Residents flee fourth major Texas petrochemical fire this year
Three workers were injured and residents of four towns were told to evacuate after explosions on Wednesday at a Texas petrochemical plant, the latest in a series...
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Former US policeman jailed for 15 years for black teen’s murder
A white former Texas policeman was jailed on Wednesday for 15 years over the deadly shooting of an unarmed black teenager in a Dallas suburb last year...
Dead Texas bombing suspect identified as local man
An unemployed 23-year-old man suspected of a three-week bombing campaign in Texas that killed two people and injured five others blew himself up on...
Sixth Texas parcel bomb leaves U.S. investigators baffled
A parcel packed with nails and shrapnel blew up on Tuesday at a FedEx Corp center near San Antonio, Texas, injuring a worker, before a second...
Explosion in Austin wounds two men, FBI on scene (Update)
Two men on bicycles were wounded in an explosion of a bomb that may have been detonated by a trip wire, police said on Monday...
Hamilton wins U.S. GP but made to wait for title
Mercedes won the Formula One constructors’ title for the fourth year in a row on Sunday but Lewis Hamilton was made to wait despite cruising...
Eight killed, including gunman, in shooting at Texas home
A gunman killed seven people at a home in a Dallas suburb on Sunday evening before being shot dead by police called to the scene,...
Climate creep and American frogs
By Gwynne Dyer At least a decade ago, a retired general at the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies said to me that the...
Texas city loses water, 44 dead, but thousands rescued
A flood-hit southeast Texas city lost its drinking water supply and police and soldiers rescued thousands still stranded on Thursday after powerful storm Harvey killed...
Blasts at chemical plant spark new worry in storm-soaked Texas
Explosions at a chemical plant near Houston posed a fresh worry for storm-battered Texas on Thursday while rescuers searched block by block for survivors of...
Gasoline hits $2/gallon, explosion expected at flooded Texas plant
Gasoline prices hit $2 a gallon for the first time since 2015 on Thursday as flooding from storm Harvey knocked out almost a quarter of...
After driving thousands from Houston, Harvey hits Louisiana
AT LEAST 35 DEAD, 17 MISSING Tropical Storm Harvey spun across southeast Texas into Louisiana on Wednesday, sending more people fleeing for shelter after swamping...
Harvey claims second fatality, threatens catastrophic floods (Updated)
Rescue crews raced against rising floodwaters on Sunday to pull hundreds of stranded residents from their homes in southeast Texas as Harvey, the most powerful...
Death toll in suspected Texas human smuggling case rises to nine
At least nine men were found dead on Sunday alongside dozens of people discovered inside a sweltering tractor trailer parked at a Walmart store in...
One student killed, 3 wounded in University of Texas stabbings
A man enrolled at the University of Texas went on a stabbing spree with a large hunting knife at the school’s Austin campus on Monday,...
Troubled lawyer shoots nine in Houston before being killed by police
A troubled lawyer opened fire on morning commuters in Houston on Monday, injuring at least nine people before being fatally shot by police, authorities said....
US judge grants nationwide injunction to halt Obama transgender policy
A US judge granted a nationwide injunction sought by a group of 13 states led by Texas seeking to block Obama administration guidance that transgender...
Texas infant’s death linked to travel-related Zika infection
The death of an infant born with the birth defect microcephaly in the Houston area has been linked to the Zika virus, with the baby...
Texas allows guns in college classrooms under new law
A new law went into effect in Texas yesterday Monday that allows certain students to bring guns into classrooms, with supporters saying it could prevent...
One dead, three injured in separate shootings in Austin, Texas (Update 5)
A gunman killed a woman and seriously wounded three others in Austin early on Sunday when he shot into a crowd as people streamed out...
