Bob Packwood, former Oregon senator who resigned after scandal, dies

Bob Packwood, a former Oregon Republican senator whose career ended after multiple allegations of sexual harassment, has died at 93. 

Texas scales up emergency response to combat destructive New World screwworm

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday activated the Texas State Emergency Operations Center to support the state’s response to a reemergence of the New World screwworm, a destructive livestock pest the state previously eradicated decades ago.

Sixth-grader finds 85-million-year-old fossil on club field trip

Corbin Bullard didn’t know exactly what he’d found while on a field trip with his 4-H Geology Club, “but I knew that it was something big."

Houston weather: Hot and humid all week with spotty storms

Hot and humid weather will take hold across Southeast Texas with highs in the low 90s all week. Spotty showers and storms will be possible at times, but most of the week will feature more heat than rain.

Iran latest: Trump demands Israel and Iran to stop 'shooting' immediately

Tensions between Iran and Israel erupted over the weekend. After Iran launched a missile attack that was the first such bombardment since the ceasefire began, Israel responded with airstrikes of its own. 

5 people stabbed inside Manhattan’s Penn Station, suspect in custody

Five people were injured Sunday evening in a mass stabbing in a New Jersey Transit waiting area inside Penn Station, authorities said.

1 dead, 3 injured in Pasadena crash on Beltway 8 Service Road

One person was killed and three others were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon on the Beltway 8 service road in Pasadena=.

Police pursue leads after mass shooting injures 12 at Toledo festival

Police in Toledo, Ohio, continued searching Sunday for suspects after a shooting near the popular Old West End Festival left 12 people wounded.

Fireworks explode as box truck burns on Tennessee highway

A truck carrying fireworks caught fire on Interstate 75 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Sunday, causing fireworks to explode in multiple directions.

New lawsuit challenges UFC event at White House on Trump’s birthday

With just over a week to go until UFC combatants square off on the White House South Lawn, a new federal lawsuit looks to stop the June 14 event.

Screwworms in Texas: What an infestation means for livestock, beef supply and the economy

The return of the flesh-eating screwworm fly in Texas has ranchers and government agencies scrambling to contain what could threaten a $113 billion cattle industry in the U.S.