- The U.S. Supreme Court said it won't intervene in the attempt to replace Tom DeLay with another candidate on the November ballot
- Leon Andrade, a 36-year-old migrant worker, was arrested today for the March 12 machete murder of William Huang, a Houston minister and seafood market owner
- An 8-year-old Liberty County boy is in critical condition after being shot in the head while playing video games at a friend's house; the shooting seems to have been accidental
- HISD teachers headed back to work today to get ready for the first day of school Aug. 14
- Police are testing a gun left behind by a group of armed bandits accused of robbing a northeast Harris County convenience store Sunday morning
- State investigators have cited Exxon Mobil for its slow response to an oil tank leak in January that coated a nearby housing project with oily residue
- More blasts are scheduled on the old Galveston Causeway; the next round of explosions to destroy old bridge supports will take place Sunday morning
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