Houston Chronicle

The Rockets offensive roll and winning streak ended, with the Celtics taking a 94-87 win Friday at Toyota Center.

Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., who succeeded last November in inserting strict anti-abortion language into the House bill, hopes to do so again.

Hank Skinner, convicted of murdering his girlfriend and her two sons 16 years ago, says the state should be required to do DNA tests of evidence from the victim.

Thomas Hagan was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison in April 1966 on a first-degree murder charge for shooting the civil rights activist.

The Astros inserted Josh Banks in Bud Norris' place today for a spring game against the Blue Jays.

Texas schools that once relied on banks for student loans are now turning to a government-run lending program.

Downtown Galveston would have nestled safe and snug from Hurricane Ike behind a seawall that extended to the bay side of the island if an original plan had been followed, according to a 1902 blueprint unearthed at the Galveston District Clerk's Office.

The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo was a chance to prove that they had lived up to the task of raising the animal they won last year.

The rate of natural triplet births — those not resulting from assisted reproductive technology — is 2.5 times as high as it was in the 1970s, probably because of the increased use of ovulation-inducing drugs and the older age of mothers, Norwegian researchers reported last week.

A grand jury has declined to indict Houston criminal defense lawyer Lloyd Oliver after he was accused of working with a homeless man to solicit defendants as they left the Harris County Jail.