AUSTIN — Brushing past its staff’s initial reluctance, the Texas Medical Board voted last month to investigate an East Texas fertility doctor for possible “unprofessional and unethical conduct” for using his own sperm to inseminate a woman who selected another donor. On Oct. 18, the board voted to reopen and continue an investigation of Nacogdoches obstetrician-gynecologist Kim McMorries. Over …

WASHINGTON — The rancorous impeachment inquiry moves to a new phase Thursday, when the House votes on a package of rules that will govern open hearings on President Donald Trump’s alleged misdeeds and the wisdom of trying to remove him from office. Republicans have complained for five weeks that Democrats have deprived Trump of transparency and due process by taking …

1. Brushing past its staff’s initial reluctance, the Texas Medical Board voted last month to investigate an East Texas fertility doctor for possible “unprofessional and unethical conduct” for using his own sperm to inseminate a woman who selected another donor. On Oct. 18, the board voted to reopen and continue an investigation of Nacogdoches obstetrician-gynecologist Kim McMorries, who in 1986 inserted his …

A North Texas educator has been arrested on a charge of child sex abuse. Kirby Glynn Smith(Collin County Sheriff’s Office) Kirby Glynn Smith, 50, was booked into the Collin County jail Tuesday on one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child. He remained in custody Wednesday, with bail set at $100,000. McKinney police said the arrest came after a …

One of the remaining Texas 7 prison escapees had his request to delay his execution denied Wednesday. Patrick Murphy, 58, is scheduled to be executed Nov. 13 for his role in the 2003 murder of Irving police Officer Aubrey Hawkins. Murphy was serving a 50-year sentence for sexual assault with a deadly weapon on Dec. 13, 2000, when he and …

Former Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge after being accused of hitting one of his daughters last month. Hamilton, 38, a Keller resident, turned himself in to Tarrant County authorities on a single count of injury to a child 14 or younger. He was released about 3:15 p.m. after posting $35,000 bond. In a …

There’s a phrase that many in law enforcement use when explanations for potential wrongdoing don’t add up: ”It doesn’t pass the smell test.” The deeper Dallas Morning News reporters look into illegal spending of thousands of taxpayer dollars by former DeSoto city official Jeremiah Quarles, the harder it is to believe that his wife — City Council member Candice Quarles — knew …

Kylie Jenner reportedly filed a restraining order against an intoxicated fan who hiked to her  mansion. The star called the fan, ‘a glass pipe-smoking-fan’ who managed to make it to the star’s $12 million dollar Hidden Hills house on Tuesday. The fan was a 22-year-old-man and was charged with two counts of misdemeanor, trespass and felony charges of bringing contraband …

Jennifer Aniston sent her fans in a frenzy after she made the claim stating that the Friends cast is planning something big on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. The actress is pulling out all the stops on her promotional appearances for her return to the small screen with The Morning Show. The fans were sent into frantic excitement with news of a Friends reunion. Jennifer is …

Ariana Grande’s Halloween costume is quite something The American singer revealed her outfit, inspired from the 1960s television series, The Twilight Zone, on her Instagram recently. One episode of the series titled, “Eye of the Beholder” featured a woman who goes through a number of surgeries to look “normal”. At the end of the surgery, the women comes out looking conventionally …