HOUSTON — A Texas judge criticized for declaring the death penalty unconstitutional took back his controversial ruling Tuesday but scheduled a hearing for next month to hear evidence on the issue. State District Judge Kevin Fine said he wants more read more..

In his stall at the clinic are notes from supporters in nearby counties, from North Carolina and Texas. His Facebook fans - from Jordan, Germany, Canada Sanderson, who’s a federal government environmental safety and health worker, said he doesn’t read more..

AUSTIN — The Texas Education Agency lashed out Wednesday at the Fox Network for “highly inaccurate” reports about the State Board of Education and its work on social studies curriculum standards. The TEA, in a news release, cited a half dozen read more..

NEW ORLEANS — Police scoured the French Quarter videotapes of a Texas energy executive who disappeared after walking out of a Bourbon Street bar. About 30 detectives were looking for Douglas Schantz, 54, who was last seen leaving the Razzoo Bar read more..

VHA Inc., the national health care network, announced a five-year strategic agreement with Tidewater GPO, a leading group purchasing organization for long-term care providers. This agreement enables Tidewater’s approximately 4,000 members to benefit read more..

When U.S. domestic automakers were commuting back and forth between Detroit and Washington while begging for government funds in the fall of 2008, a big deal was made of the fact that their CEOs were traveling in private jets instead of driving read more..

Transonic Combustion , a startup based in Camarillo, TX, has developed a fuel-injection system it says can improve the efficiency of gasoline engines by more than 50 percent. A test vehicle equipped with the technology gets 64 miles per gallon in read more..

Basic training to learn all about America’s fighting force. (AP) An airman in training at Sheppard Air Force Base was in military custody Monday after toting a shotgun outside a dormitory. George Woodward, a spokesman for the base, said no shots were read more..

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is turning down Texas’ attempt to get a death sentence reimposed on a convicted killer who lower courts have found is mentally impaired. The justices rejected the state’s appeal Monday in the case of Eric Lynn Moore read more..

Signature Exploration and Production Corporation (OTCBB: SXLP), an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, exploitation and acquisition of oil and natural gas properties in the U.S., announced today that it has entered read more..

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is turning down Texas’ attempt to get a death sentence reimposed on a convicted killer who lower courts have found is mentally impaired. The justices rejected the state’s appeal Monday in the case of Eric Lynn read more..

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital, near Fort Worth, has launched a program called Doc Shop that invites prospective patients to casually meet and size up a lot of doctors in a short amount of time. “It is about chemistry in some ways. read more..

I know that you hate the whole state of Texas. I do to,” she wrote to Jacqueline Kennedy from Austin in January 1964. “I wish I lived in Washington, D.C. where maybe I could maybe see you standing on your porch. I am determined to move there as soon read more..

Authorities say a gunman has been killed and an off-duty officer injured in a shootout outside a Walmart store in the east Texas city of Commerce. Commerce spokeswoman Marty Cunningham says police received a call Sunday about shots being fired from a car in… East Texas - United States - Texas - Wal-Mart - Tyler Texas read more..

CORPUS CHRISTI —Two students at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi have created a Web site they hope will help students sell their college textbooks as well as help children in El Salvador attend school.Hailey Curran a sophomore at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, founded www.payitforwardbooks.com — a Web site where students can post their textbooks for sale with … read more..

Off-duty officer kills gunman in shootout outside Walmart in east Texas city of Commerce read more..

COMMERCE, Texas—Authorities say a suspected gunman has been killed and an off-duty officer injured in a shootout outside a Walmart store in the east Texas town of Commerce. read more..

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Danielle Adams scored 18 points, Tanisha White added 16 and Texas A&M (No. 22 ESPN/USA Today, No. 15 AP) earned a 78-54 win over Kansas on Saturday night. The Aggies shot 44 percent en route to their third straight win. Texas A&M read more..

NORMAN, Okla. — Khris Middleton scored 15 points, Bryan Davis added 13 points and 10 rebounds and No. 23 Texas A&M dominated the paint for a 69-54 victory against tumbling Oklahoma on Saturday. The Aggies (22-8, 11-5 Big 12) got Oklahoma’s frontcourt players in foul trouble early and then pulled read more..

Fine ruled in a pretrial motion in a capital murder case on Thursday that the death penalty was unconstitutional and found himself on Friday facing a torrent of criticism from a string of high-profile Texans, including Gov. Rick Perry. read more..

SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — John Rybak scored 25 points, including a free throw that sent the game into overtime, to lead Texas State to a 101-97 win over Sam Houston State on Saturday in the final regular season matchup for both teams. Ryan White read more..

Treasure shot 9-for-20 from the field and nailed five 3-pointers for the Tigers (15-15, 11-7 Southwestern Athletic Conference), who have won three games in a row. Aaron Clayborn chipped in with 12 points. The game was tied at 62 with 1:32 left to read more..

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott offered to help the district attorney appeal Fine’s decision, which Abbott said ignored U.S. Supreme Court precedent. “We regret that the court’s legally baseless order unnecessarily delays justice and closure for read more..

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 21-year-old Texas man faces federal drug charges after authorities say he was found with 436,000 Ecstasy pills. Edgar Juarez of San Antonio, Texas, is charged with possession with intent to distribute the Ecstasy. U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch said Thursday the crime is alleged read more..

A US District Court for Eastern Texas on Thursday affirmed a contempt ruling against Dish Network and sister company EchoStar Corp in their long-term patent case versus DVR maker TiVo. The verdict maintains that Dish and EchoStar failed to comply read more..

On Wednesday, the 6-foot-8 Baylor forward became famous again for all the wrong reasons . Griner punched Texas Tech guard Jordan Barncastle in the face after Barncastle flung her around in the paint during the second half of the Bears’ victory read more..

VERMILLION, S.D. — Tyler Cain scored a career-high 34 points and added 17 rebounds to lead South Dakota past Texas-Pan American 85-79 in overtime Thursday night. Cain’s basket tied the game at 66-66 with 17 seconds left for the Coyotes (18-9, 9-1 read more..

AUSTIN, Texas — Debra Medina was hardly the ideal candidate in Tuesday’s Republican primary: She didn’t raise much money and came under fire for suggesting the U.S. might have been involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. Still, she won nearly one out of read more..

Rangers 13, Royals 3 As spring openers go, the Texas Rangers couldn’t have asked for much more than what they accomplished in their runaway victory Thursday. Rich Harden tossed two innings, allowing one hit and an unearned run. Julio Borbon had hits read more..

SAN ANTONIO Surgeons at Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base have given a retired Air Force master sergeant a new left hand. It replaces one lost to a package bomb at Lackland nine years ago. Janet McWilliams received the new read more..

You’ll find plenty o’ pooches along with the food and entertainment at the North Texas Irish Festival this weekend in Fair Park. From 6 to 11 Friday night, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Saturday and 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday read more..

COLLEGE STATION — Donald Sloan and Texas A&M turned a weakness into a strength Wednesday night. Sloan scored 19 points and the 23rd-ranked Aggies led from start to finish in a 76-61 victory over Oklahoma State. Texas A&M entered the game shooting a read more..