http://www.khou.com/news/national RSS Feed for KHOU - News - National en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:03:31 GMT 2013-06-19T00:03:31Z en-us http://www.khou.com/news/national/212070911.html RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (AP) — Police are investigating the death of a South Texas teenager who appears to have been run over by her own vehicle. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:03:23 GMT http://www.khou.com/news/national/212070911.html 2013-06-19T00:03:23Z http://www.khou.com/news/national/US-House-takes-up-far-reaching-anti-abortion-bill-211976991.html The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats condemned as yet another example of the GOP war on women. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:45:38 GMT http://www.khou.com/news/national/US-House-takes-up-far-reaching-anti-abortion-bill-211976991.html 2013-06-18T23:45:38Z http://www.khou.com/news/national/212066871.html SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The endangered Lakota language has lost one of its greatest supporters. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:03:31 GMT http://www.khou.com/news/national/212066871.html 2013-06-19T00:03:31Z http://www.khou.com/news/national/212052351.html TYLER, Texas (AP) — Samuel L. Jackson would have been cursing up a storm. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:03:27 GMT http://www.khou.com/news/national/212052351.html 2013-06-19T00:03:27Z http://www.khou.com/news/national/Prosecutor-Disabled-mom-child-enslaved-threatened-with-python-pit-bulls-212063131.html A mentally disabled woman and her young child were enslaved for more than a year, sometimes denied food and threatened with a pet python and pit bulls, and the woman was beaten and forced to get pain medication for her captors. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:05:16 GMT http://www.khou.com/news/national/Prosecutor-Disabled-mom-child-enslaved-threatened-with-python-pit-bulls-212063131.html 2013-06-18T23:05:16Z http://www.khou.com/news/national/212047791.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. In the Chesapeake Bay, a smaller than average dead zone is expected. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:33:06 GMT http://www.khou.com/news/national/212047791.html 2013-06-18T21:33:06Z http://www.khou.com/news/national/212047781.html LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The Texas child welfare agency under investigation for its mishandling of a toddler's death last year has disciplined two workers after discovering a supervisor had "an inappropriate relationship" with the child's father, an agency spokesman said Tuesday. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:32:25 GMT http://www.khou.com/news/national/212047781.html 2013-06-18T23:32:25Z http://www.khou.com/news/national/212047771.html HOUSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a 48-year-old man has been sentenced to six years in prison for operating bogus ambulance companies that fraudulently collected $3.6 million in Medicare payments. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:03:29 GMT http://www.khou.com/news/national/212047771.html 2013-06-19T00:03:29Z http://www.khou.com/news/national/212047761.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Members of a key Texas House panel said Tuesday they feel conflicted about approving proposed new punishments for 17-year-olds who are convicted of capital murder with the mandatory possibility of parole after 40 years in prison. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:03:27 GMT http://www.khou.com/news/national/212047761.html 2013-06-19T00:03:27Z http://www.khou.com/news/national/212047751.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Travis County district attorney on Tuesday said she remains legally responsible for investigating state ethics violations, despite Gov. Rick Perry's veto of funding for the Public Integrity Unit based in her office. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:03:24 GMT http://www.khou.com/news/national/212047751.html 2013-06-19T00:03:24Z