HOUSTON — Firefighters, police officers and 911 operators in Houston, Texas, got a surprise lunch from a famous local as Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey showed up with roasted turkey to give thanks on National First Responders Day. The actor's appearance and catered lunch Sunday shocked those at a fire department. Later,...
California and Texas Aren't Enemies. They're the USA's Future.
Think about the great rivalries involving California. San Francisco vs. Los Angeles. California vs. President Donald Trump. And, of course, California vs. Texas. If there wasn't a Golden State-Longhorn State rivalry before, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry created one — and got a rise out of Gov. Jerry Brown — by...
Texas Man Allegedly Sent Threatening Letters to Taylor Swift
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A 26-year-old Austin, Texas, man has been arrested on federal charges for allegedly sending threatening letters to pop star Taylor Swift and showing up at her record label in Nashville, Tennessee. Federal prosecutors in Nashville said in a press release Thursday that Eric Swarbrick has been charged...
Donations and Volunteers Surge at Border Rest Center
MCALLEN, Texas — One by one, around Father's Day, the surge of Amazon boxes containing shirts, pants, underwear and many other items began arriving at an asylum-seeker rest center in the border town of McAllen, Texas. Included in the packages were notes of support. One read: "As someone who has...
President Trump Says First Lady's 'I Don't Care' Jacket Aimed at Media
McALLEN, Texas — The Latest on Melania Trump's visit to a Texas facility housing migrant children (all times CDT): 6 p.m. President Donald Trump says his wife, Melania, was taking a dig at the news media Thursday when she wore a jacket that read, "I really don't care, do u?"...
First Lady Melania's 'I Don't Care' Jacket Causes Stir
McALLEN, Texas — The Latest on Melania Trump's visit to a Texas facility housing migrant children (all times CDT): 3:05 p.m. First lady Melania Trump boarded a flight to a facility housing migrant children separated from their parents wearing a jacket that read "I really don't care, do u?" The...
NRA Links School Violence to Ritalin But Experts Deny Link
The National Rifle Association's incoming president has linked school shootings and other violence to using medications such as Ritalin. Retired Lt. Col. Oliver North told "Fox News Sunday" that perpetrators of school violence "have been drugged in many cases" and "many of these young boys have been on Ritalin since...
10 Killed in Texas School Shooting. Arrested Suspect Is Fellow Student.
SANTA FE, Texas — The Latest on a shooting at a high school in Santa, Fe, Texas (all times local): 6:30 p.m. A judge has denied bond for the 17-year-old accused of killing 10 people and wounding 10 others at a Texas high school. Dimitrios Pagourtzis made his initial court...
It’s Full Speed Ahead for Texas Bullet Train
The Texas Bullet Train got a big boost recently with a federal environmental report that pushes forward the North Texas-to-Houston passenger line. This state-of-the-art, high-speed train will provide an eco-friendly option for traveling between two commercial powerhouses. The Federal Railroad Administration’s draft environmental impact study said the project is being...
RIP, Augie Garrido, Former Bulldog & College Baseball's All-Time Wins Leader
Augie Garrido, perhaps the greatest college baseball coach ever, died early Thursday morning after suffering a stroke Sunday. August Edwin Garrido Jr., a native of Vallejo, was an all-conference outfielder at Fresno State, where he played on the Bulldogs' 1959 third-place College World Series team. Enrolling at Fresno State required...