Authorities are asking the public to help them identify two men who reportedly have stolen iPods and Dyson vacuum cleaners from 17 Houston-area retail stores since June 2009.

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a car on the service road of Interstate 10 in east Houston early Monday morning.

A woman and her ex-husband died and another man was wounded in an apparent shoot-out at a Manvel home last weekend, authorities said. The shooting occurred in the 10800 block of Leslie Lane about 4 a.m. Saturday, according to the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office. Karla Boone, 70, and Stanley Boone, 63, were pronounced dead at the scene. They each had been shot more than once.

A man died after a sport utility vehicle hit him as he was trying to jog across a road in northwest Harris County early this morning.

She's accused of running over him several times in Houston.

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Police are investigating a crash that left one man dead early this morning in southwest Houston. The single-car wreck occurred in the 6300 block of Rampart near Highstar about 2:20 a.m., police said. The victim, a 23-year-old Hispanic man, died at the scene. His name has not been released. No other injuries were reported.

A man was wounded in a shooting at a motel in west Harris County early this morning. The shooting occurred at a Motel 6 on Mason at the Katy Freeway about 2 a.m., according the Harris County Sheriff's Office. The man, whose name has not been released, was rushed by LifeFlight medical helicopter to Memorial Hermann-The Texas Medical Center. His condition was not released.

Heavy thunderstorms and possible flooding are likely today and much of the week as Tropical Storm Hermine marches north through the region, dumping up to 10 inches of rain in the hardest hit areas.

Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of man at an apartment complex in southwest Houston early this morning. The stabbing occurred in the 6100 block of Bellaire near Rampart at about 3:30 a.m., police said. Police the man, whose name has not been released, was found lying in a common area of the complex. He had been stabbed at least once and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two murals painted by a Texas Southern University student 40 years ago were ordered destroyed by school President John Rudley, who disagreed with the university museum director's opinion that the artworks' historical significance made them worth saving.

The feds want to cut aid if students fall behind on loans.

Intermittent showers and a few dark clouds didn't seem to spoil the fun for folks celebrating the last major holiday of the summer at Houston-area parks. Dozens of kids bounced around the playground area and splashed in the jumping water in the fountain area at Discovery Green Park, enjoying the slightly cooler temperatures that rolled in Monday.

While Muslims prepare for the Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, some are apprehensive about how close the holiday is expected to fall to the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Texas Sen. Florence Shapiro was stunned a few years ago when state auditors answered her request with a white surrender flag: They could not tell her which programs designed to help struggling, low-income students worked and which didn't.

When bronc and bull rider Larry Mahan won six world rodeo championships in the 1960s and '70s, he did it with the help of "Old Goldie," his twin-engine Cessna plane. Sitting in the pilot's seat, Mahan could make it to two rodeos in a day, racking up the wins that put him at the top of his field.

A woman has died from injuries she suffered in a high-speed boat crash at Clear Creek on Sunday morning, League City police said today.

A Houston woman drowned during a nighttime swim at Jamaica Beach in Galveston on Sunday.

A tractor trailer has overturned on Texas 288 southbound at the South Loop.