WASHINGTON — A few hours after the Uvalde school shooting left 19 elementary schoolchildren and two teachers dead, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz told a group of reporters that policies to restrict guns were off the table. more

Benjamin Pierce, charged with murder in the stabbing death of his wife Leslie Ann Pierce, died Saturday morning at the Harris County Jail, sheriff’s deputies said. more

An arrest has been made in the case of a stolen tabernacle from St. Bartholomew Church, 5356 11th St. more

Conservative activist Steven Hotze on Wednesday was indicted on two felony charges related to his alleged involvement in an air conditioning repairman being held at gunpoint in 2020 during a bizarre search for fraudulent mail ballots that did not exist, according to his attorney, Gary Polland. more