Oct 07 Texas high court blocks Houston plan to offer mail ballots By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press The Texas Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that 2 million Houston voters cannot receive unsolicited mail ballot applications from local elections officials who are dramatically expanding ways to vote in November in the nation's third-largest county, a key battleground in Texas. Continue reading
Sep 22 Beta weakens to tropical depression, stalls over Texas coast By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Beta made landfall late Monday as a tropical storm just north of Port O’Connor, Texas, and has the distinction of being the first time a storm named for a Greek letter made landfall in the continental United States. Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch 4:06 'Give us some type of help,' beg Louisianans hit by hurricane and pandemic By Adam Raney, Sam Lane Hurricane Laura has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but it is still dropping heavy rains and spawning tornadoes as it moves east. Hundreds of thousands of people along the Gulf Coast remain without power, and it may be days,… Continue watching
Aug 28 Remnants of Hurricane Laura move east, leaving a disaster in Louisiana By Melinda Deslatte, Stacey Plaisance, Gerald Herbert, Associated Press Flooding and more tornadoes were possible Friday as the leftovers of the once fearsome Category 4 hurricane, now a tropical depression, move eastward. Already, an apparent tornado tore through a church and homes in Arkansas. Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch 8:29 Gulf Coast escapes storm surge, but hurricane winds cause extensive damage Parts of Louisiana and Texas spent Thursday assessing damage from Hurricane Laura. Wreckage is spread for miles inland, more than 700,000 people have no power and at least four people have been killed. Outside the Louisiana city of Lake Charles,… Continue watching
Aug 27 Trump to visit storm-hit Louisiana and Texas By Associated Press President Donald Trump says he will visit the Gulf Coast this weekend to tour damage from one of the fiercest hurricanes to hit the United States. Continue reading
Aug 27 WATCH: Texas Gov. Abbott gives update on Hurricane Laura aftermath By Associated Press Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to speak at 1:30 p.m. ET today. Watch the governor's remarks here. Continue reading
Aug 27 Laura still a hurricane 170 miles after landfall By Associated Press The powerful storm struck land near Cameron on the southwest Louisiana coast at about 1 a.m. Thursday. Nine hours later, it was about 10 miles north of Natchitoches, Louisiana, and had not yet weakened into a tropical storm. Continue reading
Aug 27 1st death reported from Hurricane Laura By Associated Press Gov. John Bel Edwards said he's received report of the first fatality from Hurricane Laura in Louisiana, a 14-year-old girl who died when a tree fell on her home. The governors of Louisiana and Texas say search and rescue teams… Continue reading
Aug 27 PHOTOS: Laura blasts destructive, life-threatening Gulf Coast path By Gerald Herbert, Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press, Melinda Deslatte, Asssociated Press Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border early Thursday, threatening the lives of people who didn't evacuate. Continue reading