Texas news

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (AP) — The mother of a man who lived with the suspected Austin bomber said Thursday that her son was handcuffed, taken into custody by SWAT officers and held overnight before police found the suspect who blew himself up. Jennifer Withers told The Associated Press that her 26-year-old son, Collin Thomas, who is […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — At least two people were injured in another explosion in Texas’ capital Sunday night, after three package bombs detonated earlier this month in other parts of the city and killed two people and injured two others. Austin-Travis County Emergency Management Services tweeted that an explosion in southwest Austin had injured two […]

UPDATE: 12/11/17 10:48 p.m. Freida Bosh says she’s no drug dealer. A Texas house owned by NBA player Chris Bosh – and which his mother lives in – is the subject of a drug trafficking raid by authorities. It probably won’t surprise you to learn that his mom is also a suspect. Needless to say, […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into the nation’s fourth-largest city Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overwhelmed rescuers who could not keep up with the constant calls for help.   ‘GOING TO SAVE SOME LIVES’ Heroes converging in #Houston#houstonflood #HurricaneHarvey pic.twitter.com/052ObBBrpx — […]

AVINGER, Texas (AP) — A third Boy Scout has died from injuries suffered when a sailboat struck an overhanging power line on a lake east of Dallas, an official with Texas Parks & Wildlife said. The 11-year-old Scout died Monday at a hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana, Texas Parks & Wildlife spokesman Steve Lightfoot said. The […]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWbLh2tjyyP/?tagged=hilarygreen Texas judge Hilary H. Green was suspended for allegedly sexting her bailiff and using him to buy drugs, hiring prostitutes and buying marijuana seized from a defendant, TheWashingtonPost reports. Despite public knowledge of some of Hilary’s misconduct, she was reelected to a Harris County justice of the peace. Ronald Green, Hilary’s ex-husband, made the […]

      Last night I planned a Christmas message for the show. I was going to tell you to watch less news, love on your family and friends, go see Fences and Hidden Figures, and do some good in the lives of the people around you. Then, late last night, while I was literally writing out […]