Posted 4:51 PM 5/23/2013 by Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS (More)
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Posted 4:48 PM 5/23/2013 by Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Investigators have discovered the blood of a missing 15-year-old Iowa girl on the truck of a man suspected of kidnapping her Monday, diminishing the chances of finding her alive, a lead investigator said Thursday. DNA testing confirmed that the blood found on (More)
Posted 4:38 PM 5/23/2013 by Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) - Jurors in Jodi Arias' trial resumed deliberations Thursday, a day after they reported they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death and the judge instructed them to keep trying. The panel reported its impasse (More)
Posted 4:26 PM 5/23/2013 by Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gulf of Mexico anglers will have a longer red snapper season than they thought. Federal regulators had said the season would be nine to 28 days depending on the state. But a week before opening, NOAA Fisheries announced that the recreational red snapper season in (More)
Posted 4:05 PM 5/23/2013
CORPUS CHRISTI - A Popeye's chicken restaurant made a large donation to help tornado victims in Oklahoma.
Representatives from the American Red Cross were on hand at the new Popeyes on Saratoga to receive a check for $1,000 for disaster relief.
Red Cross officials stress that it (More) • Video (1)
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Posted 3:09 PM 5/23/2013 by Associated Press
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday on whether to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization. Whether yes or no, the result (More)
Posted 3:01 PM 5/23/2013 by Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A move to give lawmakers the right to carry handguns anywhere they wish sparked an angry debate in the Texas House of Representatives between Republican lawmakers. The shouting match erupted Thursday over whether lawmakers should give themselves special privileges (More)
Posted 2:35 PM 5/23/2013 by Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians (More)
Posted 2:02 PM 5/23/2013 by Rachel Cole - rcole@kristv.com
CORPUS CHRISTI - A broken window, bloody shoe prints and a trail of blood led police to a burglar. Officers say a man broke into a home on Scotchmoss Drive early Thursday morning.
The next door neighbor Ty Martin says he woke up to some commotion outside his home, that's when he noticed (More) • Videos (2)
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Posted 2:00 PM 5/23/2013 by Ben Lloyd - blloyd@kristv.com
CORPUS CHRISTI - The Miami International Airport will honor an Orange Grove, Texas native killed by a enemy sniper fire while serving in Afghanistan.
Marine Lance Corporal Colton Rusk died while on patrol with his K9 partner, Eli, clearing an improvised explosive device on December 6 (More) • Photos (2)
Posted 1:19 PM 5/23/2013 by Andy Liscano
CORPUS CHRISTI - We're told 19 people have filed complaints with Corpus Christi Police against a wedding planner accused of failing to take care of his customers.
We learned about Justin Lee Olle, operating as Justin Lee Designs, after some brides and brides-to-be came forward saying he (More) • Videos (2)
Posted 1:17 PM 5/23/2013 by Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) - The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown. Charles Ramsey has been promised free burgers for life at more than a dozen Cleveland-area (More)
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