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Nation Apr 05

‘Abandoned by everyone else,’ neighbors are banding together during the pandemic

By Dorothy Hastings

Nation Feb 26

WATCH: Biden surveys damage of severe winter weather in Texas

President Joe Biden heard firsthand from Texans clobbered by this month's brutal winter weather on Friday and pledged to stick with them “for the long haul” as he made his first trip to a major disaster area since he took…

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Nation Feb 23

Reliability Coordinators Wes Watkins (L) and Kim Engram (R) monitor the state power grid during a tour of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) command center in Taylor, Texas August 14, 2012. The crisis facing Texas, and indeed large swathes of the U.S. economy that depend on seven regional grid operators to keep their delicate electricity systems in balance, has been years in the making as cheap natural gas and new environmental rules force the closure of dozens of older coal-fired units and deter the construction of new ones, while consumption steadily rises. Photo by Reuters/Julia Robinson
Board leaders of Texas’ grid operator resign after outages

Four board leaders of Texas' embattled power grid operator said Tuesday they will resign following outrage over more than 4 million customers losing power during a deadly winter freeze last week.

By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

Nation Feb 22

In Texas, attention turns to storm repairs, delivering aid

Many people are still getting a sense of the wreckage left by the icy blast that hit Texas and much of the Deep South last week, knocking out power to millions and contributing to nearly 80 deaths.

By Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press

Nation Feb 20

Watch 9:17
Recovery may take months even as more help reaches storm-hit Texas

President Biden declares a disaster in Texas on Saturday, allowing affected Texans to apply for emergency grants for housing and low-cost loans to cover losses from the winter storm, which has left millions in the state without heat, power and…

Feb 20

Biden declares major disaster in Texas as federal aid flows

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Add Mother Nature to the pile of crises on President Joe Biden’s plate. A month into the job and focused on the coronavirus, Biden is seeing his disaster management skills tested after winter storms plunged Texas, Oklahoma and neighboring states…

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