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Shooting guns for practice or fun is a great American pastime and a favorite thing to do for many Texans.

A man robbed the Wells Fargo Bank at 1601 West 35th St. Wednesday morning. The suspect showed what appeared to be a small, black semi-automatic gun, demanded money and left with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The Houston FBI Bank Robbery Task Force is searching for a couple who robbed the First Convenience Bank located inside a Kroger at 1505 Wirt on Wednesday.

Harris Co. Pct. 5 is on the look-out for a suspect who robbed a busy toll booth at gun point.

Houston police have released a composite sketch of a man wanted in an attempted abduction last month.

The U.S. hotel industry posted declines in all three key performance measurements during October, according to data from STR.

An online child pornography ring required would-be members to share explicit pictures of children to show they weren't in law enforcement and that they could provide such images, according to federal prosecutors, who announced Tuesday that eight men have been charged.

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Houston has long enjoyed its status as America's oil capital, the type of city where the local Petroleum Club threw a $100,000 gala during a period of then-record high gas prices.

Police say that a METRO officer fearing for his life was forced to shoot at a group of robbery suspects at a northwest Houston restaurant.

An amber alert has been issued for a 14-year old Texas teen. The San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office is searching for Angela Rodriguez.

Texas trial attorney John Oa TMQuinn was driving at twice the speed limit before the SUV crash that claimed his life.

Night photography sans flash can be tricky but in this instance, mata-leao, gets it right.

An 18-year-old Houston-area honors student who's charged alongside her mother with trying to hire someone to kill her father is getting his support following her probable cause hearing.

A top aide says Democrat Tom Schieffer is dropping out of the Texas governor's race.

This week we watched some heavy rain move in along and off the gulf coast, fortunately we did not see any flooding.

If the teenagers' relationship was troubled, Tiffany James showed no hint of unease at school Friday morning.

For decades, people have heard about electric cars and how -- one day -- we will be "plugging in" instead of "filling up" at a gas station.

An armored truck guard is recovering from a gunshot wound to the leg after a group of men robbed him in southwest Houston, the FBI said.