Jun 26 Watch 4:43 Dangerous heat wave plagues southern U.S. with 45 million people under heat advisories By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris Texas is entering its third week of a record-breaking heat wave where the heat index could top 120 degrees. And the sweltering weather is not limited to Texas. At least 45 million Americans across the southern U.S. were under heat… Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch 1:23 News Wrap: Extreme heat wave blankets Texas, southern states In our news wrap Sunday, more than 40 million people are expected to experience dangerous heat in the southern U.S., and the Coast Guard announced that it ended search and rescue operations for the Titan submersible and is shifting its… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 3:46 News Wrap: Tornado kills 4 in small Texas town In our news wrap Thursday, a tornado killed four people and ripped apart homes and businesses in the small Texas town of Matador, Tropical Storm Bret is closing in on the islands of the eastern Caribbean, President Biden defended calling… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 3:19 Former Texas Congressman Will Hurd becomes latest Republican to launch bid for White House By Lisa Desjardins, Tess Conciatori, Ian Couzens The long list of Republicans seeking their party's nomination for president grew by one more Thursday. Former Congressman Will Hurd of Texas is kicking off his campaign with a direct hit at the field's front-runner, Donald Trump. Lisa Desjardins reports. Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 4:36 DACA recipients share hopes and fears ahead of court ruling that could end program By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan A longstanding immigrant protection program could be struck down by a federal court in Texas. A judge is expected to hand down a decision this month about the legality of DACA, or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It protects… Continue watching
Jun 22 At least 4 dead after tornadoes tear through west Texas town By Ken Miller, Sarah Brumfield, Associated Press A line of severe storms produced what a meteorologist calls a rare combination of multiple tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and softball-sized hail. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 4:26 The grandmother of Juneteenth on what the holiday means for Americans By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris, Dorothy Hastings In 1865, Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform the country's last enslaved people that they had been freed under the Emancipation Proclamation. The day now known as Juneteenth was formally recognized as a national holiday… Continue watching
Jun 18 High temperatures trigger storms, widespread power outages across southern U.S. By Scott Sonner, Associated Press Triple-digit temperatures prompted heat advisories across much of the southern U.S., triggered thunderstorms that knocked out power from Oklahoma to Mississippi and whipped up winds that raised wildfire threats in Arizona and New Mexico. Continue reading
Jun 16 Cleanup efforts begin after deadly storms strike several Southern states By David Erickson, Sarah Brumfield, Ken Miller, Associated Press Severe storms — including some that produced tornadoes — tore across a swath of Southern states, killing at least five people as they destroyed hundreds of homes, tossed vehicles into buildings and left hundreds of thousands without electricity. Continue reading
Jun 14 Texas court allows Attorney General Ken Paxton’s securities fraud trial to move to Houston By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press The decision Wednesday deals the Republican another setback as he awaits a separate impeachment trial. It remains unclear when Paxton might finally have his day in court on felony charges of defrauding investors in a tech startup. Continue reading