Posted: 10:10 AM HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A federal appeals court has refused to halt the scheduled Thursday evening execution of a Texas man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend by tossing a cup of gasoline on her and then setting her on fire.
Posted: 1:59 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A small group of demonstrators chanting "more funding now!" has gathered in front of the Texas Capitol to call for restoring $5.4 billion in cuts to public education approved by the Legislature in 2011.
Posted: 1:52 PM FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A North Texas man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing his ex-girlfriend's mother in an argument as he tried to visit his two children.
Posted: 1:50 PM HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Convicted killer Carl Blue never disputed filling a convenience store drink cup with gasoline, tossing it on his former girlfriend at the door of her Bryan apartment and setting her ablaze.
Posted: 1:48 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Two Republican lawmakers want to require workers to cast a secret ballot in order to organize a union.
Posted: 1:44 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Under a measure advancing in the Texas Capitol, local police officers could be convicted of a crime for enforcing any new federal gun control laws.
Posted: 9:34 AM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Lance Armstrong is facing a Wednesday deadline to decide whether he will meet with U.S. Anti-Doping Agency officials and talk with them under oath about what he knows about performance-enhancing drug use in cycling.
Updated: 1:30 PM GRANBURY, Texas (AP) - Authorities in North Texas say a 48-year-old woman called 911 to have a deputy deliver cigarettes to her home.
Posted: 1:16 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Senate Education committee has referred to the full chamber a bill overhauling high school graduation requirements to better emphasize workforce development.
Posted: 1:15 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Senate Health and Human Services Committee has approved a bill intended to fight fraud in the Medicaid system.
Posted: 1:13 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Houston and Dallas mayors have told lawmakers that they support a proposed $2 billion fund to finance water projects across the state.
Posted: 1:12 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says the Legislature should hold hearings to look into efforts to oust embattled University of Texas President Bill Powers.
Posted: 1:13 PM BRYAN, Texas (AP) - A Central Texas fire chief says doctors are optimistic that two firefighters will recover from serious burns suffered in a blaze that killed two colleagues.
Posted: 1:11 PM EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A new principal is taking the reins of a West Texas high school mired in a cheating scandal that landed the superintendent in jail and put the school district on probation.
Posted: 1:08 PM GARLAND, Texas (AP) - Police say a Dallas man has been charged in the death of his 5-week-old daughter who was critically injured while home alone with him.
Posted: 1:05 PM BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A gorilla born last month at a South Texas zoo has been ignored by her mother so the animal will be sent to an Ohio zoo and introduced to a new troop.
Posted: 1:03 PM TEMPLE, Texas (AP) - Emergency crews in Central Texas have rescued a highway worker from a 20-foot hole by extending a firetruck ladder to help ease him to safety.
Posted: 5:44 PM MIAMI (AP) - The first lawsuit has been filed in the wake of the crippled Carnival Triumph cruise ship that left thousands of passengers in miserable conditions for days.
Posted: 1:42 PM ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - A top administrator at the University of Alabama-Huntsville has been selected as the lone finalist to become the eighth president of the University of Texas at Arlington.
Posted: 1:40 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - State authorities say they've arrested a federal agent in Central Texas for using the Internet to arrange a sexual tryst with an underage girl.
Posted: 1:38 PM HOUSTON (AP) - Some passengers who fled the disabled Carnival cruise ship Triumph and left Alabama aboard charter buses suffered yet another setback on their way home when one of the buses broke down.
Posted: 1:34 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Argentine energy pipeline giant Tenaris SA has announced plans to build a $1.3 billion Gulf Coast manufacturing facility, creating 600 jobs.
Posted: 1:07 PM SAN AUGUSTINE, Texas (AP) - Closing arguments are set for Tuesday in the East Texas trial of two women accused of kidnapping a Houston boy when he was 8 months old and hiding him for eight years before he was found.
Posted: 1:46 PM DALLAS (AP) - American Airlines and US Airways say they're merging in a deal they value at $11 billion, creating the world's biggest airline.
Posted: 1:44 PM MESQUITE, Texas (AP) - A North Texas jury has sentenced a 34-year-old former teacher to 15 years in prison for predatory sexual behavior.
