The touching moment when Amber Guyger and the Jean Botham’s brother embraced in the courtroom may become the first step to her future freedom.
Author: Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY
Yandy Diaz shrugs off pressure and leads Rays with two homers in AL wild-card win
Yandy Diaz had played in just one game since late July, his breakout season before a foot injury. But then his heroics led the Rays to the ALDS.
Rays blast four homers, power past Athletics to win AL wild-card game
Yandy Díaz hit two of the four homers to lead the Rays to a 5-1 win over the Athletics. They will face the Astros in the ALDS.
Second NYPD officer killed by friendly fire this year, compounding tragedy-filled 2019
The New York Police Department, which has been rocked by a rash of suicides this year, had a second officer in less than eight months killed by friendly fire.
‘Unreasonable decisions’ or ‘horrible mistakes’? Jury to decide in murder case of Dallas officer Amber Guyger
After hearing differing versions of the events that led a Dallas police officer to gun down a neighbor she mistook for a burglar, a jury will decide which to believe.
‘Gem of a person, a beautiful soul’: Houston mourns trailblazing Sikh deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal
Houston police are mourning the stunning shooting death of Sandeep Dhaliwal, the first Sikh sheriff’s deputy in the Harris County force.
The CDC’s count of vaping lung illnesses nationally is down from last week. Don’t exhale yet, and here’s why
The number of reported cases of pulmonary illness due to vaping is down, but that has more to do with accounting than with any breakthrough.
Dangling protesters shut down Houston bridge ahead of Democratic presidential candidates debate
Hours before the Democratic presidential candidates debate, anti-fossil fuel protesters forced the closure of a bridge outside Houston.
San Francisco’s famed cable cars are set for repairs. That might not be the worst of it for tourists
Traveling to San Francisco will lose some of its appeal in September as the city repairs its airport and famed cable cars.
Charges in California boat fire may hinge on 1838 law. Here’s why
An arcane statute from 1838 may be applied in determining criminal liability in the case of the Southern California boat fire. Here’s what you need to know about the law.