The driver of a Texas parade float struck last year by a train, killing four military veterans and injuring others, has told federal investigators that the oncoming train appeared stationary to him. Dale Hayden told National Transportation Safety Board investigators …
Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history. The complaint, filed Friday in U.S. District …
Fifteen people were injured, 10 of them hospitalized, when an escalator packed with people at San Antonio’s convention center malfunctioned and jerked to a stop, causing a tumble of bodies down the steps. The incident happened about 1 p.m. Wednesday …
At least six people were killed and more than 100 people injured in overnight thunderstorms in North Texas. Reports of softball size hail and as many as 10 tornadoes were reported. The storms began intensifying in Mineral Wells where softball …
The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) reported that three tornadoes touched down west of Dallas-Fort Worth Wednesday evening. According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, the tornadoes affected Montague and Hood counties from the Red River southward to the town of …
Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on Friday seized 10 Internet domain names that were illegally selling counterfeit cycling equipment and apparel globally. The 10 seized domain names are a continuation of “Operation …
An investigation should be finished within the next two weeks into what caused a massive explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant that killed 14 people, state authorities said Wednesday. Texas State Fire Marshal Chris Connealy told lawmakers during a legislative …
A suburban Dallas man has been arrested and charged with multiple fraud counts that accuse him of devising and participating in a scheme to stage fraudulent vehicle crashes. A U.S. attorney’s office statement says Leroy Nelson was arrested Monday on …
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer said on Tuesday she plans to investigate the explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant earlier this month that killed 15 people and injured scores more. California’s Boxer, the head of the Senate Environment and Public Works …
The owner of a now defunct chiropractic clinic in Bryan, Texas, has pleaded guilty to engaging in a conspiracy to defraud various automobile insurance companies of more than $3 million, according to an announcement by United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. …