A jury has convicted two ex-Vanderbilt football players of raping a former student inside a dorm room.

Ex-football players were accused of raping a young woman in a dorm room.

Holocaust memorial ceremonies are going on across the world, marking 70 years after the Liberation of Auschwitz, including here in Houston

Winter will take a break in Houston this work week with an abundance of sunshine, highs in the 70s, and lows in the 40s.

You wouldn't know oil prices are low based on the growth in a large portion of northwest Harris County

The Seattle Seahawks running back was a man of few words at Super Bowl XLIX's media day.

Amsys Innovative Solutions LLC, a Houston-based IT outsourcing company, plans to launch a new venture capital and coworking division to help build Houston's technology industry. The program, called Amsys Ventures, will launch March 1, Khalid "Ken" Parekh, president and CEO of Amsys, told the Houston Business Journal. Amsys Ventures will use company earnings to fund portfolio companies. "Houston is not known as an incubator for technology," Parekh told the HBJ. "We will use our profit to expand?

In an up-and-down industry like oil and gas, it's important to make sure you're ready in case your job is one of many being cut. In the wake of job cuts from Schlumberger Ltd.(NYSE: SLB), and pay freezes from BP PLC(NYSE: BP), rumors around your office may be circulating on possible cuts in your company. To be prepared, take a second to look at your stock portfolio and benefit plans, said Peter Ip, senior vice president and relationship manager for Houston-based wealth management firm Kanaly Trust. "It's?

The Buckingham, a senior living community along Woodway Drive, will begin construction on a $56 million tower in the third quarter of 2015. The Tower at Buckingham, as it will be called, will feature 187 new residences including 104 independent living apartment homes, 33 assisted living suites, 18 memory care residences and 32 private skilled nursing rooms, according to a statement. The independent living homes will be offered in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. As the population has continued?

Allegory Venture Partners, a Portland-based venture capital firm that focuses on health care and life sciences, has chosen Houston for its second location. The group specifically targets early-stage companies that focus on health technology, medical devices and other health services, said Thomas DeSouza, an Allegory Ventures partner and managing director for the fund's Houston's operations. Allegory Venture Partners is in the process of raising a $100 million fund, the Portland Business Journal,?

We're all familiar with Aesop's fable about the grasshopper and the ant. During good times, smart companies act like ants, planning in the summer for the hard winter by retaining and career tracking their future leaders. Other companies are like grasshoppers, living for the moment and giving little thought to the future. High oil prices can cover up a lot of inefficiencies and create less urgency about looking to the future. The news broke earlier this year of oil prices falling below $50 per barrel,?

To address the city of Houston's unsustainable fiscal trajectory, several current and aspiring elected officials have proposed increasing property taxes. They seem to view the city's chronic deficits of more than a decade as a revenue problem? not a spending problem ? despite record levels of revenues most years. Their solution: Get even more revenue. To do so, however, will require repealing the cap on property tax revenues known as Proposition 1, or Prop 1, which is a charter amendment approved?

Photos: 2015 Super Bowl Media Day

So Watt are the Texans prospects going into 2015? I ask this 1. because you want to know; 2. all articles about the Texans need to have terrible Watt puns. (photo by Stephanie Stradley) Nobody asked me, but here?s my consultant?s analysis of the 2014 Texans season going into 2015. Consultants have the best gig. They are outsiders who get paid to analyze things, suggest solutions, but don?t have to live with the consequences. I?m doing this wrong. I care about the Texans? results, have no control over them, pay for my season tickets, and ticket prices went up over 7%. Texans 2014 was a year of transition, and I [...]

Rockets center Dwight Howard said he tweaked his ankle in practice Tuesday and missed most of the workout. Howard, who missed Sunday?s game against the Lakers with a right ankle sprain, is a game time decision for Wednesday night?s game against the Mavericks. ?It wasn?t as bad as when it happened, but I had to sit out of practice, so we?ll see how it feels tomorrow,? Howard said. ?Hopefully I can play, but if not, we still have a great chance to win the game.? Joey Dorsey started for the Rockets against the Lakers and had four points and seven rebounds. ?Dwight is a huge part of our team and [...]

On Tuesday, Josh Smith spent some time with former Rocket Hakeem Olajuwon working on post moves. It wasn?t the first time the two worked together. Smith said several years ago, he worked with Olajuwon in Sugar Land, but kept it under wraps. ?I have worked with him in the past,? Smith said. ? I really just don?t broadcast everything I do in the offseason so people didn?t notice, but I was one of the first one to be able to work with him and pick his brain on low post scoring.? Smith said he enjoyed having Olajuwon around now to work with. ?It?s always a good chance to keep getting [...]

Jeff Bagwell?s estrangement from the Astros is over. The franchise?s all-time leading home run hitter has accepted new manager A.J. Hinch?s invitation to serve as a guest instructor this spring training. Prodded by his wife Rachel, former Astros teammate Brad Ausmus and his longtime agent Barry Axelrod, Bagwell is reestablishing ties with the only franchise he has represented. Hinch, Bagwell and Astros president Reid Ryan met last week to discuss a role for Bagwell as a guest instructor. Bagwell officially accepted the offer when he spoke to Ryan on Tuesday. ?I?m just trying to figure this all out,? Bagwell said. ?I want to do what?s right for the Astros. That?s [...]

Patriots receivers Danny Amendola and Brandon LaFell reflected on their Houston roots on Tuesday at Super Bowl Media day. First, Amendola who played at The Woodlands and whose father won a state title at Dekaney and his now the AD in Spring: ?My dad is a high school football coach in Texas so I?ve been around this game for a long time. Playing at this level and playing on this big of a stage, it?s a dream come true and a blessing for sure. So, we?re all stoked about it as a family. ?  I?ve never played for my dad. I played against my dad actually in high school. That [...]

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

Two Houston men have been charged in a narcotics trafficking operation where prescription drugs, including the cough syrup nicknamed "purple drank," were sent from Los Angeles to Houston for sale on the black market, federal authorities said.

State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham AUSTIN ? Former Austin County Judge Carolyn Bilski and Caldwell attorney Leighton Schubert are heading to a runoff in the race to replace former state Rep. Lois Kolkhorst. Neither Bilski nor Schubert ? both Republicans ? captured more than half the vote Tuesday to win outright in the special election for House District 13, which includes parts of seven counties west of the Houston area. Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, vacated the seat after securing a promotion to the upper chamber last month. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Schubert had 43 percent of the vote to Schubert?s 33 percent. Gov.-elect Greg Abbott is expected to schedule the runoff [...]

SAN ANTONIO - A Fort Hood soldier who had returned last week from West Africa, where U.S. troops have been working to help stop the spread of Ebola, was found dead outside his home Tuesday, but initial tests showed he did not have the virus. "[...] in time, there is no indication the Ebola virus was involved here, but we are conducting medical tests to ensure there is no threat to the community," Army spokesman Don Peters said. The Centers for Disease Control and Texas Department of State Health Services were notified of the soldier's death, but neither organization sent anyone to Killeen. Killeen Police Department spokeswoman Carroll Smith said a hazardous materials team was sent out "because we did not know his cause of death."

Lt. Gov David Dewhurst An emotional David Dewhurst addressed the Texas Senate for the last time as lieutenant governor at the opening day of the 84th Legislature on Tuesday. The Senate voted unanimously to pass SR 2, a resolution honoring Dewhurst, who has served as lieutenant governor for 12 years. Dewhurst wiped his face with a handkerchief before addressing the legislative body, after hearing remarks from several senators. ?Your comments were so nice, I lost my contact,? he said. Dewhurst sought re-election to his long-held post, but lost the Republican primary election to Lt. Gov. elect Dan Patrick, who will be sworn in on Jan. 20. Dewhurst said he was [...]

U.S. House Rep. Bill Flores, R-Bryan Republican divisions in Congress show signs of intensifying in the coming weeks as some GOP House members allied with Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz consider breaking away from the Republican Study Committee (RSC), a conservative group led by Bryan Republican Bill Flores. Members of the splinter group told the National Journal that they have been in discussions to form a separate group to exert rightward pressure on House Speaker John Boehner, whom some conservatives consider too moderate. The group reportedly was scheduled to meet with Cruz on Tuesday, although Cruz himself has not been involved in the new organization, according to a Cruz aide. [...]