Houston Officer Caught In Flood Waters Dies Driving To Work
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner confirmed that a 34-year veteran of the force died while driving to work in massive flooding due to Harvey.
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner confirmed that a 34-year veteran of the force died while driving to work in massive flooding due to Harvey.
Houston is full of stories of neighbors helping neighbors. But there are also those who see opportunities in a disaster.
The University of Tampa has fired a visiting assistant professor who suggested in a tweet that Hurricane Harvey's destruction is "instant karma" for Texas because it voted Republican.
Church leader Joel Osteen's megachurch is now open to people seeking shelter in Houston as Harvey continues to deluge the city with rain.
Southwest Louisiana balanced on a knife's edge Tuesday as Tropical Storm Harvey threatened to inundate the region with potentially disastrous flooding 12 years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the state.
Coldplay wrote a special tribute song to the victims of Hurricane Harvey and dedicated it at their show Monday night at Hard Rock Stadium
Massive flooding from Hurricane Harvey has affected the oil and gas industry in Texas and triggered a spike in fuel prices.
Living in South Florida, most homeowners have flood insurance in the event of flooding and water damage from a big storm or a hurricane.
Meteorologists now predict Harvey could break a US record for the most rainfall from a tropical system.
As Hurricane Harvey continues to dump historic amounts of rain on the flood-ravaged Houston area, consider donating to any of these organizations that are helping victims.
Thousands of Houston residents have been forced leave their homes as rising flood waters inundate the city.
Relentless rain from Tropical Storm Harvey has left many southeastern Texas cities, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes.
As Houston residents continue to deal with the devastation left behind from Hurricane Harvey, South Florida is stepping up to help.
The owners of a nursing home where elderly residents were stranded during Hurricane Harvey took to social media to get help and users helped get the word around until their rescue.
President Donald Trump is headed to Texas, where a massive rescue operation continues in Houston.
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A cruise ship headed to Texas is being forced to stop in Miami due to what is now Tropical Storm Harvey.
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After making landfall late Friday night, Harvey has stalled and is dropping several inches of rain on some areas that have already been devastated by water damage.
In a tweetstorm on Sunday, President Donald Trump sought to showcase the federal government's response to Hurricane Harvey, marveling over its size like a TV host and announcing a visit to Texas with the natural disaster only just beginning to take its catastrophic toll.
South Florida emergency crews were off to the rescue in Texas.
Tropical Storm Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into the country's fourth-largest city Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overwhelmed rescuers who could not keep up with the constant calls for help.
A Texas judge says there is one confirmed death from Harvey in the coastal city of Rockport.
A task force with the city of Miami Fire-Rescue has been placed on standby to deploy a swift-water rescue team to the area of Texas in preparation for Hurricane Harvey.
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said the family expects Andrew Wolfe to be in acute care for another two to three weeks.
City memo limits waivers and inspections as residents push for quieter nights downtown.
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Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
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The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
Florida's Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would allow new oil drilling off the state's coast.
The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide the legality of President Trump's executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship.
A federal judge granted a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts from a federal investigation in Florida into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
A U.S. District Court decision to end the deployment of National Guard members to Washington, D.C., is now on hold.
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Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a critic of government vaccine mandates, has been quietly appointed to one of the CDC's top positions.
Consumers with the imported pans should throw them away due to the severe health risks posed by lead, the agency warns.
ByHeart said it can't rule out that all of its baby formula across all product lots could be contaminated, citing recent test results.
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Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Discount store chain Target says it's joining rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Frank Gehry was known for designing the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
Netflix on Friday said it will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO.
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Jimmy Cliff, who famously sang about the "many rivers" we all must cross, has died after suffering a seizure and pneumonia, his family say.
Donald Glover, who performs under the moniker Childish Gambino, revealed he suffered a stroke last year, which forced him to cancel his tour.