AscentXmedia / Getty Images A credit shelter trust (CST) is designed to allow couples to reduce or completely avoid estate taxes when passing assets on to heirs (typically, the couple's children).

TOMBALL, Texas — A Tomball Fire and Rescue crew found a woman dead in a shed fire Friday morning, according to the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office. The fire happened on Medical Complex Drive ...

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The woman's identity has not been released. TOMBALL, Texas - A woman was found dead after a fire in Tomball overnight, officials say. The incident is under investigation. The fire occurred in the ...

TOMBALL, Texas (KTRK) -- A woman's body was found in a shed after a fire in Tomball, the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office said Friday morning. The fire marshal's office said it and Tomball Fire ...

Sun-Times file Share A Texas man was arrested this month on suspicion of “sextortion” of a Naperville teenager. Cody Ratliff, 39, of Kerrville, Texas, was arrested Feb.9 and charged with ...

Amplify Tomball, a 170-unit luxury townhome community by Ascendant Development, has broken ground at 17318 N. Eldridge Parkway, according to a Feb. 12 news release. The townhomes will be three ...

No residents of the home or firefighters were reported as injured, but one dog was taken to an animal hospital for treatment. The family is currently being helped by the Texas Red Cross.

Following the federal government's potential overhaul of the U.S. Department of Education, a Texas lawmaker is seeking to eliminate the Texas Education Agency, responsible for overseeing public ...

TOMBALL, Texas — A Tomball family has decided to pull their son out of Northpointe Intermediate School after they said another student repeatedly bullied him and the school district refused to ...

James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is on covering news and politics in Texas, as well as other general news across the United States. James joined ...