AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas has unveiled a new school accountability rating system that emphasizes closing achievement gaps between low-income and minority students and higher-performing cohorts of young people.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Capitol sources are telling The Associated Press that Gov. Mary Fallin and legislative leaders have reached a deal to cut Oklahoma's top personal income tax rate from 5.25 percent to 5 percent in 2015.

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A federal official says the man charged with sending poison letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge has been released from jail.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency again is raising objections to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would carry oil from western Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tax-free shopping on the Internet could be in jeopardy under a bill making its way through the Senate.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The Texas Rangers are getting ready to deliver items the team has collected for residents of a Texas town recovering from a deadly blast at a fertilizer plant.

WEST, Texas (AP) - It started as just a fire. But 911 calls following the Texas fertilizer plant explosion show it took only minutes for dispatchers to become swamped in calls from terrified and hysterical residents.

BOSTON (AP) - The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by a radical brand of Islam but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, U.S. officials said Monday after interrogating and charging Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with crimes that could bring the death penalty.

Dustin Metcalf pled no contest to a reduced charge of second degree murder. He'll now face a judge who will determine his sentencing. Metcalf faces 10 years to life in prison. Officials say he has 10 days to reconsider his plea.

WHITESBORO, TEXAS -- The Grayson County Sheriff's Office is investigating a concealed handgun license instructor after one of his students accidentally shot a man during class.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A judge has thrown out some of the murder charges against a Philadelphia abortion provider involving babies allegedly born alive.

GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS -- The Grayson County Sheriff's Office confirms that Ricky Trent Stanley, the suspected drunk driver accused of hitting and killing Deputy Chad Key, was not driving his own truck at the time of the accident.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oral arguments are scheduled before the U.S. Supreme Court on whether a North Texas water district can have access to water supplies in southeastern Oklahoma.

LAMAR COUNTY, TX -- Texas is advising its counties to cut costs when it comes to elections, but one Texoma county says they won't put a price on voter turnout.

MCKINNEY, TX -- TAPS has been given a thumbs up to expand its operations in Collin County.

WASHINGTON -- A Sherman man has pleaded guilty to the 2009 killing of four soldiers and a Navy officer at a mental health clinic in Iraq.

RENO, TX -- A Reno man accused of killing a 27-year old man pleaded not guilty Monday as his capital murder trial gets underway.

JOHNSTON COUNTY, OK -- Around 4:20 Thursday afternoon, the Johnston County Sheriff's department responded to a call at Blue River, just off Highway 7.

GAINESVILLE, TX-Cooke County commissioners voted to change the county's flag policy.

BONHAM, TX-The driver that led the chase from Fannin into Grayson county Saturday night is also facing drug charges.

BRYAN COUNTY, OK -- Jury selection starts Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of murdering a former Denison High School football player.

BRYAN COUNTY, OK -- Road crews began making needed repairs to Leavenworth Trail in Bryan County back in February. But residents who live along the road say they're enduring dangerous - and confusing conditions - while work continues.

GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS -- Six charges were filed today against the man authorities say was driving drunk when he hit and killed Grayson County Deputy Chad Key on Saturday night.

BRYAN COUNTY, OK -- Commissioners voted to reduce funding for the new jail for the remainder of this fiscal year.

BOSTON (AP) - The screams and cries of bloody marathon bombing victims still haunt the nurses who treated them one week ago. They did their jobs as they were trained to do, putting their own fears in a box during their 12-hour shifts so they could better comfort their patients.