House Rushes To Vote $7.9 Billion For Harvey Relief
Politics quickly intruded, as Democratic and Republican leaders disagreed on how to pay for the funding.
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Politics quickly intruded, as Democratic and Republican leaders disagreed on how to pay for the funding.
Houston's mayor insists that America's fourth-largest city is "open for business," but with areas under water, people not yet in their homes, and billions in damage to repair, major disasters that Harvey created are by no means resolved.
Even first responders need breaks while helping Harvey recovery efforts in Texas, and one New Yorker took the opportunity to get his "first sweet taste" of Whataburger.
Roadways, refineries and other infrastructure have taken a beating in the Texas and Louisiana regions that were hit hardest by Harvey. But cell phone networks, so far, have remained largely functional.
A homeowner shot an alleged intruder in Corpus Christi, Texas, just as Hurricane Harvey was making landfall late Friday night, police confirmed to CBS News.
The Coast Guard in Corpus Christi launched two MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrews for a rescue mission.
The fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade made landfall Friday night about 30 miles northeast of Corpus Christi as a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds.
While the worst of Harvey will be impacting South Texas late Friday night and into early Saturday morning, the DFW area is already feeling some early effects from the storm -- at the airport.
Forecasters labeled Harvey a "life-threatening storm" that posed a "grave risk." Millions of people braced for a prolonged battering that could swamp dozens of counties more than 100 miles inland.
Harvey is currently a tropical storm, but is rapidly intensifying and will likely become a hurricane by the end of Thursday. The storm is on track to make landfall very early Saturday somewhere in the Corpus Christi area.
A hurricane warning has been issued for a section of Texas' Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Harvey approaches.
Police explained that a Texas contractor who became trapped inside of an ATM slipped notes to customers through the receipt slot, pleading for them to call his boss and help him escape.
A judge in Texas who was put on unpaid leave in May after officials discovered she was not a U.S. citizen has become a citizen.
Communities across Texas have celebrated Juneteenth with flags, food and historic remembrances of when Texas slaves, more than 150 years ago, learned that they were free.
Exxon Mobil and a Saudi partner will build a nearly $10 billion petrochemical plant just north of Corpus Christi as part of a venture receiving nearly $2 billion in tax breaks from state and local governments.
Police in South Texas have arrested a father hours after his 2-year-old son found a loaded gun on the kitchen table and fatally shot himself in the head.
A Texas judge says a lawsuit against the widower of slain Tejano star Selena can proceed as her father seeks to block a TV series about her.
A nearly four-day ban on drinking the water in Corpus Christi, Texas, was lifted on Sunday after test results showed no contamination due to a chemical leak, the city's mayor announced.
There were three reports of dirty water before the 300,000 residents of Corpus Christi were told not to drink the city's water due to a chemical leak at an asphalt plant, a top Corpus Christi official said Saturday, adding that the city has not found evidence of water contamination.
Officials eased restrictions on tap water use in outlying parts of Corpus Christi, nearly 24 hours after warning all 320,000 residents to stop using it because a harmful chemical had leaked into the water supply.
A man has been convicted of manslaughter in the punching death of a man in a Corpus Christi strip club parking lot three years ago.
Experts said that the algae bloom known as 'red tide' has been found along parts of South Texas. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department confirmed 'red tide' in areas of the Rio Grande Valley and near Corpus Christi.
Ground has been broken for a $60 million expansion at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in a push to bolster science-related studies and research.
A glass of drinking water hasn't been easy to come by lately for the 320,000 people in Corpus Christi.
A surgeon from Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi said that a complicated procedure to separate conjoined South Texas infants went well and the girls face several months of hospital care.
