Adriana Smith was bathing her 3-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter in an upstairs bathroom of their south Houston townhome Saturday afternoon when she smelled something burning. She first thought a light bulb was out, but then saw smoke coming from a light fixture. When she peered over the stair railing, she saw nothing but black smoke.......
The identities of the victims are unknown at this time, Galveston County officers said. As of last week, about 400 people remained missing after Hurricane Ike.......
Creshenda Watley, 20, ran in front of a maroon Toyota Corolla that was traveling west in the 8600 block of Bissonnet shortly after 10 p.m., authorities said.......
Police were called at 10:41 a.m. about an assault at the home in the 4900 block of Southwind. They discovered the woman, believed to be in her late teens or early 20s, dead from a gunshot wound to the head.......
Standing under a piercing blue sky, Gladys Palma raised her right hand Saturday and realized a dream she has nurtured for 35 years after escaping war-torn El Salvador: She became a U.S. citizen.......
Jim Trulock, 59, and Julie M. Norris, 30, who host swingers' parties at their home, were arrested on suspicion of engaging in organized criminal activity.......
