A ranch worker hired by a Texas lawmaker is a suspected illegal immigrant now wanted in the fatal beating of a young man, authorities said Monday.

Flood watches and warnings are in effect for extreme southern Texas after more than a week of heavy rain.

Emergency workers rescued dozens of trapped residents after torrential rains deluged more than 400 homes in southern Texas and forced the closure of the main road through the Rio Grande Valley.

The U.S.-Mexico border fence will make life harder on some South Texas farmers, damage valuable wildlife habitat, impair views and generally become an obstacle to border life, the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged in an environmental study of...

A hospital in Corpus Christi said Thursday that a mixing error that led to a blood thinner overdose in as many as 17 infants was caused by its pharmacy. Two of the babies involved have died.The error was unrelated to product labeling or packaging of...

The thousands of National Guardsmen sent to reinforce the U.S.-Mexican border two years ago have almost completely withdrawn, despite pleas from border-state governors once skeptical of using soldiers to catch illegal immigrants and drug smugglers.When...

The thousands of National Guardsmen sent to reinforce the U.S.-Mexican border two years ago have almost completely withdrawn, despite pleas from border-state governors once skeptical of using soldiers to catch illegal immigrants and drug smugglers.When...

Lawyers for a century-old Arizona-based mining company are set to make their closing arguments in a month-long trial over whether its Mexican parent illegally stripped it of its most valuable asset, leaving the company to flounder into bankruptcy.Asarco...

A justice of the peace can no longer give parents the choice of paying a fine or paddling their children in open court for now, a judge ruled Wednesday.Los Fresnos Justice of the Peace Gustavo Garza was sued by three families who say Garza left them with...