Associated Press

SPRING, Texas (AP) — One suspect has been shot multiple times and a second fled after the men attempted to rob a Houston-area fast-food restaurant where two off-duty sheriff's deputies had stopped to eat. Authorities say the suspect who was shot was in critical condition at a hospital following the robbery attempt early Monday morning at a Whataburger in Spring, north of Houston...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is making his first public appearance since being hospitalized last month with severe burns. Abbott will attend the groundbreaking Monday afternoon of a nearly $900 million new harbor bridge in Corpus Christi...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Authorities are searching for a man who left court during his sex abuse trial in Fort Worth and never returned. A Tarrant County sheriff's office spokesman says authorities continued to search for 34-year-old Jayson Neal Sparks on Friday, two days after he left his trial...

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say they've arrested two men who used a laptop computer and a generic electronic key to steal more than 100 cars and trucks that likely wound up in Mexico where they attracted big money on the black market...

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — South Plains mourning doves have wings, feathers and shiny new ankle bracelets — well, the ones Aaron Sisson's been managing do. The Texas Parks and Wildlife biologist spends his mornings catching the abundant local bird species and banding them to monitor their migration...

LOCKHART, Texas (AP) — If Alfred "Skip" Nichols had been a commercial airplane pilot, he probably would have been grounded long ago. Nichols, the pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed over the weekend in Texas, killing 16, kept flying despite having at least four convictions for drunken driving and twice spending time in prison — pointing to gaps in oversight of hot air balloon pilots.

CAMBRIA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say they've found the body of a Texas woman who was missing after jumping into the water while boating with friends at a small southern Michigan lake. The Hillsdale County sheriff's department says the body of 28-year-old Tabitha Lynn Vear of Conroe was recovered Thursday night from Baw Beese Lake in Cambria Township...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A 38-year-old Texas Mexican Mafia leader has pleaded guilty to all federal charges against him, including charges related to the slaying of a San Antonio-area police officer and four other gang members. San Antonio TV station WOAI reports (http://bit...

BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — Police in suburban Houston say a McDonald's worker has been fired for refusing to serve an officer. Brenham Police Chief Craig Goodman says in a Facebook post that "one of our employees, who was off duty with his family, was refused service at a local restaurant simply for being a Police Officer...

CONROE, Texas (AP) — Investigators say two people drowned in separate swimming accidents at Lake Conroe. Montgomery County authorities say the drownings happened Sunday afternoon on opposite sides of the lake near Houston. Authorities say a 50-year-old man went under while in a swimming area...