Texas

There's another crazy story of captivity and this time it's centered around a house in Houston.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed sweeping new abortion regulations that threaten the existence of most clinics in the state.

An anonymous donor has posted $500,000 bail for a Texas teen many feel has been wrongly imprisoned.

A bill in the Texas legislature that would impose some of the strongest restrictions on abortion in the country failed to pass before a midnight deadline on Tuesday, following extraordinary events in the State Senate that lasted all day.

We have all been taken in by the coverage of the Boston Marathon Bombing, the aftermath, and the search for the suspects that ended in the death of one and the apprehension of the other. It was another example of social media and our need for "instant gratification and information" coming into play before accuracy, and admittedly, as a member of the media, it made me a little embarrassed

The bodies of 12 people have been recovered from the site of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, officials said on Friday.

Authorities say that five to 15 people may have died in last night's massive explosion at the West Fertilizer Plant in West, Texas. Many more, perhaps more than 160, were injured.

An explosion in West, TX, just outside of Waco, spread fires across multiple buildings and injured an unknown number of people earlier tonight. The explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Plant shortly before 8 PM CT. A large number of people have been reported injured, though the number of those killed in the explosion, if any, has not yet been officially released...

Update 5:30 p.m. (Eastern): Three people in total were taken to the hospital, including one in critical condition. Update 2:55: One shooting victim's name is Jody Neal, according to his uncle and sister, who were interviewed at the scene. Update 2:50: "The police believe the danger has been mitigated," according to a spokesman for the college. "The school is under control but still

Maybe we're just hypersensitive to this sort of thing, but it seems like UFO reports have been pouring in lately. After the possible appearance of UFOs in Google Street View and in the skies over San Francisco and Brooklyn, a man claims to have snapped a photographed of a "Grey" alien in the woods of Texas.