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For generations, millions of Mexican free-tailed bats have found a home just north of San Antonio, Texas, in the Bracken Cave. But this year, one colony of the bats decided to make a home inside an apartment complex.
A construction worker in Houston, Texas, was trapped on the balcony of a burning building, surrounded by fast-moving flames, when firefighters rescued him in the nick of time. Manuel Bojorquez reports.
The Galveston Bay oil spill is having an impact on the wildlife on the Bolivar Peninsula. While oil has yet to make landfall on the beaches, oil-covered birds are still being spotted up and down the coastline during the height of their migration season. KFDM-TV's Leslie Rangel reports.
Cleanup of the oil spill in the Houston Ship Channel has been difficult with winds and surface currents carrying the oil offshore. CBS News' Manuel Bojorquez reports on the effect the oil spill is having on commerce.
A major cleanup is underway in Texas after a collision released more than 160,000 barrels of oil into Galveston Bay. Some of the oil has spread as far as 12 miles into the Gulf of Mexico, and seabirds covered in the sticky oil have been spotted along the bay. Manuel Bojorquez reports.
An oil spill closed the Houston Ship Channel after a barge transporting oil collided with a cargo ship Saturday. CBS News' Manuel Bojorquez reports.
Cleanup efforts continue after a barge accident caused 168 thousand gallons of crude oil to spill in Galveston Bay, Texas
A barge collided with a tanker in Texas' Galveston Bay, where crews are now dealing with not only an environmental mess, but a logistical nightmare. Manuel Bojorquez reports.
A violent storm system left a path of destruction across parts of the South from Texas to Alabama. Tanya Rivero spoke with CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Beradelli about where this system is heading next.
Nine-pin bowling - a brand of bowling that was once illegal and died out in much of the country - has been kept alive by a few small Texas towns. Brandon Scott reports.
More than 100 suspected illegal immigrants were found in an apparent stash house in south Houston on Wednesday. Officers say the men, women and children were held against their will in deplorable conditions. There were about 500 chickens inside the home, no hot water and only partially working toilets.
Drivers stuck in a Dallas traffic jam turned their cars around and headed in the wrong direction in an effort to get moving in gridlock that lasted an hour-and-a-half. Anthony Mason reports.
Deputies in Harris County, Texas, have released surveillance photos from the Silverado Movie Theater, where a man was fatally struck by a vehicle following an argument over a movie. Investigators say three friends were inside the theater watching “300: Rise of an Empire” when they got into a heated argument with fellow movie attendees over the movie’s ending. KHOU-TV's Malini Basu reports.
Washington, D.C. police arrested Paul Murray of San Antonio outside Vice President Kamala Harris' official residence Wednesday afternoon. According to a police report, Murray, 31, was in possession of an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, 113 rounds of unregistered ammunition, and five 30-round magazines. Jeff Pegues reports.
Charges have been filed against a drunken driving suspect who smashed through a barricade at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Tex. Rashad Owens is accused of killing two people and injuring at least 22.
Three people inside a Pasadena, Texas, hair salon sustained minor injuries when an SUV crashed through the storefront.
Walmart plans to build two new stores near Fort Worth, Texas, even though the retail giant already has a location a few miles away. Residents believe that while the stores add convenience and potential employment, the increased traffic headaches aren't worth it. KTVT-TV's Joel Thomas reports.
A Texas woman was unable to make it to the hospital in time for her baby's arrival. Instead, the woman delivered the baby in her car. KENS-TV's Mayra Moreno reports.
Two 16-year-olds are being held in the death of 17-year-old Ivan Mejia, a senior at Wylie East High School. They appeared before a judge, where prosecutors revealed the two planned the murder for nearly a week, after learning one of them was dating the same girl as Mejia. KTVT's Susy Solis reports.
On March 9,1985, the first road sign was erected announcing a Texas civic group's commitment to clean up litter along the roadside. The signs were quickly adopted by other states around the country, though not without controversy. Lee Cowan reports.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry delivered a fiery speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md., touting the "sleeping giant of American enterprise."
A Texas man who had recently bought an assault rifle has been arrested near Vice President Harris' official residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. Harris is residing at a different location during repair work.
A birthday party for a one-year-old in Baytown, Texas, erupted into chaos, leading police to taser two parents. KHOU's Rucks Russell reports on what went wrong and why the tasered couple is filing a complaint.
Amid the winter storm last month, one woman was billed $9,546 between February 1 to19 — 40 times more than her typical bill of $200 to $250.
A freeze extending into the Deep South, partnered with rain, sleet and snow, wreaked havoc on travel in Southern states. A Dallas traffic jam extended more than 30 miles, and Tennessee reported more than 300 weather-related accidents after six inches of snow fell in parts of the state. Manuel Bojorquez reports.
ABC's announcement came as media giants Nexstar and Sinclair announced they would preempt the show indefinitely on all their stations over his remarks.
A federal immigration judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil — a former Columbia University graduate student linked to pro-Palestinian protests — to be deported.
Trump's visit to Britain moves from royal spectacle to politics on day 2, with PM Keir Starmer expected to push him on trade and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
Three police officers were fatally shot and two others were wounded in a shooting Wednesday.
Authorities were responding late Wednesday night to the scene of an apparent military helicopter crash in the vicinity of Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state
President Trump late Wednesday called for investigations into alleged funders of antifa.
On August 29, Omar Salazar was detained by ICE after a traffic stop while visiting his girlfriend in Lubbock.
On the same day that Tyler Robinson was formally charged with killing Charlie Kirk at a Utah university, a suspect was taken into custody for allegedly making threats against the same college.
This comes after two planned engine firings shut down prematurely, NASA said, putting the Cygnus cargo ship's approach to the space station on hold.