Texas
Twister season starts late, but starts nonetheless
Deadly tornadoes that have raked communities in Middle America over the past week, including Monday's massive twister that carved a path of destruction through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, belie what had been a relatively quiet start of the 2013 tornado season. In fact, this is the longest the ...
Texas radioactive waste bill killed for error
A bill that would have dramatically changed the rules for a radioactive waste dump died in the Legislature because of a parliamentary error. Fort Worth Democrat Lon Burnam called the point of order Monday night, derailing it. The measure would have allowed a West Texas nuclear waste facility to import ...
Firefighter dies in Dallas condo complex blaze
A veteran Dallas firefighter's body was recovered Monday several hours after he called for help because he was trapped in a condominium complex blaze. Stanley A. Wilson, 51, had been a Dallas firefighter since 1985. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says Wilson's body was pulled from the rubble after a ...
Judge tosses ex-BP executive's obstruction charge
A federal judge has dismissed a charge that is the backbone of the case against a former BP executive accused of concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil spewing in 2010 from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. Defense attorney Reid Weingarten called it a ...
Warren Buffett gives young entrepreneurs 10 shares
Meeting Warren Buffett was exciting, but 10-year-old Matthew Meyer said winning $5,000 and 10 shares of stock in Buffett's company made Monday the best day of his life. Matthew said he never expected to make the finals in Omaha, much less win the entrepreneurial contest tied to "The Secret Millionaire's ...
Bills DE Williams says texts taken out of context
Mario Williams refused to be labeled as someone who was emotionally unstable in dismissing questions about his mental state raised by a series of text messages from his former fiancee. In his first opportunity to respond to a transcript of a text conversation released by Erin Marzouki's attorney last week, ...
Texas man's conviction in NJ gun case is upheld
A Texas man arrested with 21 guns in his car while passing through New Jersey four years ago will remain in prison after an appeals court on Monday upheld his conviction in a case that could wind up in front of the state Supreme Court. Dustin Reininger is serving a ...
Man arrested following shooting that left 2 dead
Investigators have identified four men they say were involved in a drug-related shooting in Houston that left a 10-year-old boy and a woman dead. Houston police said Monday one of the men — 23-year-old Bobby Austin — is in custody charged with capital murder. The same charge has been filed ...
United restarts 787 flights after grounding
United Airlines put its 787 back in the air on Monday, with both the airline and Boeing hoping to put the plane's four-month grounding behind them. The flight from Houston to Chicago was just the kind of 787 flight that airlines are hoping for: uneventful. Smoldering batteries on two 787s ...
Texas man charged in death of postal worker
Authorities have charged a 36-year-old man with murder in the death of a U.S. postal worker north of Houston. Federal officials say James Wayne Ham was charged Monday in the killing of 52-year-old Marie Youngblood. The San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office had taken him into custody Sunday, saying at the ...
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