Month: February 2012

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) _ A federal judge in West Texas will hear evidence and arguments on the mental competency of a Saudi man accused of trying to make a weapon of mass destruction. Attorneys for [Read More…]

WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) _ Testimony is resuming in the North Texas trial of a man accused of torturing his former neighbor on a deer-skinning device and chaining her to a bed after kidnapping her. DNA [Read More…]

DENTON, Texas (AP) _ Officials at a North Texas university have canceled a Wednesday appearance by poet Maya Angelou, citing illness. A spokeswoman for Texas Woman’s University says it has no details on Angelou’s illness. [Read More…]

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) _ U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is to spend a second day reviewing Customs and Border Protection operations in the Rio Grande Valley. Napolitano is expected to visit multiple sites Tuesday [Read More…]