A federal district court has dismissed a 2017 lawsuit against Mayor Sylvester Turner, five former Houston mayors, current and former police chiefs and the Houston Forensic Science Center and its CEO over a “rape kit” testing backlog that the city’s …

Toyota Motor Corp. is sharpening its focus on keeping costs in check and fueling demand in China to prepare for challenges in a U.S. market potentially hit by a trade war.

Jackson Lee—“ Both Trump and Putin cannot be trusted to make agreements that not only benefit the United States, but which do not threaten the very fabric of our democracy. The United States Congress possesses an inherent and vital responsibility …

A federal judge reportedly ordered the Trump administration on Monday to stop administering psychotropic medication to migrant children without obtaining permission from their parents or guardians, finding that the practice violated child welfare law.

The Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynthia Marshall had planned to bring breakfast to police as a gesture to recognizes the Dallas officers killed in the July 7th ambush as well as two black men killed by police across the nation earlier …

The city of Austin was named after Stephen F. Austin, who is referred to as the "Father of Texas."

Candidate for the U.S. Senate Beto O'Rourke will continue his 34-day grassroots drive across Texas. This follows the El Paso Congressman's travels to all 254 counties of Texas as his people-powered campaign continues to hold open dialogues with Republicans, Democrats, …

A white police officer in Michigan who says he was taunted by fellow officers when he told them that he was part black will receive a $65,000 settlement, his attorney said. Sgt. Cleon Brown, a 19-year veteran with the police …

n the open letter, a Dallas pastor criticized Dallas Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones and leadership staff over his controversial stance forbidding players to protest during the national anthem. Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III published the letter to Jones this …

As teams gear up for the NFL season, President Trump is reviving his destructive and diversionary attacks aimed at turning fans against players.

Forecasters have warned of potentially record-breaking temperatures in Spain and Portugal this week as much of Europe swelters in a heat wave that has left some farmers suffering drought conditions.

For two decades, Joseph James Pappas has held a grudge against the Houston cardiologist who performed the surgery that left his mother dead on the operating table, police say.

For two weeks, investigators have been searching for clues and conducting hundreds of interviews in the search for Mollie Tibbetts. But it's still unclear what happened to the missing University of Iowa student.

Barbecuing while black. Napping while black. Now add helping homeless people while black to the list of things that can lead to a visit from police.

Adding to their portrait of Paul Manafort's wealth, prosecutors on Thursday walked jurors through the hundreds of thousands of dollars the former Trump campaign chairman spent on a karaoke machine, landscaping, home improvement and what a landscaper described as one …