Posted: 10:18 AM The Texas Senate on Friday approved a bipartisan bill that aims to remove legal risks of saying "Merry Christmas" in Texas public schools.

Posted: 10:17 AM The Texas House has approved a dramatic overhaul of the state's troubled $3 billion cancer-fighting agency, including replacing its entire, 11-member board.

Posted: 10:14 AM Texas lawmakers are advancing a plan to create a residency training program for school teachers.

Posted: 10:11 AM School is expected to resume Monday in a North Texas community where a tornado damaged homes and cut power.

Updated: 11:03 PM Texas has become the fifth state to sue British oil company BP over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, seeking damages for the 2010 disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Posted: 10:01 AM Military officials say three Fort Bliss soldiers and one from Fort Stewart in Georgia were killed in Afghanistan by an improvised explosive device.

Posted: 9:55 AM Police say an 83-year-old man has been taken into custody after his son and grandson were found shot to death in the North Texas home all three shared.

Posted: 9:47 AM Dallas police say a 1-year-old child left in a locked vehicle in an elementary school parking lot has died.

Posted: 9:44 AM Authorities say two tornadoes have struck near a small community in rural North Texas, destroying a house but causing no injuries.

Updated: 9:40 AM A Bastrop pastor has been found guilty of animal cruelty in the death of a cat he trapped in his neighborhood last year.

Posted: 9:32 AM Residents in the North Texas town of Granbury whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a deadly tornado are set to return to get what belongings may be left and start cleaning up.

Posted: 8:09 PM Gov. Rick Perry says the tornado-wrought devastation in a North Texas neighborhood is almost incomprehensible.

Posted: 3:49 PM Texas has become the fifth state to sue British oil company BP over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, seeking damages for the 2010 disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Updated: 3:23 PM A state official close to the negotiations says Texas lawmakers have reached a deal on a two-year spending plan that would restore $3.93 billion to public schools.

Updated: 9:56 AM Country star Randy Travis has sued two agencies to block the public release of patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas.

Updated: 9:53 AM An elderly South Texas man has survived more than 200 bee stings when he was swarmed while mowing some grass.

Updated: 9:54 PM A jackpot of $550 million ranks as the second largest in Powerball history and third biggest overall.

Posted: 7:59 AM Country star Randy Travis has sued two agencies to block the public release of patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas.

Posted: 7:01 AM A review finds dozens of tea party groups and other conservative groups subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operate with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan activities.

Posted: 6:44 AM Houston police and members of the military plan to turn out in force at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport to welcome 300 wounded warriors arriving for a "Warrior Weekend."

Posted: 6:32 AM A breakthrough on a new Texas budget could be for real this time.

Posted: 6:15 AM The former chief of staff to Fort Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead has been fired after he was accused of driving while intoxicated.

Posted: 6:05 AM An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.

Updated: 9:16 AM The former mayor of a tiny West Texas town has pleaded guilty to stealing about $100,000 from the town treasury.

Posted: 4:27 AM Gov. Rick Perry is shrugging off suggestions by top Democrats that his office is derailing state budget talks by steering money away from public education.