being reassigned, at least temporarily, as an investigation continues into thousands of improperly stored family violence case files.More >>
Two supervisors have been disciplined and two detectives are being reassigned, at least temporarily, as an investigation continues into thousands of improperly stored family violence case files.More >>
The defense lawyer for a Texas inmate executed two decades ago says he isn't convinced the state wrongly killed a man despite a new report that again questions the case.More >>
The defense lawyer for a Texas inmate executed two decades ago says he isn't convinced the state wrongly killed a man despite a new report that again questions the case.More >>
A judge has sentenced a Houston-area nurse to eight years and a month in prison after a jury convicted her of a $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme.More >>
A judge has sentenced a Houston-area nurse to eight years and a month in prison after a jury convicted her of a $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme.More >>
Immigration activists say about 400 residents of this tiny border town have signed a petition demanding that the newly created police department stop random immigration checks.More >>
Immigration activists say about 400 residents of this tiny border town have signed a petition demanding that the newly created police department stop random immigration checks.More >>
Child welfare officials in Texas say a Houston boy found in March after being kidnapped as an infant eight years ago is still not ready to meet his parents.More >>
Child welfare officials in Texas say a Houston boy found in March after being kidnapped as an infant eight years ago is still not ready to meet his parents.More >>
Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst says the Club for Growth and other conservative organizations pouring money into the U.S. Senate race in Texas are spreading lies about him.More >>
Leaders of a $3 billion cancer research initiative in Texas are downplaying criticism over not ordering a scientific review before awarding the largest commercial grant in the agency's history.More >>
Leaders of a $3 billion cancer research initiative in Texas are downplaying criticism over not ordering a scientific review before awarding the largest commercial grant in the agency's history.More >>
A suburban Houston man has pleaded guilty to possessing and conspiring to produce child pornography after sexually explicit photos of a child staying in his home were found on his home computer.More >>
A suburban Houston man has pleaded guilty to possessing and conspiring to produce child pornography after sexually explicit photos of a child staying in his home were found on his home computer.More >>
A former Houston police officer found not guilty of official oppression in the videotaped beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect says he has no regrets but will take a "deep breath" before deciding whether to go back into...More >>
A former Houston police officer found not guilty of official oppression in the videotaped beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect says he has no regrets but will take a "deep breath" before deciding whether to go back into...More >>
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says the Club for Growth and other conservative organizations pouring money into the U.S. Senate race in Texas are spreading lies about him to manipulate the election results.More >>
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says the Club for Growth and other conservative organizations pouring money into the U.S. Senate race in Texas are spreading lies about him to manipulate the election results.More >>
Appleton Papers executives say a merger with a Texas acquisition firm will strengthen the Wisconsin company's balance sheet and provide capital for growth.More >>
Appleton Papers executives say a merger with a Texas acquisition firm will strengthen the Wisconsin company's balance sheet and provide capital for growth.More >>
A man sent to death row for the slaying of an East Texas woman nearly nine years ago has lost a federal court appeal, moving him a step closer to execution.More >>
A man sent to death row for the slaying of an East Texas woman nearly nine years ago has lost a federal court appeal, moving him a step closer to execution.More >>
Brian McNamee claims he went from reluctant turncoat to angry accuser against Roger Clemens. He testified Tuesday that happened when Clemens' lawyers allowed details of McNamee's oldest son's illness to be...More >>
Brian McNamee claims he went from reluctant turncoat to angry accuser against Roger Clemens. He testified Tuesday that happened when Clemens' lawyers allowed details of McNamee's oldest son's illness to be...More >>
A jury is scheduled for a second day of deliberations in the trial of a former Houston police officer accused of participating in the videotaped beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect.More >>
A jury is scheduled for a second day of deliberations in the trial of a former Houston police officer accused of participating in the videotaped beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect.More >>
Two men have been indicted on charges of conspiring to harbor illegal immigrants and harboring them after authorities found about 115 suspected illegal immigrants in three clustered South Texas homes.More >>
Two men have been indicted on charges of conspiring to harbor illegal immigrants and harboring them after authorities found about 115 suspected illegal immigrants in three clustered South Texas homes.More >>
Banners have appeared in northern Mexico signed by the Zetas drug cartel saying the gang was not responsible for killing 49 people whose mutilated bodies were found on a highway in a neighboring state.More >>
Banners have appeared in northern Mexico signed by the Zetas drug cartel saying the gang was not responsible for killing 49 people whose mutilated bodies were found on a highway in a neighboring state.More >>
Authorities say a man is facing a manslaughter charge in connection with a crash two months ago that killed a Fort Huachuca (wah-CHOO'-kuh) soldier in Sierra Vista.More >>
Authorities say a man is facing a manslaughter charge in connection with a crash two months ago that killed a Fort Huachuca (wah-CHOO'-kuh) soldier in Sierra Vista.More >>
Prominent West Texas farmer S.M. True, who served as Texas Farm Bureau president for 11 years in the 1980s and early '90s, has died in a tractor accident on his South Plains farm. He was 88.More >>
Prominent West Texas farmer S.M. True, who served as Texas Farm Bureau president for 11 years in the 1980s and early '90s, has died in a tractor accident on his South Plains farm. He was 88.More >>
A teen who says he was injured at his Texas Panhandle high school in a Holocaust role-playing exercise has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the school district.More >>
A teen who says he was injured at his Texas Panhandle high school in a Holocaust role-playing exercise has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the school district.More >>
A South Texas district attorney under federal indictment on corruption charges has asked a judge to delay until February his trial, initially set for next month.More >>
A South Texas district attorney under federal indictment on corruption charges has asked a judge to delay until February his trial, initially set for next month.More >>
The Texas Department of Public Safety has paid tribute to eight Texas law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in the past year, three of them feloniously.More >>
The Texas Department of Public Safety has paid tribute to eight Texas law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in the past year, three of them feloniously.More >>
J.C. Penney is reporting a bigger-than-expected loss and plummeting profits in the first quarter as many of its customers are rejecting a new bold pricing strategy that puts an end to rampant discounting in favor of everyday...More >>
J.C. Penney is reporting a bigger-than-expected loss and plummeting profits in the first quarter as many of its customers are rejecting a new bold pricing strategy that puts an end to rampant discounting in favor of everyday...More >>
A Texas judge says state environmental regulators did not follow federal guidelines when they issued an air permit for a proposed coal-fired power plant on the Gulf Coast.More >>
A Texas judge says state environmental regulators did not follow federal guidelines when they issued an air permit for a proposed coal-fired power plant on the Gulf Coast.More >>
A former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about how much oil was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico claims evidence federal investigators did not possess will prove him...More >>
A former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about how much oil was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico claims evidence federal investigators did not possess will prove him...More >>
Former President George W. Bush is praising the Arab spring movement and says the U.S. shouldn't fear the spread of freedom, even if it doesn't know what policies newly liberated countries will pursue.More >>
Former President George W. Bush is praising the Arab spring movement and says the U.S. shouldn't fear the spread of freedom, even if it doesn't know what policies newly liberated countries will pursue.More >>
An attorney advising a Panhandle county on an ongoing fraud investigation involving the possible theft of tourism funds provided by BP after the 2010 Gulf oil spill says major changes need to be approved immediately.More >>
An attorney advising a Panhandle county on an ongoing fraud investigation involving the possible theft of tourism funds provided by BP after the 2010 Gulf oil spill says major changes need to be approved immediately.More >>
Investigators say a Southeast Texas woman who allegedly was upset to get only a card and flowers for Mother's Day has been accused of killing her boyfriend.More >>
Investigators say a Southeast Texas woman who allegedly was upset to get only a card and flowers for Mother's Day has been accused of killing her boyfriend.More >>
President Barack Obama's shift to support gay marriage is energizing young Hispanic voters who are working side-by-side with gay activists in their push for immigration reform. The alliance has been growing across the...More >>
President Barack Obama's shift to support gay marriage is energizing young Hispanic voters who are working side-by-side with gay activists in their push for immigration reform. The alliance has been growing across the...More >>
A jury is to begin deliberations in the trial of a former Houston police officer accused of participating in the videotaped beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect.More >>
A jury is to begin deliberations in the trial of a former Houston police officer accused of participating in the videotaped beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect.More >>
A former friend and coach of pitcher Roger Clemens has described for jurors a relationship with Clemens that had the hallmarks of an illicit affair - except their secret was steroids.More >>
A former friend and coach of pitcher Roger Clemens has described for jurors a relationship with Clemens that had the hallmarks of an illicit affair - except their secret was steroids.More >>
A funeral service is scheduled in upstate New York for a U.S. Army nurse who collapsed and died in Afghanistan during a computer video chat with his wife.More >>
A funeral service is scheduled in upstate New York for a U.S. Army nurse who collapsed and died in Afghanistan during a computer video chat with his wife.More >>
Two generations of a North Texas family have been arrested after deputies found 58 dogs living in filth without food and water - and a baby in a crib surrounded by the animals' waste.More >>
Two generations of a North Texas family have been arrested after deputies found 58 dogs living in filth without food and water - and a baby in a crib surrounded by the animals' waste.More >>
Authorities say an American Airlines flight returned safely to Palm Springs International Airport shortly after takeoff after reports of smoke or the smell of smoke in the cockpit.More >>
Authorities say an American Airlines flight returned safely to Palm Springs International Airport shortly after takeoff after reports of smoke or the smell of smoke in the cockpit.More >>
Police say skeletal remains found in a rural creek near Dallas are those of a 10-year-old boy allegedly starved to death by his father and stepmother.More >>
Police say skeletal remains found in a rural creek near Dallas are those of a 10-year-old boy allegedly starved to death by his father and stepmother.More >>
First lady Michelle Obama has announced a plan to get more than 1.7 million children involved in Olympic-style activities as part of her "Let's Move!" initiative.More >>
First lady Michelle Obama has announced a plan to get more than 1.7 million children involved in Olympic-style activities as part of her "Let's Move!" initiative.More >>
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stopped thus week's scheduled execution of a convicted killer whose mental health had become an issue in his appeals.More >>
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stopped thus week's scheduled execution of a convicted killer whose mental health had become an issue in his appeals.More >>
A Texas death row inmate facing execution in three weeks for the slaying of a Dallas woman at her apartment more than 20 years ago has lost an appeal at the U.S. Supreme Court.More >>
A Texas death row inmate facing execution in three weeks for the slaying of a Dallas woman at her apartment more than 20 years ago has lost an appeal at the U.S. Supreme Court.More >>
The Supreme Court won't consider giving a man convicted in the death of a Texas toddler a new trial because the medical examiner changed her opinion on the cause of death.More >>
The Supreme Court won't consider giving a man convicted in the death of a Texas toddler a new trial because the medical examiner changed her opinion on the cause of death.More >>
The Supreme Court won't consider giving a man convicted in the death of a Texas toddler a new trial because the medical examiner changed her opinion on the cause of death.More >>
The Supreme Court won't consider giving a man convicted in the death of a Texas toddler a new trial because the medical examiner changed her opinion on the cause of death.More >>
Roger Clemens' chief accuser is expected to testify against the former pitcher. It will be a make-or-break moment for the prosecution as it seeks to convict Clemens of perjury.More >>
Roger Clemens' chief accuser is expected to testify against the former pitcher. It will be a make-or-break moment for the prosecution as it seeks to convict Clemens of perjury.More >>
All prosecutors in the U.S. Southern District of Texas, save one, have been recused from participating in the prosecution of Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos.More >>
All prosecutors in the U.S. Southern District of Texas, save one, have been recused from participating in the prosecution of Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos.More >>
A 35-year-old sailor from Houston has died in the Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain after what a Defense Department statement describes as a "non-combat-related incident."More >>
A 35-year-old sailor from Houston has died in the Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain after what a Defense Department statement describes as a "non-combat-related incident."More >>
Since December 2005, an Eagle Pass golf course on the banks of the Rio Grande has been a laboratory for a U.S. Border Patrol experiment called "Operation Streamline."More >>
Since December 2005, an Eagle Pass golf course on the banks of the Rio Grande has been a laboratory for a U.S. Border Patrol experiment called "Operation Streamline."More >>
Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway link between Monterrey, Mexico, and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.More >>
Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway link between Monterrey, Mexico, and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.More >>
A teen ministry official says two of the five people aboard a small plane that crashed in Kansas on the way to a Christian youth rally in Iowa were able to walk away from the crash.More >>
A teen ministry official says two of the five people aboard a small plane that crashed in Kansas on the way to a Christian youth rally in Iowa were able to walk away from the crash.More >>
Some experts say a settlement reached between Texas Comptroller Susan Combs and Amazon.com to end Amazon's sales tax dispute with the state may be illegal.More >>
Some experts say a settlement reached between Texas Comptroller Susan Combs and Amazon.com to end Amazon's sales tax dispute with the state may be illegal.More >>
A decision on the mental health of condemned killer Steven Staley likely will determine if Texas executes the former laborer this week a slaying almost a quarter-century ago in Fort Worth.More >>
A decision on the mental health of condemned killer Steven Staley likely will determine if Texas executes the former laborer this week a slaying almost a quarter-century ago in Fort Worth.More >>
By The Associated Press Voters in Austin, Lubbock and Waco went to the polls Saturday to elect mayors as municipal elections were conducted across the state.More >>
By The Associated Press Voters in Austin, Lubbock and Waco went to the polls Saturday to elect mayors as municipal elections were conducted across the state.More >>
A spokesman for Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson says a review will determine whether the name of a man who supposedly served with the famed Tuskegee Airmen should be removed from a new state veterans home.More >>
A spokesman for Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson says a review will determine whether the name of a man who supposedly served with the famed Tuskegee Airmen should be removed from a new state veterans home.More >>
An Oregon peacemaker says she was so upset by the apparent slaughter of a rare white buffalo calf in Texas recently that her organization is donating a white buffalo bull from its herd to the Lakota Ranch.More >>
An Oregon peacemaker says she was so upset by the apparent slaughter of a rare white buffalo calf in Texas recently that her organization is donating a white buffalo bull from its herd to the Lakota Ranch.More >>
An Oregon peacemaker says she was so upset by the apparent slaughter of a rare white buffalo calf in Texas recently that her organization is donating a white buffalo bull from its herd to restore the hope taken from the...More >>
An Oregon peacemaker says she was so upset by the apparent slaughter of a rare white buffalo calf in Texas recently that her organization is donating a white buffalo bull from its herd to restore the hope taken from the...More >>
A Phoenix man says U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers physically mistreated him four separate times last year while he was returning from Mexico.More >>
A Phoenix man says U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers physically mistreated him four separate times last year while he was returning from Mexico.More >>
A former Texas Workforce Commission employee has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for fraudulently claiming more than $37,000 in unemployment insurance benefits.More >>
A former Texas Workforce Commission employee has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for fraudulently claiming more than $37,000 in unemployment insurance benefits.More >>
Hundreds of uniformed American Airlines workers have marched to company headquarters to protest bankruptcy plans that could void their contracts.More >>
Hundreds of uniformed American Airlines workers have marched to company headquarters to protest bankruptcy plans that could void their contracts.More >>
Federal environmental regulators say testing of scores of drinking-water wells in a northeastern Pennsylvania village has failed to show unsafe levels of contamination, a blow to residents who assert a gas driller tainted...More >>
Federal environmental regulators say testing of scores of drinking-water wells in a northeastern Pennsylvania village has failed to show unsafe levels of contamination, a blow to residents who assert a gas driller tainted...More >>
A former Houston police officer has told jurors he didn't mistreat a 15-year-old burglary suspect he is accused of beating during a 2010 arrest that was caught on security video.More >>
A former Houston police officer has told jurors he didn't mistreat a 15-year-old burglary suspect he is accused of beating during a 2010 arrest that was caught on security video.More >>
The Mexican navy says it has captured a member of the hyper-violent Zetas cartel who allegedly participated in the torture-slayings of four marines.More >>
The Mexican navy says it has captured a member of the hyper-violent Zetas cartel who allegedly participated in the torture-slayings of four marines.More >>
A judge has ruled against three newspapers and found that the Texas Department of Public Safety doesn't have to release travel records of Gov. Rick Perry's security detail.More >>
A judge has ruled against three newspapers and found that the Texas Department of Public Safety doesn't have to release travel records of Gov. Rick Perry's security detail.More >>
No one worked harder than Roger Clemens. He would will himself to win. The New York Yankees traded for him after winning the World Series because they didn't want complacency to set in.More >>
No one worked harder than Roger Clemens. He would will himself to win. The New York Yankees traded for him after winning the World Series because they didn't want complacency to set in.More >>
An apparent tornado touched down in a small Southeast Texas town, damaging a hospital, derailing 25 cars of a freight train and injuring eight people in a high school parking lot.More >>
An apparent tornado touched down in a small Southeast Texas town, damaging a hospital, derailing 25 cars of a freight train and injuring eight people in a high school parking lot.More >>
Authorities responding to a tip from a concerned citizen found 58 dogs living in filth without food and water - and a baby in a crib surrounded by the animals' waste.More >>
Authorities responding to a tip from a concerned citizen found 58 dogs living in filth without food and water - and a baby in a crib surrounded by the animals' waste.More >>
Hostess Brands Inc. has told Michigan officials that it could lay off all of its 381 employees at 20 locations in the state if the company liquidates as part of its bankruptcy restructuring.More >>
Hostess Brands Inc. has told Michigan officials that it could lay off all of its 381 employees at 20 locations in the state if the company liquidates as part of its bankruptcy restructuring.More >>
A 37-year-old woman has been arrested who's suspected of stealing iPads from dozens of and charged with stealing iPads from dozens of department stores in two states.More >>
A 37-year-old woman has been arrested who's suspected of stealing iPads from dozens of and charged with stealing iPads from dozens of department stores in two states.More >>
A former reporter for the Houston Chronicle has filed a gender discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging she was fired because she failed to disclose she also worked as an exotic...More >>
A former reporter for the Houston Chronicle has filed a gender discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging she was fired because she failed to disclose she also worked as an exotic...More >>
The head of the state's $3 billion cancer research initiative says a Nobel laureate resigning from the agency disagreed with the review process surrounding a $20 million grant awarded this year.More >>
The head of the state's $3 billion cancer research initiative says a Nobel laureate resigning from the agency disagreed with the review process surrounding a $20 million grant awarded this year.More >>
Entergy Corp. is warning utility customers not to fall for a scam where people claim President Barack Obama is providing credits or payments toward bills.More >>
Entergy Corp. is warning utility customers not to fall for a scam where people claim President Barack Obama is providing credits or payments toward bills.More >>
The husband accused of shooting his wife eight times outside of their Sandy Springs apartment has waived extradition and is returning to Georgia.More >>
The husband accused of shooting his wife eight times outside of their Sandy Springs apartment has waived extradition and is returning to Georgia.More >>
University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa says he has not been told by regents to fire the president of the University of Texas at Austin.More >>
University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa says he has not been told by regents to fire the president of the University of Texas at Austin.More >>
The DNA exoneration of a Colorado man in a 1994 murder is the result of a prosecutor-led effort that reviewed the cases of all of the state's prison inmates convicted of murder, manslaughter and rape.More >>
The DNA exoneration of a Colorado man in a 1994 murder is the result of a prosecutor-led effort that reviewed the cases of all of the state's prison inmates convicted of murder, manslaughter and rape.More >>
The body of U.S. Army nurse who died in Afghanistan during a Skype video chat with his wife is scheduled to arrive this weekend in western New York.More >>
The body of U.S. Army nurse who died in Afghanistan during a Skype video chat with his wife is scheduled to arrive this weekend in western New York.More >>
Developers of a $1.5 billion effort to link the United States' three major electricity grids have decided to locate their headquarters and an associated electricity trading floor in New Mexico.More >>
Developers of a $1.5 billion effort to link the United States' three major electricity grids have decided to locate their headquarters and an associated electricity trading floor in New Mexico.More >>
Police in Mexico have found an undetermined number of bodies stuffed into two vans near Lake Chapala, an area frequented by tourists just south of the city of Guadalajara, in western Jalisco state.More >>
Police in Mexico have found an undetermined number of bodies stuffed into two vans near Lake Chapala, an area frequented by tourists just south of the city of Guadalajara, in western Jalisco state.More >>
A federal judge in North Dakota has sentenced a Texas man to more than 10 years in prison for attempting to transport a minor for criminal sexual activity.More >>
A federal judge in North Dakota has sentenced a Texas man to more than 10 years in prison for attempting to transport a minor for criminal sexual activity.More >>
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Billy the Exterminator is looking to catch big personalities for his hit reality show's next season. A&E will be filming the 5th season in the Shreveport -Bossier area. More >>
Billy the Exterminator is looking to catch big personalities for his hit reality show's next season. A&E will be filming the 5th season in the Shreveport -Bossier area. More >>
A Louisiana appellate court has upheld a lower court's ruling that the owner of a Bossier City, Louisiana taxi cab company can not be held liable in the death of a Stonewall, Louisiana teen at the hands of a sex offender.More >>
An appeals court has ruled that the owner of a Bossier City taxi cab business can not be held personally liable in the death of a Stonewall boy at the hands of a convicted sex offender and cab driver.More >>