Ehlinger leads Texas’ Alamo Bowl romp over No. 12 Utah 38-10
SAN ANTONIO — Sam Ehlinger passed for three touchdowns and ran for another, and Texas excised the frustrations of a disappointing regular season with ...
Minister: Texas gunman grew angry in past over cash requests
DALLAS — The congregation at a Texas church where two people were fatally shot had repeatedly given food to the gunman, according to the pastor, but h...
Texas-sized NHL Winter Classic for Stars, Preds in Cotton
DALLAS — Welcome to a Texas-sized NHL Winter Classic.
Judge orders Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook case
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas judge ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in another court setback over the Infowars host using his show to...
Firearms instructor took out gunman at Texas church service
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — Alarms went off in Jack Wilson's head the moment a man wearing a fake beard, a wig, a hat and a long coat walked into a Texa...
No. 6 Baylor wins 9th in row 83-57 win over Jackson State
WACO, Texas — Jared Butler scored 18 points, Freddie Gillespie had another double-double and No. 6 Baylor won its ninth game in a row, beating Jackson...
Police: Parishioners kill man who fatally shoots 2 at church
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — A man pulled out a shotgun at a Texas church service and fired on worshippers Sunday, killing two people before he was shot ...
Titans clinch playoff spot with 35-14 win over Texans
HOUSTON — Derrick Henry and the Tennessee Titans ran their way into the playoffs, beating a Houston Texans team that rested several starters and setti...
Texas sheriff: 2 dead, multiple shot in music video ‘ambush’
HOUSTON — Two people were shot and killed and multiple others were wounded when a group filming a music video was “ambushed” near Houston, Harris Coun...
Mond leads A&M to 24-21 win over Oklahoma St. in Texas Bowl
HOUSTON — Kellen Mond ran for a career-high 117 yards and threw a touchdown pass as Texas A&M scored 24 straight points to overcome an early defic...
Watt returns to practice with Houston Texans
HOUSTON — J.J. Watt returned to practice with the Houston Texans on Tuesday, clearing the way for the star defensive end to play in the team's playoff...
Giuliani pals leveraged GOP access to seek Ukraine gas deal
KYIV, Ukraine — In a back corner of the swank H Bar in Houston, near a huge photo of Brigitte Bardot with a dangling cigarette and a deck of cards, tw...
Texans win AFC South title with victory over Bucs
TAMPA, Fla. — Bradley Roby returned one of Jameis Winston’s four interceptions for a touchdown and Ka’imi Fairburn snapped a fourth-quarter tie with h...
Ambitious Texas law fails to make dent in jailhouse suicides
In a county jail in central Texas, an inmate on suicide watch begins strangling himself with a phone cord. The guard watching him does not rush in bec...
Police say Texas mother found dead was strangled, baby safe
AUSTIN, Texas — More than a week after a 33-year-old Texas mother and her infant daughter vanished, authorities said Friday they found the woman dead ...
Impeachment of Trump voted top 2019 news story in AP poll
NEW YORK — The drive by the Democratic-led House of Representatives to impeach President Donald Trump was the top news story of 2019, according to The...
Experts: Silence after Texas police shooting risks mistrust
DALLAS — A small Texas police department's silence about what prompted an officer to fatally shoot a man in the head nearly three weeks ago deviates f...
SUNDAYS AFTER: Patrick Shepard finds healing in basketball
WYLIE, Texas — It was the priest who taught Patrick Shepard to love basketball — how to dribble and block and position his body just so, to sink the p...
Authorities: Texas man tried to sell mercury before spills
HOUSTON — A 19-year-old man accused of spilling mercury at several Houston locations stole the liquid metal from an abandoned business, tried to sell ...
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner wins reelection in runoff
HOUSTON — Houston’s incumbent mayor won a second term on Saturday night, holding off a millionaire trial lawyer whose previous support of President Do...
Remains of 3 people found during renovations at the Alamo
SAN ANTONIO — The remains of three people were found at the Alamo amid an archaeological exploration ahead of planned renovations at the site of one o...
With O’Rourke not running for Senate, many don’t know who is
SAN MARCOS, Texas — It's finally official: Beto O'Rourke isn't running for Senate in Texas. The problem for Democrats is most voters don't know who is...
Brazilians arrive in waves at the US-Mexico border
EL PASO, Texas — Growing up along the U.S.-Mexico border, hotel clerk Joe Luis Rubio never thought he'd be trying to communicate in Portuguese on a da...
No. 6 Oklahoma beats No. 8 Baylor 30-23 in OT for B12 title
ARLINGTON, Texas — Rhamondre Stevenson had a 5-yard touchdown run in overtime and No. 6 Oklahoma made its bid for another playoff berth with a 30-23 w...
No. 18 Baylor beats No. 12 Arizona 63-58 in freebie for fans
WACO, Texas — MaCio Teague scored 19 points, Freddie Gillespie had 17 points and 13 rebounds and No. 18 Baylor defeated No. 12 Arizona 63-58 on Saturd...
Texas woman fights to keep name out of lawsuit alleging rape
HOUSTON — A Texas woman is fighting for anonymity in a lawsuit alleging she was sexually assaulted by a co-worker, but a federal judge who plans to di...
Patriots-Chiefs rematch headlines Week 14
Beating the New England Patriots has been the primary focus for the Kansas City Chiefs since losing the AFC championship game last January.
Report: Teen who died in US custody unresponsive for hours
HOUSTON — Video showing the U.S. Border Patrol cell where a 16-year-old from Guatemala died of the flu shows the teen writhing and collapsing on the f...
Voluntary evacuation order lifted for Texas coastal city
PORT NECHES, Texas — Officials in the Texas coastal city of Port Neches lifted a voluntary evacuation order Thursday that was issued overnight because...
Texas judge orders border wall fundraiser not to build
HOUSTON — A local judge in South Texas has ordered supporters of President Donald Trump not to build their planned private border wall on a section of...