A man who may have a gun is in a SWAT standoff with authorities at his home after allegedly assaulting his wife and locking her out.

Two CVS managers involved in an incident at a store in Chicago are no longer working for the company, according to a statement released Monday.

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The lives of three people were taken after a parolee released from prison last year went on a violent crime spree around the Houston area.

Investigators say a couple in their 80s may be the first victims in the crime spree, connected Jose Rodriguez.

Memorial Hermann Health System has named Dr. Benjamin Chu as its new president and CEO, replacing Dan Wolterman, who announced his retirement in October and has served as CEO since 2002. Chu currently serves as the executive vice president of Oakland, California-based Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan Inc. and group president for Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Georgia. He manages the health plan and hospital operations for 14 hospitals and 237 medical offices which services?

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner shared his views on Houston's energy-related job losses and on the city's role in stemming the blood flow.

When I was a little girl, I knew when it was rodeo season ? not because I was patiently awaiting the deep-fried everything and playing with goats at the petting zoo, which I definitely was ? but because on the Friday before the rodeo rolled out, I was dressed Texan to a T. I'd have tiny cowboy boots with a matching hat and a bandana around my neck; and a few years, my mom handmade my Western wear. While I might not still have her as my personal clothier, she instilled the tradition in me just?

Human communication is complex, but the first thing that comes to mind when we hear the word ?communication? is often spoken or written words. However, the words we speak and hear are just one way we communicate, and some studies show that most of our communication takes place through other means. Humans communicate in many different ways, such as verbal, nonverbal, body language and artistic communication, which is through images or music. The way we communicate with people affects all aspects?

Houston has many different chambers of commerce that identify with different geographic regions and demographics. Beginning this spring, the LGBT community will have one as well. Roughly 3.3 percent of the Greater Houston area identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to a recent Gallup poll, but there is no chamber of commerce that represents and promotes LGBT-owned businesses, said Tammi Wallace, co-chair of the steering committee. "There's an LGBT chamber of commerce in?

Schouest, Bamdas, Soshea and BenMaier PLLC has merged with Houston-based law firm Fitzhugh & Elliott PC, effective Feb. 16, according to a statement. The two Houston-based firms will keep both of their offices, one in the Energy Corridor and the other in downtown Houston. The firm will retain the SBSB name and will have 31 lawyers, according to Susan Schmaeling, a spokeswoman for the firm. Thomas Fitzhugh and John Elliott will be partners at SBSB, the statement said. "This merger deepens and expands?

The 5-foot-10 Astros third baseman, dwarfed by the burly competition which surrounded him, bowed out after dropping a scintillating first-round matchup with No. 5 seed Kyle Schwarber, 16-15.

The field at Nationals Park for All-Star Workout Day and Home Run Derby was filled with Astros on Monday.

Rockets general manager Daryl Morey reportedly was a target for the 76ers vacant general manager position.

"Him and I talk every two or three weeks," Patterson said Monday during Big 12 media day at the Ford Center. "Sometimes, if there's something going on that he and I need to discuss, then it's maybe once every day for four or five days.

As the Astros take a little breather - except for the six guys on the American League All-Star team - at the All-Star break, they can rest easy knowing they have a five-game lead in the American League West.

"I believe this, if the quarterback is not the toughest guy you have on your team, your team is not going to be tough," Fisher said Monday, the first of four SEC Media Days. "That's the only position in the world where you have to stand there and let 310 pound guys run at you. You don't get to hit them back."

Review one lawyer's fight vs. Harris County probation officials.

A Jordanian immigrant, who was married in her teens and came to the U.S. in the early 1990?s, is anticipated this week to be one of the final and most significant witnesses in the case against a father of 12 facing the death penalty, accused of two ?honor killings? in 2012.Special prosecutors on Monday called a half-dozen witnesses, including FBI agents and experts in DNA, fibers, and ballistics, as they worked to wrap up their case in the fourth week of testimony in the case against 60-year-old Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan.

A new section of entrances, exits and main lanes opened on U.S. 290 Monday, a significant step in a seven-year revamp of the freeway. The four-mile completed section is now open between West Little York and Pinemont, according to TxDOT. There now are five inbound lanes from West Little York to Loop 610, one of the most congested areas in the county. ?It?s significant because it opens up a lot of pavement for those inbound motorists,? said Mike Zientek, spokesman for HNTB Corporation, the firm performing the road work. ?It makes their commute a lot easier.? Much of that section of U.S. 290 was closed over the weekend so crews could complete the traffic switch.

Marq Vincent Perez, 26, was found guilty of three felonies: arson, committing a hate crime by doing so and possessing an unregistered destructive device.

Religious liberty group said lower court order violated church freedoms

Four of the nation?s 15 best-compensated higher education executives reside in Texas, including University of Houston leader Renu Khator.