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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
(GRAPEVINE, Texas) — The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts. Of...
WATCH: North Texas Tornadoes Were ‘Like Hell’
In addition to the six people killed, most of the 110 homes in the Rancho Brazos neighborhood of Granbury, Tex., were destroyed.
Obama, Perry And The True Source Of The Texas Jobs Miracle
There's a scramble to claim credit for the Texas miracle, and now President Obama has jumped in with both feet.
Officials: ‘Multiple Fatalities’ in Texas Tornado
(GRANBURY, Texas) — A tornado ripped through a picturesque lakeside North Texas town on Wednesday, resulting in multiple fatalities and destroying or damaging...
Texas EMT to Plead Not Guilty to Explosives Charge
(WACO, Texas) — A lawyer for a Texas paramedic arrested on charges of possessing bomb-making material says his client will plead not guilty and had no connection...
Texas Launches Criminal Probe into Plant Explosion
Texas law enforcement officials on Friday launched a criminal investigation into the massive fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, after...
On Jobs Tour In Texas, Obama Offers Little New Hope For Jobs Progress In Washington
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE President Barack Obama’s campaign-style jobs-focused swing through the Texas technology core Thursday was notable mainly for what it left...
Federal Probe Launched in NM-Texas Border Town
Residents of a small New Mexico border town woke to the sounds of helicopters, bangs and screaming as federal and local agents conducted an early morning sweep...
105-Year-Old Woman Says Bacon Keeps Her Alive
Should the adage be “a bit of bacon every day, keeps the doctor away”?
Rick Perry Shoots, Chris Christie Kills
The Texas governor and former Republican presidential candidate lets loose with a semi-automatic rifle and shoots an egg from 100 yards in video preview for the...
Obama Consoles Families, Survivors of Texas Blast
(WACO, Texas) — President Barack Obama on Thursday consoled a rural Texas community rocked by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion, telling mourners they are not...
Why is Texas Governor Rick Perry in Illinois?
Like an aging rocker, Texas Governor Rick Perry is currently on the 2013 I'm Coming For Your Jobs tour across America. His first stop: California a couple months...
After the Texas Explosion: A Firestorm of Lawsuits?
The West Fertilizer plant explosion is already attracting the attention of litigation lawyers who are casting a wide net for clients
From Texas to China: When Man-Made Problems Make Natural Disasters Worse
The massive fertilizer explosion in Texas and the 6.6-magnitude earthquake in China were both accidents. But smarter preparation and policy may have been able to...
Official: Several Injured in Texas Plant Explosion
(WACO, Texas) — Authorities say an explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco, Texas, has injured several people.
Texas Church Holds Service in Hayfield After Blast
On the first Sunday after a fertilizer plant explosion leveled part of a tiny Texas town, pastor John Crowder stood atop a long flatbed overlooking a hayfield...
WATCH: Dramatic Footage of Fertilizer Plant Explosion Near Waco Texas
The massive blast at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas sent a pillar of smoke and flame hundreds of feet in the air and registered 2.1 on the Richter scale.
12 Bodies Recovered After Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast
(WEST, Texas) — The bodies of 12 people have been recovered after an enormous Texas fertilizer plant explosion that demolished surrounding neighborhoods for...
Some Residents Allowed Back Home after Texas Blast
WEST, Texas — After days of waiting, the first group of residents who fled their homes when a fertilizer plant exploded in a blinding fireball will be allowed to...
Official Toll a Mystery, But Residents Know Lost
(WEST, Texas) — The neighborhood surrounding a Texas fertilizer plant that erupted in a thunderous explosion is gone, and the residents here know they've lost...
