HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A family in an east Harris County neighborhood was shaken up when shots rang out just outside their front door. Their surveillance camera caught it all in the area of Thorntree and Woodforest. In the video, a baby is heard in the background just moments before a car speeds around the nearby cul-de-sac and crashes …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Dense fog is possible for your Friday morning drive. The atmosphere is moistening up ahead of a Pacific cool front arriving shortly after sunrise. This front could bring in an isolated shower for your Friday morning drive, but overall rain chances will remain at 20% or less. More than anything, this front will chew away at …

Good morning! Here are the top political headlines from Austin, Washington, the campaign trail and Dallas. If you’d like to receive this newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Points from Austin 1. Texas lawmakers expressed frustration Tuesday over the rise of vaping devices among youth and the lack of federal and state regulation, despite a new law that raised the smoking age …

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress from Texas are pushing hard for passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, saying any delays could damage the state’s economy because of the close trade ties between the state and Mexico and Canada. Seventeen House members from Texas held a news conference Thursday afternoon to say the USMCA has bipartisan support in the House of …

AUSTIN — The University of Texas at Austin says it will disclose the names of faculty and staff with sexual misconduct violations to anyone who submits an open records request, but students want the names published online. Spokesman J.B. Bird said UT is working to compile a summary of violations as far back as November 2017. It will be released …

WASHINGTON — Casting the evidence that President Donald Trump abused his power as overwhelming, Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressed the nation Thursday and solemnly announced that the House will begin drafting articles of impeachment. Texas Republicans remained unpersuaded, even as Pelosi insisted that impeachment has become unavoidable because “the facts are uncontested.” “His wrongdoing strikes at the very heart of our …

A 59-year-old man has been arrested on a murder charge as Hood County investigators try to determine whether a body they found is his wife, who has been missing since October, Edward Michael Pautenis(Hood County Sheriff’s Office) Edward Michael Pautenis was arrested Wednesday in the 2100 block of Ruth Smith Drive in Granbury and has been charged with murder and …

A Dallas police officer was hospitalized after a crash Thursday afternoon on Central Expressway, police said. Officers were assisting a stranded driver when another driver “took faulty evasive action,” hitting one of the marked squad cars, police said. An officer was inside the car when it was hit. Police said the crash occurred about 1:30 p.m. near the Lovers Lane …

In court documents filed Wednesday by federal prosecutors, statements by former Dallas City Council member Carolyn Davis explain quite clearly how council members and candidates could skirt campaign finance laws — and avoid the FBI. The filing comes nine months after Davis pleaded guilty to pocketing $40,000 in bribes from an affordable housing developer — and five months after she and her daughter …

Watchdog, I need a big favor. Please stop all the illegal robocalls hitting my cellphone. What? You think I’m Superman? Just tell me how to stop them, OK? Since you brought it up, there are a few important developments. One is a significant vote this week in Congress. Another involves an end-of-year, government-imposed deadline. And a third is a tactic …