Hurricane Laura made landfall early Thursday as a Category 4 storm, blasting the border of Louisiana and Texas and hitting maximum sustained winds of around 150 miles per hour at its peak. On ...

As Hurricane Laura strengthens towards the Gulf Coast, Texas officials have begun issuing mandatory evacuations in the Houston area. City of Galveston Mayor Pro Tem Craig Brown issued a mandatory ...

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate areas across Texas and Louisiana as Hurricane Laura approaches the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Laura is expected to rapidly strengthen to a ...

Hurricane Laura’s storm surges are forecast to bring ‘catastrophic damage’ to the shores of Texas and Louisiana. The National Hurricane Center described the coming storm surge as “unsurvivable,” ...

This story will be updated as the numbers update through the day. About 1,104 homes and businesses in Acadiana were without power in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura early Sunday night. Throughout the ...

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Hurricane Laura sustained winds of 150 mph when it made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane early Thursday morning in Louisiana, near the Texas border. Laura has since been downgraded to a tropical ...

Hundreds of thousands of Louisiana households remain without power as cleanup and recovery efforts are underway following Hurricane Laura's landfall last week. Hurricane Laura made landfall at 1 a.m.

Kansas House Republicans came together Wednesday to override Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a congressional redistricting plan.The House voted 85-37 to override Kelly's vote of the map, which would split ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Thursday, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed Senate Bill 355, the congressional redistricting map known as "Ad Astra 2" that would have divided Wyandotte County along Interstate 70.

For many people weaned on the music of the ’60s/’70s, Laura Nyro was one of those ungraspable artists — someone they knew of but didn’t follow or know much about. She was idolized by David Geffen, who ...