Posted: 3:20 PM Jury selection will start July 9 in the murder trial of the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage.

Posted: 3:14 PM A Houston man is accused of threatening to kidnap, murder and burn U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and his father and also to "blow up" the sun if he wasn't paid $3 million.

Posted: 12:53 PM A 15-year-old boy recovering after a shark bit two of his limbs at a Southeast Texas beach has been upgraded to good condition.

Posted: 12:42 PM Texas counties needing financial help controlling feral hogs are being encouraged to pair up and apply for $30,000 in grants.

Posted: 10:46 AM Police in North Texas have identified two men fatally shot following a weekend altercation between groups of people in separate cars.

Posted: 10:22 AM Investigators say a lifeguard at a Houston-area pool has drowned while swimming laps.

Posted: 9:50 AM Houston police have arrested a suspected drunken driver after his SUV allegedly ran a red light, hit an ambulance and knocked the emergency vehicle on its side.

Posted: 9:41 AM Some hikers in a wooded area near a Houston park have found a body rolled in a carpet bound with tape.

Updated: 9:04 AM Houston police have arrested a suspected drunken driver after his SUV allegedly ran a red light, hit an ambulance and knocked the emergency vehicle on its side.

Updated: 6:23 PM A teenager is recovering from shark bites on his hand and leg as he stood in waist-deep water at a Southeast Texas beach.

Posted: 4:25 PM A Houston woman is facing charges for the death of her 11-month-old daughter after the infant was severely burned and later treated with a homemade remedy with lethal amounts of a pain reliever.

Posted: 4:16 PM There are 16 fertilizer plants in Texas like the one that exploded in West, but authorities say they aren't clear if any are near schools or residential centers.

Posted: 4:09 PM Health authorities in North Texas will begin spraying for West Nile virus after detecting a "significant" increase in the type of mosquito that primarily carries the virus.

Posted: 3:25 PM A Minnesota native is among NASA's new class of eight astronauts.

Updated: 3:18 PM Oklahoma City police say officers checking on the welfare of a woman found her dead in her apartment and her son has been arrested.

Posted: 12:07 PM Authorities say the 911 center that scrambled emergency response to the fatal fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West received more than 1,000 calls the evening of the blast.

Updated: 5:01 PM U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz starts as the Texas favorite in a fantasy 2016 Republican primary for president, swamping Gov. Rick Perry and a number of other big-name candidates in the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

Posted: 9:05 AM Texas Gov. Rick Perry is bringing his job-poaching tour of the Northeast to Connecticut.

Posted: 7:03 AM A youth pastor has been identified as one of the victims of a massive wreck in North Texas that left four dead and at least six injured.

Updated: 8:58 AM Four people are dead after a fatal San Antonio crash in which their vehicle was struck by a driver fleeing police.

Posted: 6:25 AM Austin-area police say an officer fatally shot a man who allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend, then refused to stand down when confronted by authorities.

Updated: 7:17 PM A private jet that had former President George W. Bush on board made an emergency landing after the smell of smoke was reported in the cockpit.

Posted: 12:32 PM A Texas lawmaker says the state may need new laws and regulations regarding the safe handling of hazardous materials after an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West highlighted the dangers.

Posted: 12:27 PM Houston police are looking for a gunman who killed one person and injured three others in a shooting outside a nightclub.

Posted: 12:24 PM Three men were injured when the small twin engine plane they were in crashed shortly after taking off from a Southeast Texas airport.