Ex-Texas DA loses appeal on disbarment over false conviction

Former prosecutor used false testimony and withheld evidence to send now-exonerated man to death row for 12 years

• Feb 9, 2016

Police say Texas teen killed mom, 2 neighbors

The 19-year-old in Uvalde, Texas, gunned down his mother and two brothers living next door before turning the gun on himself, authorities say

• Feb 7, 2016

Texas tabloid threatens to publish all local cops' addresses

After San Antonio police reveal man shot dead by cop was just holding a cellphone, local newspaper compares them to "Ku Klux Klansmen with hoods"

• Feb 7, 2016

Multiple people dead in Texas shootout

Deadly shootout followed by standoff with police

• Feb 6, 2016

Pup dies after kids allegedly stab him with stick

A woman reportedly found a male puppy and a female puppy at a Mesquite, Texas park Saturday

• Feb 5, 2016

Activist behind Planned Parenthood video surrenders in Texas

Anti-abortion activist indicted for making undercover videos that claimed group illegally sold fetal tissue for profit

• Feb 4, 2016

Study: Texas birth control fell after Planned Parenthood cut

Fewer women obtained long-acting birth control, births increased in poor families after state dropped Planned Parenthood from health program

• Feb 3, 2016

Activist appears in court in Planned Parenthood video case

Lawyer for anti-abortion activist indicted after making undercover videos calls case "dumber than a bucket of hair"

• Feb 3, 2016

Which states are hurting the most from oil slump?

The lowest energy prices in years are helping consumers, but they're causing havoc in some parts of the country

• Feb 1, 2016

Affluenza teen to remain in juvenile detention center

Ethan Couch, 18, was booked into the juvenile detention facility after he was deported from Mexico on Thursday and he will remain there

• Jan 29, 2016

"Affluenza" teen Ethan Couch arrives back in Texas

Ethan Couch formally ratified decision to drop appeal against deportation to U.S. days ago

• Jan 28, 2016

Mexico takes action after "affluenza" teen's deportation fight

Ethan Couch formally ratified decision to drop appeal against deportation to U.S. days ago

• Jan 28, 2016

Texas executes man for fatal shooting of game warden

Lethal injection was the second in as many weeks in Texas, which carries out capital punishment more than any other state

• Jan 27, 2016

"Runaway grand jury" indicted anti-abortion activists, says their lawyer

Houston grand jury cleared Planned Parenthood of misusing fetal tissue; instead indicted two anti-abortion activists for the undercover videos

• Jan 27, 2016

El Paso plans for Pope Francis' visit to U.S.-Mexico border

Leaders say the pope's visit at the end of a five-day tour of Mexico will draw hundreds of thousands to El Paso and Ciudad Juarez

• Jan 26, 2016

Grand jury indicts activists behind Planned Parenthood attack videos

No charges brought against Planned Parenthood; activists' charges relate to setting up and recording undercover videos

• Jan 26, 2016

Family of slain Texas teen tracks down suspect via FB

Tips led authorities to a silver Ford Mustang and the suspect's name, which unearthed recently-closed Instagram and Facebook accounts

• Jan 22, 2016

Zika virus likely to spread in U.S., experts say

"It's not if, it's when," one expert says, as concerns grow about the mosquito-borne virus

• Jan 21, 2016

Texas executes its first inmate of 2016

"Sometimes you have to live and die by the choices you make. I made mine and I'm paying for it," convicted killer Richard Masterson said before lethal injection

• Jan 20, 2016

Lawyers: Ethan Couch to return to Texas within weeks

Teenager who used an ​"affluenza" defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck fled to Mexico with his mother over possible probation violation

• Jan 20, 2016

Texas joins states calling daily fantasy sports illegal

Texas Attorney General stops short of ordering daily fantasy sports sites such as DraftKings and FanDuel to shut down, as other states have

• Jan 19, 2016

Officials intercept marijuana disguised as carrots

Drug-filled, carrot-shaped packages were mixed in with a commercial shipment of fresh carrots, officials say

• Jan 14, 2016

Feds: Iraqi refugee wanted to bomb Texas malls

Federal agent testifies Omar Al Hsardan was learning to make electronic transmitters that could be used to detonate explosive devices

• Jan 14, 2016

CDC: Evidence may link mosquito-borne virus, birth defects

U.S. health officials find worrying signs that the Zika virus may harm unborn babies; a "pandemic in progress"

• Jan 13, 2016

1996 slaying that led to Amber Alert still unsolved

Authorities are still looking for evidence in the murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman

• Jan 13, 2016

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