Capital murder charges filed against 2 Venezuelan men in the death of a 12-year-old girl in Houston

Prosecutors filed capital murder charges Friday against two men suspected of killing a 12-year-old Houston girl whose body was found in a creek after she disappeared during a walk to a convenience store. The charging documents filed in Harris County, Texas, court do not list...

Rapper Travis Scott arrested after Miami Beach police say he drunkenly yelled at people on a yacht

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Travis Scott was arrested in Miami Beach early Thursday on misdemeanor charges of trespassing and public intoxication after officers say they found him at the city's marina shouting obscenities at people on a yacht and disobeyed their order to leave. ...

2 men arrested in strangulation of 12-year-old Houston girl whose body was found in a creek

HOUSTON (AP) — Two men who were seen on surveillance footage with a 12-year-old girl before her body was found in a Houston creek earlier this week were arrested Thursday in her death, police said. Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21, and Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, each face a charge...

Jon Rahm eager to play again after foot infection kept him out of the U.S. Open

COLLEGE GROVE, Tenn. (AP) — Jon Rahm is ready to stop watching TV and get back to playing golf. The Spaniard withdrew from LIV Golf's last event six holes into the second round in Houston, then pulled out of the U.S. Open last week two days before his tee time because of an...

Immigrant families rejoice over Biden's expansive move toward citizenship, while some are left out

HOUSTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of immigrants had reason to rejoice when President Joe Biden unveiled a highly expansive plan to extend legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens but, inevitably, some were left out. Claudia Zúniga, 35, married in 2017, or 10 years after her...

Texas doctor charged with taking private patient information on transgender care

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas doctor who calls himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors is accused of illegally obtaining private information on patients from the nation's largest pediatric hospital who were not under his care. Federal prosecutors said Dr. Eithan Haim, a...

Longtime Southern Baptist leader Paul Pressler, who was accused of sexual abuse, dies at 94

HOUSTON (AP) — Paul Pressler, a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of sexually abusing boys and young men and later settled a lawsuit over the allegations, has died. He was 94. Pressler’s death, which happened on June 7, was announced in an obituary...

Judge orders liquidation of Alex Jones' personal assets to pay Sandy Hook debt and now deciding Infowars' fate

Houston city leaders approve $1 billion bond deal to cover back pay for firefighters

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston leaders have agreed to a bond deal that could cost the city's taxpayers more than $1 billion to cover years of back pay owed to firefighters. Firefighters in the nation's fourth-largest city have worked without a contract for seven years. A new settlement and...

Thefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehicles

DETROIT (AP) — Just before 2 a.m. on a chilly April night in Seattle, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup stopped at an electric vehicle charging station on the edge of a shopping center parking lot. Two men, one with a light strapped to his head, got out. A security camera recorded them...