Infamous Houston serial killer considered for compassionate release by parole board

From 1970 through 1973, Elmer Wayne Henley helped lure 28 teenage boys to a Pasadena home belonging to Dean Corll, also known as The Candy Man. He's serving 6 life sentences, but is being considered for compassionate release.

Alex Jones trial: Infowars host ordered to pay $45.2M in punitive damages

Infowars founder Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $45.2M in punitive damages to the parents of Jesse Lewis, a victim of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.

'Honor Killings' Trial: Sisters feared their dad would kill them days before their murders, prosecutors claim

Prosecutors described a father on trial for murdering his two teenage daughters as "controlling and possessive." Their former teacher says they told her they were running away and knew their dad would try to kill them.

Harris Co. boy, 7, found dead in washing machine after being reported missing: HCSO

A 7-year-old boy who was reported missing on Thursday morning was found dead just hours later in a washing machine in the garage of his home in north Harris County, authorities say.

Spectrum ordered to pay murder victim’s family more than $7B

A Dallas County jury found Spectrum grossly negligent and ordered the cable company to pay more than $7 billion to the family of a woman who was killed by an employee in her Irving home.

Taco Bell customers sue, claim manager poured boiling water on them in dispute over wrong order

A woman claims that she and a young girl who went to a Taco Bell in Dallas, Texas, were left feeling like they were "burning from the inside out" after a store manager allegedly covered them in boiling water.

Dallas Love Field shooting suspect shot by police, no one else injured

Dallas police have identified the woman who they say fired several shots inside Love Field Airport before officers shot her. No one else was injured.

Alex Jones' Sandy Hook defamation trial finally set to begin in Texas

Alex Jones is facing a defamation trial over his false comments that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax. Jury selection began Monday.

Touched by Uvalde, Bo Jackson quietly donated to pay for funerals

Former sports superstar Bo Jackson helped pay for the funerals of the 19 children and two teachers killed in the Uvalde school massacre in May, revealing himself as one of the previously anonymous donors.

2 Pasadena men indicted in migrant death-trailer case that killed 53

Two men were indicted Wednesday in the case of a hot, airless tractor-trailer rig found with 53 dead or dying migrants in San Antonio, officials said.

Uvalde schools looking to fire police chief after shooting

The city's school board will consider firing schools police Chief Pete Arredondo at a special meeting Saturday to consider the superintendent's recommendation.

Two decades of active shooter response strategy ignored in Uvalde

A total of 376 officers converged on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — more than the entire police force in a midsize American city like Fort Lauderdale, Florida, or Tempe, Arizona. But for more than 70 minutes on May 24, not one officer stopped the shooter.

Texas couple arrested after dead baby found in their filthy apartment, police say

The Odessa Police Department revealed the gruesome details in an arrest affidavit, saying the infant had heavy bruising and swelling to the left side of his face and head.

NTSB: Dad, not 13-year-old, was driving truck that hit USW golf team’s van; had meth in system

A Texas man, not his 13-year-old son, was driving the pickup truck that crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a van carrying New Mexico college golfers, killing nine people, and he had methamphetamine in his system, investigators said.