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Texas authorities are trying to figure out how a 16-year-old may have gotten a loaded handgun past officers at a juvenile detention center in Houston.Guards at the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center discovered the gun about two hours after the youth was booked for marijuana possession Monday morning.Juvenile Probation Department director ...

Authorities say two north Texas residents died when the experimental airplane they were in crashed shortly after takeoff.

Representatives from Texas' cattle industry recently discussed future research and educational partnerships related to fever ticks at a summit hosted by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service.

Gov. Rick Perry told renewable energy industry officials that a cap-and-trade climate bill in Congress would increase taxes and devastate Texas' energy sector.

The personal Web site for a radical American imam living in Yemen who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers is praising alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj.

Everything, they say, is bigger in the Texas. So it is with the failure of the health care system.

Texas is among the first states to toughen standards for colleges of education and other teacher-training programs amid criticism that too many are "cash cows" that produce weak instructors.

By MARIA RECIO WASHINGTON - Even if the House votes today on the healthcare overhaul bill, Rep.

Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas on Thursday, Nov.

ELDORADO, Texas - The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following last year's raid at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in West Texas was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had a so-called "spiritual marriage." Raymond Jessop, 38, didn't visibly react when the verdict was read after just more than ...

From glittering beaded flapper dresses to silky pantsuits meant for entertaining at home, a new exhibit celebrates a time when women bobbed their hair, ventured out to speakeasies and dared to shorten their hemlines.

As the sun rose, the sky over Killeen was overcast this morning, setting the mood for a community still in shock over the shooting massacre at Fort Hood less than two days earlier.

The military of Saturday released the following list of the people killed Thursday when a gunman fire at Fort Hood, Texas.

A doctor says shooting victims from Fort Hood are improving. And Gov. Rick Perry visits the wounded from the Fort Hood shooting, at a hospital in Temp ...

Source: Published: First responders walk out to a news conference at Fort Hood in Texas Nov.

Two years after the remains of a toddler who came to be known as "Baby Grace" were dumped in Galveston Bay, the child's stepfather was convicted of capital murder in her beating death.

According to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, at the top of the list to receive H1N1 "swine flu" vaccinations are: Pregnant women; Those who care for infants under 6 months of age; Health care and EMS workers; Those ranging from 6 months through 24 years of age; and 25- to 64-year-olds with underlying medical conditions.

State Rep. Chuck Hopson says he's leaving the Democratic Party and becoming a Republican.

" Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement regarding the shootings at Fort Hood: "The Texas family suffered a significant loss today with the tragedy at Fort Hood.

Twelve people were killed and 31 were wounded by at least one gunman who opened fire on the grounds of Fort Hood Army Base in Texas, the U.S. military said.