Posted: 1:48 PM FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A military judge has refused a three-month trial delay for the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage.

Posted: 1:31 PM GEORGE WEST, Texas (AP) - A South Texas county has been sued in federal court for the second time in a year over the sexual abuse of women held in its jail.

Posted: 1:29 PM McALLEN, Texas (AP) - The Border Patrol says it has saved the lives of two men lost in the brush north of the U.S.-Mexico border, but a third was reported as brain dead in an area hospital.

Posted: 1:28 PM KILGORE, Texas (AP) - An apparent electrical fire at an East Texas man's animal sanctuary has killed more than 200 exotic birds.

Updated: 1:15 PM DALLAS (AP) - Health authorities in North Texas will begin spraying for West Nile virus after detecting a "significant" increase in the type of mosquito that primarily carries the virus.

Posted: 1:13 PM MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is asking a judge to allow his defamation lawsuit against slain "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle to go forward with Kyle's widow as the defendant.

Posted: 1:54 PM ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) - Austin-area police say an officer fatally shot a man who allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend, then refused to stand down when confronted by authorities.

Posted: 1:51 PM FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - North Texas authorities are searching for three suspects they say participated in a shooting at a house that left a 12-year-old dead and a sleeping teenager injured.

Posted: 1:49 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas House of Representatives is back in Austin, and Democrats are angry about Gov. Rick Perry vetoing key ethics legislation.

Updated: 1:45 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - There are 16 fertilizer plants in Texas like the one that exploded in West, but authorities say they aren't clear if any are near schools or residential centers.

Updated: 1:34 PM SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation's driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock oil and gas reserves.

Posted: 1:32 PM EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A federal audit confirms several schools in El Paso cheated on high-stakes accountability tests during the tenure of now-convicted superintendent Lorenzo Garcia.

Posted: 1:31 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas is moving closer to enacting a new punishment for 17-year-olds convicted of capital murder to include the possibility for parole after 40 years.

Posted: 1:24 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry is to sign a law mandating drug testing for some unemployment benefits recipients.

Posted: 1:21 PM FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A military judge was to address the latest snag holding up the trial in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage: the former defense attorneys' objections to helping the suspect as he represents himself in court.

Posted: 1:14 PM TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) - A Northeast Texas police officer has been seriously hurt after being hit by a truck while responding to a disturbance involving about 100 people.

Posted: 1:42 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas senators are meeting to consider placing more restrictions on when, where and how women can get abortions.

Updated: 1:40 PM BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) - A fire that heavily damaged a Southeast Texas house has left three firefighters and the homeowner hurt.

Posted: 1:37 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry says he will not be adding any more items to the special legislative session under way in Austin.

Posted: 1:36 PM DEL RIO, Texas (AP) - A South Texas businessman has been indicted on bribery charges related to nearly $600,000 worth of concrete work for Maverick County.

Updated: 1:35 PM HOUSTON (AP) - Retail gasoline prices across Texas have risen 3 cents this week to an average of $3.40 per gallon.

Updated: 1:52 PM GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A Carnival Cruise Lines ship that spent several days adrift in the Gulf of Mexico after an engine fire has been repaired and will resume cruises from Texas.

Posted: 1:41 PM ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - A North Texas officer has been accused of using a police computer to help an alleged anabolic steroids dealer avoid capture and sell drugs to other officers.

Posted: 1:37 PM COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Birthday greetings to former President George H.W. Bush, who turns 89 today.

Posted: 1:34 PM HOUSTON (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is refusing to provide money to help rebuild the small Texas town where a deadly fertilizer plant explosion leveled numerous homes and a school, and killed 15 people.