Authorities say an off-duty Houston police officer has been shot after he surprised two suspected burglars at the apartment complex where he apparently lives.
Gov. Rick Perry says he wants unmanned aircraft based out of Houston's Ellington Field to be used for surveillance along the state's border with Mexico.
A Border Patrol spokesman says agents patrolling the Rio Grande in south Texas fired rounds into Mexico after their boat was ``bombarded'' by objects from the Mexican side.
A judge has granted a defense request to bar evidence seized in the raid of a polygamous sect in Texas from being used in polygamist leader Warren Jeffs' trial in Arizona.
An off-duty Dallas police officer has been accused of hitting and pulling a gun on a bar owner and bouncer as they tried to get him to leave at closing time.
A federal judge in Austin questions U.S. prosecutors for seeking criminal convictions against some illegal immigrants, noting in an order concern over the cost.
Police have used computers to track crimes for years. Now, Fort Worth Police are letting residents see the crime for themselves. The program is called "Crime View" and it's available with just a click on the Fort Worth Police website.
