- Firefighters rescued a pet frog from a Westworth Village home that had caught fire.
- A Texas computer repairman was detained by South Korean border guards for attempting to swim across a river to North Korea in order to meet Kim Jong Un.
- A judge ruled in favor of the Petrolia Independent School District after it was sued by the parents of a student who had been suspended for refusing to shake the superintendent’s hand during an eighth-grade graduation ceremony.
- A San Antonio man reportedly stabbed his roommate because the roommate’s birthday threesome was too loud.
- The MacArthur Foundation announced the names of the 21 recipients of its “genius grants,” three of whom are from Texas.
- An eighteen-year-old employee of a Georgetown restaurant was charged with a felony after allegedly rubbing his genitals on a pizza being prepared for customers.
- A Grand Prairie man used a smartphone app to live-text his four-hour standoff with police.
- Corpus Christi–born actress Eva Longoria said she is developing a Latino-focused television drama loosely based on the political careers of fellow Texans Julián and Joaquin Castro.
- A transgender teen at a Sugar Land high school was crowned homecoming king before a cheering stadium crowd.
