Houston Policeman's Killer Set to Die Loses Appeal
Posted: 11:47 AM A federal appeals court has refused to stop the scheduled execution this week of a man convicted of killing a Houston police officer 14 years ago this week.
Posted: 11:47 AM A federal appeals court has refused to stop the scheduled execution this week of a man convicted of killing a Houston police officer 14 years ago this week.
Posted: 11:41 AM A 10-year-old boy has died after being run over while trying to catch the school bus in North Texas.
Updated: 11:26 AM The two brothers of the Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive for about a decade say they have no sympathy for him. One called him a "monster" who he hopes "rots in jail."
Updated: 1:08 PM The government has filed a last-second appeal that will delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription.
Posted: 11:23 AM President Barack Obama is dismissing Republican criticism of his administration's handling of the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya, calling the criticism a political sideshow.
Updated: 11:20 AM President Barack Obama says the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups is "outrageous" and anyone involved needs to be "held fully accountable."
Posted: 11:00 AM A 20-year-old Fort Worth man who pleaded guilty to an armed robbery spree in 2011 is headed to prison with nine life sentences.
Updated: 10:55 AM Changing his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity is seen as James Holmes' best hope of avoiding the death penalty. His lawyers have avoided taking the step, though, because it also carries risks for Holmes, charged with killing 12 people and injuring 70 on July 20 at a packed midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora.
Posted: 10:53 AM The FBI says 47 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty as the result of criminal acts last year, 25 fewer than in 2011.
Posted: 10:49 AM The top Democrat on a House panel says the authors of the independent investigation into the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, should testify at a hearing, not in a private deposition.
Posted: 10:00 AM A North Texas man has been arrested in an arson investigation that led police to several alleged pipe bombs at the home of his parents.
Posted: 9:43 AM Two detention officers at a South Texas jail have gotten into a fight that sent one to the hospital.
Posted: 9:37 AM Investigators say a man pulled from a burning house in Houston has died at a hospital.
Updated: 11:50 AM It's being called the first music video in space.
Posted: 8:18 AM Navarro County authorities say two people have drowned and a 2-year-old was seriously hurt after their 14-foot aluminum boat capsized in a stock pond.
Updated: 8:32 AM A Texas A&M System audit shows the majority of $28 million in course fees assessed at its flagship university in College Station lacks proper documentation to justify the charges.
Posted: 7:37 AM The court-martial trial for Army Sgt. John Russell has concluded. Now a military judge will decide whether the 14-year Army veteran was deluded by depression and despair as he shot five fellow service members in Iraq. Or he may decide Russell was taking revenge against psychiatrists who had blocked his hoped-for early exit from the Army.
Posted: 7:21 AM The San Antonio Area Foundation has received a more than $7 million gift from investor philanthropist Mary Jane K. Lewis to be used exclusively for charitable purposes.
Posted: 11:04 PM Police say a 5-year-old Texas boy is in critical condition after being shot in the head by his older brother.
Posted: 10:49 PM Barbara Walters is retiring.
Updated: 9:48 PM The Texas A&M Women's Track and Field team won the SEC Outdoor championship Sunday afternoon.
