Quickly hits 7 3-pointers, short-handed Knicks beat Rockets
HOUSTON (AP) — Immanuel Quickly hit seven 3-pointers and scored 24 points to help the short-handed New York Knicks beat the Houston Rockets 116-103…
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Texans, Jaguars try to end skids in meeting without Meyer
By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have a chance to show whether Urban Meyer’s sudden…
Continue Reading Ariel Lassiter acquired by MLS’s Miami in trade with Houston
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Costa Rican forward Ariel Lassiter was acquired by Miami’s Major League Soccer team from Houston for $100,000 in…
Continue Reading Cowboys rookie Parsons focuses on next steps as praise grows
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys rookie linebacker Micah Parsons keeps his focus on what’s next…
Continue Reading Schools step up security in response to threats on TikTok
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Educators have announced plans to increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb…
Continue Reading Courts keep chipping away at Biden COVID-19 vaccine mandates
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal judges in Louisiana and Texas continue to chip away at Biden administration COVID-19…
Continue Reading GOP governors challenge Pentagon over Guard vaccine mandate
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ Republican governor has told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that the state will not…
Continue Reading Court upholds Trump administration’s ban of gun bump stocks
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans has upheld a federal ban on “bump stocks” —…
Continue Reading Officials: Astroworld victims died from compression asphyxia
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Officials say the 10 people who lost their lives in a massive crowd surge at the Astroworld music…
Continue Reading Medical examiner reports victims of Astroworld music festival crowd surge died from compression asphyxia
HOUSTON (AP) — Medical examiner reports victims of Astroworld music festival crowd surge died from compression…
Continue Reading Miami Herald president named Houston Chronicle publisher
HOUSTON (AP) — Miami Herald President Nancy Meyer has been hired as the new publisher of the Houston Chronicle. New York-based Hearst Corp.…
Continue Reading Biden’s highway safety pick vows to reduce US traffic deaths
By HOPE YEN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s pick to run the nation’s highway safety agency is pledging…
Continue Reading Defense bill bans private funds for deploying National Guard
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The defense bill Congress has sent to President Joe Biden prohibits using private funds…
Continue Reading Evee scores 24 to lead Rice over Incarnate Word 85-55
HOUSTON — Travis Evee matched his season high with 24 points as Rice routed Incarnate Word 85-55. Drew Lutz led the Cardinals on Thursday with a…
Continue Reading Supreme Court returns Texas abortion case to appeals court
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has returned a lawsuit over Texas’ six-week abortion ban to a federal…
Continue Reading AP WAS THERE: Washington’s punch shatters Tomjanovich’s face
By ALEX SACHERE Associated Press Kermit Washington of the Los Angeles Lakers leveled Rudy Tomjanovich of the Houston Rockets during a scuffle.…
Continue Reading At least 5 dead as Midwest rocked by hurricane-force winds
By MARGERY A. BECK and MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say at least five people died when a powerful storm system…
Continue Reading Company indicted for not stopping oil leak after many alarms
By BRIAN MELLEY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors are blaming a Texas oil company’s negligence for a…
Continue Reading How brothers in arms plotted theft, sale of US Army weaponry
By JAMES LAPORTA and JASON DEAREN Associated Press An Associated Press investigation has shown how U.S. troops have stolen guns and explosives from…
Continue Reading Report: 11 executions in 2021 mark three-decade low
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — States and the federal government carried out 11 executions this year. That’s the…
Continue Reading Allen lifts Abilene Christian past CS Bakersfield 69-59
ABILENE, Texas — Immanuel Allen had 16 points off the bench to carry Abilene Christian to a 69-59 win over Cal State Bakersfield, the…
Continue Reading Hayward’s season-high 41 leads Hornets past Spurs 131-115
By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Gordon Hayward scored a season-high 41 points and the Charlotte Hornets never trailed in a…
Continue Reading Austin Reaves’ 3 gives Lakers 107-104 win over Mavs in OT
DALLAS (AP) — Rookie Austin Reaves swished a 3-pointer with 0.9 seconds left in overtime to give the Los Angeles Lakers a 107-104 victory over the…
Continue Reading Adams scores 14 to carry Texas St. over Lamar 67-47
SAN MARCOS, Texas — Shelby Adams had 14 points as Texas State won its seventh straight game, rolling past Lamar 67-47. Kasen Harrison led the…
Continue Reading Cavaliers win fifth straight, rout Rockets 124-89
By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Darius Garland scored 21 points and Isaac Okoro added 20 as the Cleveland Cavaliers won their…
Continue Reading Rockets coach Silas being treated for dehydration
By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Rockets coach Stephen Silas is being treated for dehydration in the locker room after leaving the…
Continue Reading Strong winds in Midwest whip up dust, blow over semitrailers
By MARGERY A. BECK and MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A powerful storm system is blowing through the Great Plains and…
Continue Reading Temple hires Stan Drayton off Texas staff as new head coach
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Temple hired Stan Drayton on Wednesday as its new football coach. Drayton joins Ron Dickerson…
Continue Reading Texas pipeline company charged in California oil spill
By BRIAN MELLEY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles federal grand jury has charged a Texas oil company and two…
Continue Reading U.S. grand jury charges Houston oil company, 2 subsidiaries in October pipeline leak off Southern California coast
LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. grand jury charges Houston oil company, 2 subsidiaries in October pipeline leak off Southern California…
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