Howard Witt

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — When Congress approved the construction of a nearly 700-mile-long fence along the U.S.-Mexico border two years ago to keep out terrorists, drug smugglers and illegal immigrants, many...

At long last, veterinary researchers are setting out to tackle one of the least pleasant aspects of pet ownership: digestive disorders. Alarmed that millions of dogs and cats around the...

Plotted on a map, the towns of Paris, Linden and Jena line up neatly along a 300-mile diagonal that falls across the Texas-Louisiana border. But to many African-Americans, that line...

Quick now: What are the first three things that jump to mind when you hear the word "Dallas"? If you answered "cowboys," "JFK" and "J.R. Ewing," you are part of...

The district attorney in the racially-charged Jena 6 case in Louisiana agreed to a plea bargain Monday that sharply reduced the charges against the first of the six black teenagers...

The district attorney in the racially-charged Jena 6 case in Louisiana agreed to a plea bargain Monday that sharply reduced the charges against the first of the six black teenagers...

A judge ruled Wednesday that the public and the news media should have full access to all legal proceedings involving Mychal Bell, one of the teenage defendants in the racially-charged...