Updated: 2:04 PM HOUSTON – A 93-year-old war hero whose home was burglarized and trashed earlier this week got another surprise Wednesday.

Posted: 11:39 AM A lawsuit over the crash of a Union Pacific freight train into a parade float carrying military veterans is expanding.

Posted: 11:26 AM A South Texas man who had more than 12,000 child pornography images on his computers has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Posted: 11:19 AM A Dallas-area woman who needed more than 500 stitches after a 2011 beating and slashing attack says her now-former boyfriend first became violent in 2009.

Posted: 11:08 AM A human skull found by a deer hunter in some East Texas woods has been sent to a forensic lab in an effort to identify the person.

Posted: 10:35 AM A child psychiatrist fired from Austin State Hospital amid allegations he sexually abused boys getting treatment has been charged with public lewdness.

Posted: 10:28 AM A former Texas parole officer faces up to 20 years in prison for accepting bribes from a man she supervised and not reporting his alleged financial violations.

Updated: 9:59 AM After each redistricting election, Texas Senators draw lots to determine who will serve two- or four-year terms, since half of the Senate is elected every two years.

Updated: 10:45 PM The chunk of rock in space was officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union in Paris, France.

Updated: 10:49 PM Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp today announced plans for Texas A&M University to grow engineering enrollment to 25,000 students by 2025.

Updated: 9:18 AM The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.0 magnitude quake happened at 10:16 p.m. Tuesday.

Updated: 9:23 AM A 22-year-old man has been charged in the shootings at a Houston-area community college campus that left him and two others wounded.

Updated: 9:19 AM 25 by 25 is a transformational program to increase access for qualified students to pursue engineering education at Texas A&M University to an enrollment of 25,000 engineering students by 2025.

Posted: 5:24 PM An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 14-year-old girl, Harris County Constable’s Office Precinct 4 announced Tuesday.

Posted: 3:42 PM The parents of two children who were found living alone and unsupervised on an old renovated school bus in the Houston area have been granted full custody.

Updated: 9:07 AM Three Texas lawmakers are planning to introduce a new law to give school districts more options in providing security on campus.

Posted: 11:00 PM Relatives in Nederland and Atascocita are mourning the death of one of the hostages killed last week in an attack at a BP plant in Algeria.

Posted: 8:48 PM With flu widespread in Texas during an earlier-than-normal season, church officials are making provisions to make sure parishioners stay healthy - from skipping the shared communion cup to encouraging a bow, nod or even a fist bump instead of the usual handshake.

Posted: 4:03 PM A 72-year-old woman was killed in a Southeast Texas car wash after an unsecured vehicle that was being cleaned ran her over.

Updated: 6:56 PM At the A&B Food Mart in Navasota, all the talk is about the lottery.

Updated: 9:44 AM Cities across Texas are holding marches, parades and encouraging good works on the national holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Updated: 7:02 AM A standoff with police is over in Killeen.

Updated: 8:26 AM Police say a South Texas woman who is accused of driving drunk did her best Michael Jackson impersonation as she moonwalked during her sobriety test.

Updated: 10:52 PM Thousands of gun advocates have gathered peacefully at state capitals across the U.S. to rally against stricter limits on firearms.

Updated: 11:00 PM The family of a Texas man who died in a deadly terrorist attack at a natural gas complex in Algeria says he is being remembered for his "loving heart, caring nature" and sense of humor