Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history. The complaint, filed Friday in U.S. District …
The sports agent of late New Orleans Saints defensive lineman Frank Warren has been charged with one-count bill of information with wire fraud. The charges, which were brought Thursday by U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente, stem from Benjamin Geller’s alleged …
A woman has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for bilking Gulf Coast residents by posing as a federal safety official after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that 47-year-old Connie Knight, formerly …
Fifteen people were injured, 10 of them hospitalized, when an escalator packed with people at San Antonio’s convention center malfunctioned and jerked to a stop, causing a tumble of bodies down the steps. The incident happened about 1 p.m. Wednesday …
Country star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent two state agencies from releasing a patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas. The Austin American-Statesman reported Thursday that the lawsuit filed in Austin names the …
An ex-commercial sprinkler system installer in Southeast Texas has been charged with using his skills to steal and sell brass fire hose fittings. Galveston County Jail records show Gary Tillotson of Texas City was being held Wednesday on a felony …
At least six people were killed and more than 100 people injured in overnight thunderstorms in North Texas. Reports of softball size hail and as many as 10 tornadoes were reported. The storms began intensifying in Mineral Wells where softball …
A federal judge has refused to block a New Orleans television station from using surveillance video of a confrontation last year inside a supermarket between store employees and an alleged shoplifter who died weeks later. Breaux Mart Supermarkets Inc. sued …
The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) reported that three tornadoes touched down west of Dallas-Fort Worth Wednesday evening. According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, the tornadoes affected Montague and Hood counties from the Red River southward to the town of …
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is planning a conference on wildfire preparedness a year after dangerous wildfires ripped through parts of the state. State, regional and national leaders will gather in Oklahoma City on Monday to discuss how to prepare for …
