Texas
After vote on gay youth, Scouts face more turmoil
The Boy Scouts of America will get no reprieve from controversy after a contentious vote to accept openly gay boys as Scouts. Dismayed conservatives are already looking at alternative youth groups as they predict a mass exodus from the BSA. Gay-rights supporters vowed Friday to maintain pressure on the Scouts ...
Ex-'Yogurt shop murders' figure seeks compensation
A man whose conviction in the 1991 slayings of four teenage girls at an Austin yogurt shop was overturned wants compensation for his imprisonment. Robert Springsteen IV spent nine years in prison before an appeals court overturned his sentence, but Travis County prosecutors haven't declared him innocent. Now, the Austin ...
Man sentenced to 50 years for cold case killing
A North Texas man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing a teenager whose body was dumped in a rock pit in 1984. Collin County prosecutors say 50-year-old Alonzo Grayson Jr. was sentenced Thursday after a jury earlier in the day found him guilty in the death ...
Summer travel forecast: Better, but no blowout
This summer, high rollers are flying to lavish hot spots for their vacations. The rest of us are driving to less luxurious places like nearby campgrounds. The good news: At some U.S. campgrounds these days you get live bands, air guitar contests and chocolate pudding slip 'n slides. Americans' plans ...
Man faces arson charge after Houston fire
Houston police have arrested a man on an arson charge in an apartment complex fire allegedly started by a thrown Molotov cocktail. The Houston Fire Department says one firefighter suffered a minor hand injury in the blaze extinguished early Friday. Several units suffered heavy damage. Investigators say 26-year-old Darrius Owens ...
Mother killed, kids hurt, after shoplifters crash
A 20-year-old woman has been charged with murder after her car being pursued by police who suspected her in a shoplifting incident slammed into another car at a Houston intersection, killing a woman and seriously injuring her three children. Shiquinta Franklin was held in jail Friday on $50,000 bond. The ...
Judge orders more monitoring for Cowboys DT
Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent will remain free while he awaits trial for intoxication manslaughter, as a judge on Friday denied a request by prosecutors to revoke his bond due to problems with alcohol monitoring. Brent is charged in the fatal car crash Dec. 8 that killed Jerry Brown, ...
Galveston judge suspended by state after arrest
A state judicial ethics commission has suspended a Galveston judge without pay following his arrest on eight charges related to his actions from the bench. Galveston County Court-at-Law Judge Christopher Dupuy showed up for work Thursday to hear a divorce case, a day after his arrest, and said he intended ...
Texas rapper indicted, controlled substance count
Platinum-selling rapper Lil' Flip of Houston has been indicted on a charge of possession of a controlled substance over a 2012 Texas traffic stop. Navarro County District Attorney R. Lowell Thompson said Friday that the artist whose real name is Wesley Eric Weston allegedly possessed codeine. The traffic stop happened ...
Hurricane center: Beware of the storm surge
During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don't understand the dire warnings from forecasters to get out of its way. So this season, they hope to offer easy-to-understand, color-coded maps and change the way they talk to the public. ...
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