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A helicopter crash during a hunting trip on a ranch in south Texas left the pilot and a passenger dead. The Texas Department of Public Safety identified the victims as Brian Faglie of Uvalde and Dale Jones of Houston.

Still, there were no white wedding dresses or tuxedos among the gay couples on Wednesday because they won't be able to marry until Tuesday, at the earliest.

The measure — called the Uniting American Families Act — could affect 36,000 gay and lesbian binational couples.

Conservative anti-gay activist Dave Wilson will be on the March 2 primary ballot for Harris County Precinct 4 commissioner as a Democrat. County election records indicate that Wilson, 63, has voted in eight GOP primary and runoff elections since 1995, but never in a Democratic election.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined CES almost $1.5 million and cited the industrial waste company for 71 alleged violations.

Mexico City enacted Latin America's first law recognizing gay marriage Tuesday and said it hopes to attract same-sex couples from around the world to wed.

As Stevie “Bubba” Walder is charged with murder, police are investigating whether the Christmas slaying of Naushad Virani in Liberty County was a hate crime.

While Houston has not been a popular spot for gay and lesbian travelers, the visitors bureau is pushing to change that.

Although the community is proud one of its own will be Houston's next mayor, they also take pride that voters didn't look at Annise Parker as simply "the gay candidate."

Annise Parker's comfortable rise to mayor is drawing attention from national news outlets who are noting the significance of the nation's fourth largest city making history by electing an openly gay leader.