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A Houston day care owner is among the U.S. Marshals "most wanted," more than a week after authorities say she carelessly started a fire that killed four children and then fled.

Houston, Texas, police were investigating the death of a child whose burned body was found Tuesday morning in a drainage ditch.

Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush was hospitalized Saturday in Houston to undergo routine tests but doctors don't suspect anything ...

The city controller, Annise Parker, who avoided making an issue of her sexual orientation, won a run-off election.

Startling residents and weather experts, the Texas city sets a record for the earliest snowfall ever, prompting a winter storm warning for the state's southeast region.

A suspect has been arrested in the 1990 abduction and rape of an 8-year-old Texas girl, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Houston, Texas, office said. The victim, Jennifer Schuett, is now 27. She recently shared her story with CNN in hopes of someday bringing her attacker to justice.

Houston, Texas, had a record high temperature Wednesday as a heat wave continues to grip the nation's midsection, the National Weather Service said Thursday.

If Texas billionaire Allen Stanford ever wanted to make a low-profile departure from the inner sanctum within his lavish Houston headquarters, there was a private exit through his personal bathroom.

Luis Alonso Aguilar was charged this morning with failure to stop and render aid. He is in the Harris County Jail with bail set at $10,000.