Updated: 9:10 AM NASA is paying $424 million more to Russia to get U.S. astronauts into space, and the agency's leader is blaming Congress for the extra expense.

Posted: 5:50 AM President Barack Obama said Tuesday his counterterrorism bureaucracy "did what it was supposed to be doing" before the Boston Marathon bombing as his top intelligence official began a review into whether sensitive information was adequately shared and whether the U.S. government could have disrupted the attack.

Posted: 5:38 AM A 25-year-old Odessa woman has been charged with arson in connection with three fires authorities say she set back-to-back on one day.

Updated: 10:38 PM A ceremony was held Tuesday night for Brian Bachmann, the Brazos County Constable killed last summer in the line of duty, at the College Station park that now bears his name.

Updated: 10:33 PM Four local volunteers were honored Tuesday night for their outstanding public service during the 2013 Jefferson Awards.

Updated: 10:38 PM April, May, and June are typically referred to as Severe Weather Season. As the winter chill begins to thaw and warmer spring air moves in from the south, severe thunderstorms are not uncommon across tornado alley, the southern United States and the Brazos Valley.

Posted: 4:58 PM The Plan B morning-after pill is moving over-the-counter, a decision announced by the Food and Drug Administration just days before a court-imposed deadline.

Updated: 8:28 PM Downtown Bryan Association & Big Red Drum Entertainment in partnership with the City of Bryan, the Bryan Fire Department and the Bryan Police Department invites everyone to join us for a benefit concert for the town of West, Texas.

Updated: 6:45 PM The Junior Police Academy is a new and innovative program for our youth. A student entering the 10th, 11th, or 12th grades in the 2013-2014 academic school year will have a chance to see what it is like to be a police officer with the Bryan Police Department.

Updated: 10:53 PM Find out which restaurants made the grade, in this week's Restaurant Report Card.

Posted: 11:33 AM President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war.

Updated: 10:38 PM Imagine leaning sideways in a jet with Tom Cruise in Top Gun, feeling the hot breath of a rogue T-Rex in Jurassic Park or diving deep with an oceanic documentary. For Bryan-College Station residents, seeing becomes believing on May 1, when construction of the new IMAX 3D theatre begins.

Posted: 9:48 AM AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Noah Earl Allen Jr., 45, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender list, and a $3,000 cash reward is now offered for information leading to his capture. Allen has a violent criminal past and is wanted for failure to register as a sex offender. All tips can be offered anonymously.

Updated: 6:52 PM Monterrey, Mexico-based Prolamsa Group chose Bryan for the pipe and tubular products plant after a 15-month search, according to the company.

Posted: 9:38 AM COLLEGE STATION, April 30, 2013 — In the mind of Texas A&M University physicist Peter McIntyre, two of America's most pressing energy challenges -- what to do with radiotoxic spent nuclear fuel and dwindling energy resources -- can be solved in one scientific swipe.

Posted: 9:04 AM The Texas Department of Public Safety has been honored by legislators for continuing service and achievements.

Updated: 6:45 PM Highway 30 in Grimes County has reopened about a mile west of Shiro after an accident involving 18-wheeler cabs.

Posted: 8:51 AM People near the site of a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in Central Texas have been advised that smoke could be generated as part of the investigation.

Posted: 8:40 AM A Texas House education panel plans to take up - and could approve - a key proposal to expand the number of charter schools allowed to operate in Texas.

Updated: 8:23 AM Texas lawmakers have heard testimony on a bill to repeal the death penalty, but the bill stands little chance of passing.

Posted: 8:02 AM Mexico is ending its unprecedented open relationship with U.S. security agencies that developed in recent years to fight drug trafficking and organized crime.

Updated: 9:07 AM A suburban Dallas man has been arrested and charged with multiple fraud counts that accuse him of devising and participating in a scheme to stage fraudulent vehicle crashes.

Posted: 5:52 AM Brazilian plane maker Embraer says it's signed a firm order with United Airlines for 30 regional jets.

Posted: 5:42 AM Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has issued an opinion stating that local governments and school districts that offer marriage benefits to same-sex partners are violating the state constitution.

Posted: 5:24 AM The body of missing San Francisco sheriff's deputy has been found in the waters of San Pablo Bay, near the Vallejo Marina, officials said.