Yasmin Eleby, a successful Houston native who teaches children in Saudi Arabia, upheld her vow to be a bride by the time she turned 40 years old, despite the fact that she has yet to find a lifelong partner. As a result, she celebrated her 40th birthday by marrying herself.
Activists in the Latino community are demanding the launch of a federal investigation into the indictment of three Hispanic former officers from the Houston Police Department who got caught in a ticket rigging scandal.
After initial fears about a possible toxic gas leak aboard the International Space Station, it appears that a problem with a computer onboard the craft sounded the alarm by mistake, which then prompted astronauts located on the American side of the station to move to the Russian sector on Wednesday while the situation was investigated.
The FBI has said the shooter, a former Iraq War veteran, killed a psychologist at the base. Though his motives remain unknown, in 2013 the two men has a verbal altercation in which the shooter threatened the doctor.
The Dallas metropolitan area was rattled by no fewer than nine earthquakes in a span of 24 hours. The temblors were recorded in Irving, a suburb of Texas's third-largest city.
A shooting at an El Paso Army medical base and VA hospital has shut down the complex and sent local police on a manhunt. The situation is now under control after it was found the shooter turned the gun on himself.
A local meteorologist from central Texas was shot multiple times outside his studio as he headed home on Wednesday morning. Police are currently looking for the man who shot morning meteorologist Patrick Crawford, who is in stable condition.
A Texas TV meteorologist was shot multiple times outside his station's station, and the gunman is still at large. KCEN-TV weatherman Patrick Crawford is undergoing surgery at a local hospital, the NBC affiliate said.
During a capital murder trial on Monday, a prosecutor accused a teenage girl of gouging out the victim's eye as she pleaded for her life in a satanic ritual.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the execution of Scott Panetti hours before it started. They will investigate the case's "complex legal questions" in subsequent oral arguments.
Less than eight hours before he was condemned to die by lethal injection, The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted Scott Panetti a stay of execution.
Over a dozen national leaders of the conservative movement have come together to script and sign a letter to Tex. Governor Rick Perry, asking him to commute the upcoming death sentence of a severely mentally ill inmate to a life sentence, if agreed upon by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Authorities fatally shot a man who they say opened fire on the police headquarters in Austin, Texas early Friday morning. He also targeted a U.S. courthouse and the Mexican Consulate, according to Assistant Police Chief Raul Munguia.
A driver who rammed his car into the gates of U.S. Army post Fort Sam Houston in Texas is in custody after the ordeal on Sunday. Police have not provided much information about the situation or the suspect, but the military base, which had been placed under lockdown, has returned to normal operations.
Austin-based, American singer-songwriter humbly showed off his smooth vocal chops, entranced the crowd with his piano playing and rocked the guitar alongside Guatemalan singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno at Joe's Pub in New York on Monday night.
A Texas state district judge has denied a defense motion to have two felony charges dismissed against outgoing Texas Gov. Rick Perry over technicalities.
