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United restarts 787 flights after grounding
United Airlines put its 787 back in the air on Monday, with both the airline and Boeing hoping to put the plane's four-month grounding behind them. The flight from Houston to Chicago was just the kind of 787 flight that airlines are hoping for: uneventful. Smoldering batteries on two 787s ...
Texas man charged in death of postal worker
Authorities have charged a 36-year-old man with murder in the death of a U.S. postal worker north of Houston. Federal officials say James Wayne Ham was charged Monday in the killing of 52-year-old Marie Youngblood. The San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office had taken him into custody Sunday, saying at the ...
Trial to begin for man accused of shooting wife
A man accused of shooting his wife eight times outsider the couple's Sandy Springs apartment is set to go on trial this week. Jury selection started Monday in the case of 43-year-old Michael Parson. He is accused of shooting his wife, 41-year-old Adina Parson, in April 2012. She was hit ...
Man charged in deadly downtown Houston shooting
Police have charged a 22-year-old man with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon following a downtown gunfight in which one was killed. Authorities say Cordarrel Sharod McGee is hospitalized Monday for treatment of gunshot wounds. They allege he was with three or four other men when they confronted a 27-year-old ...
2 women burned in Fort Worth store attack
Two women playing video games at a North Texas convenience store and a worker have been burned after a female suspect set one of those customers on fire. The Fort Worth Fire Department says the incident happened early Monday. The woman who allegedly threw the flammable liquid fled with another ...
Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform
Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border. The long rows of bunk beds offer immigrants a place to rest on their long journey. But the shelter is no safe ...
Mexican gets 3 years for smuggling heroin to Texas
An airline passenger from Mexico caught in Texas with nearly 4 pounds of heroin in her suitcases has been sentenced to three years in prison. A federal judge in Houston sentenced 21-year-old Yessica Chanel Cabanillas-Torres. She pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin. Cabanillas-Torres ...
Texas deputy killed in wreck, suspect detained
An off-duty Harris County sheriff's deputy has been killed in a traffic accident that's led to another driver charged with intoxication manslaughter. Houston police say a vehicle driven by 23-year-old Andres Munos-Munos allegedly ran a red light and hit Sgt. Dwayne Polk's personal truck. The 47-year-old deputy died at the ...
Dell needs more info from Icahn, Southeastern
Dell says it needs more information about billionaire Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management's alternative buyout offer before it could possibly give two of its biggest shareholders more information about the PC maker. In a letter sent by Dell's special committee of the board of directors to Icahn and Southeastern, ...
Jailed suspect in Texas double slaying kills self
A suspect in a Central Texas double slaying has died after apparently hanging himself in his jail cell. The Burnet (BER'-net) County Sheriff's Office on Sunday identified the inmate as Gregory Currie. Sheriff W.T. Smith says Currie apparently used part of a bedsheet to hang himself. Jailers found his body ...
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