Associated Press

ROCKPORT, Texas (AP) — A Mississippi man has been identified as the victim of an apparent stabbing attack in Rockport along the Texas Gulf Coast. Authorities say 43-year-old Lanny Beckham of Meridian, Mississippi, was found Saturday with multiple stab wounds in an overflow parking area near a boat ramp...

INGRAM, Texas (AP) — Six years after their puppy disappeared from their home in the Texas Hill Country, a family now living in Michigan has been reunited with the dog. Kathleen Appling says she received a call from Kerr County Animal Services that a dog found near a store in Hunt had a microchip showing he was named Leo and was linked to her phone number...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend earlier this week has been charged with capital murder in the case. The Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/1PNRdy7 ) reports that the charges against 28-year-old Darrell P...

ALICE, Texas (AP) — Critics have raised human rights and decency concerns over a proposal to turn an ex-nursing home in Texas into a family detention center for people entering the U.S. illegally. Jim Wells County commissioners voted Monday to authorize negotiations with federal authorities and proposed operator Serco Inc...

HOUSTON (AP) — Federal safety experts say errors by a Houston Ship Channel pilot likely caused the 2015 collision between two 600-foot vessels that led to a chemical spill. The Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/28ngTYF ) reported Wednesday that the National Transportation Safety Board has urged Houston officials to improve channel safety — especially during heavy fog...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A Texas man is the first person to get a hand transplant in North Carolina. Rene Chavez of Laredo,Texas, met with reporters at Duke University Hospital on Wednesday. He had lost his left hand in an accident when he was 4 years old...

CONROE, Texas (AP) — A Houston man convicted of drunken driving nine times since 1980 has been sentenced to life in prison. The Montgomery County judge who sentenced Donald Middleton on Tuesday said the 56-year-old man is a habitual offender...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials have announced that cotton producers across the country will receive an estimated $300 million as part of a cotton ginning cost-share program. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a news release Monday that the U...

SAN JUAN, Texas (AP) — A South Texas officer has been charged with animal cruelty after his police dog died in a hot law-enforcement vehicle as temperatures were in the 90s. McAllen police on Monday announced the arrest of 37-year-old San Juan police Officer Juan Cerrillo Jr...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear appeals from two African-American death-row inmates in Texas, including one who argued his sentence was based on his race. The justices on Monday said they will review death sentences for inmates Bobby Moore and Duane Buck...