Bowing to intense pressure from conservatives, Houston Mayor Annise Parker on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of subpoenas that were issued to five local pastors demanding all sermons and correspondence regarding homosexuality, gender identity and the city's controversial Equal Rights ordinance.

Parker, the city's first openly lesbian mayor, announced the withdrawal of subpoenas after conservative Americans flooded her office with Bibles and sermons to show their protest against the subpoenas.

A Houston teen and toddler got HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases after being raped by a registered sex offender.

David Richard Wilson allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl as well as a 23-month-old toddler. The 33-year-old man, who is now facing serious charges of sexual assault, was previously convicted in a 2005 sexual assault of another teenage girl and was sent to prison for four years.

Diving deeper into U. S. shale oil & gas sector, private equity firm Apollo Global Management has purchased Houston-headquartered Express Energy Services.

Energy Express Services operates a so-called "Express University" in Houston. The university is a $15-million facility that trains employees how to operate its main businesses, including rat-hole drilling, installing production casing in wells, and testing oil wells' production capabilities.

Authorities have said that someone abandoned an infant in the lobby of a southwest Houston post office. Child Protective Services have issued a notification after a new born baby was left at the post office. The infant was seen at the table at the Westbrae Post Office on S. Gessner and W. Bellfort on Wednesday morning.

The child was wearing white long sleeve onesie and a Pampers brand diaper. The name, Jesse was written by market on the diaper. The child was in a blue car seat and was wrapped in a black and red blanketwith white dog bones and lettering "woof".

Police officials said that a pharmacy worker in the city of Houston first shot dead a female colleague and then committed suicide on Wednesday.

It is believed that the shooter was trying to have a romantic relationship with his colleague at the pharmacy building that is part of the Ben Taub General Hospital complex. The shooting occurred at 2:15 p. m. at the building and seven other employees and two customers were present at the crime scene but no one else was hurt.

The Texas Central Railways has shared the proposed route for the Dallas-Houston bullet train during a public meeting on Tuesday. The private project will reduce the travel time between Dallas and Houston to 90 minutes.

North Texas residents and leaders from Dallas favored with plan. The Texas Central Railways has also changed some of the stops for the bullet train.

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee urged pastors from all around the nation to send the Holy Bible and copies of all of their sermons to Houston Mayor Annise Parker, who has issued subpoenas to five city pastors over homosexuality related issues.

The subpoenas that relate to Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) demands pastors to turn over any sermons that deal with homosexuality and gender identity issues.

Huckabee, who is an ordained Southern Baptist minister, said in a recent interview that it must make people mad that Parker believed that she could turn in her pastors.

The historic eighteen-storey Houston Club building was turned into a pile of steel and concrete rubble on Sunday, as property owner is preparing to construct a new building at the site.

Construction workers imploded the historic club building situated at 811 Rusk near Capitol early morning yesterday. Skanska USA Commercial Development had been preparing for months to demolish the historic building by removing asbestos and brick.

Speaking about the demolition, a resident named Rick Sonora said, "I remember as a kid, my father brought me out, so I wanted to return the favor to my kids."