AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/100-million-americans-more-ice-snow-404012f8d8885259968b8d37b13899d6Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/100-million-americans-more-ice-snow-404012f8d8885259968b8d37b13899d6Click to copyRelated topics AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Millions of Americans endured another frigid day without electricity or heat in the aftermath of a deadly winter storm as utility crews raced to restore power before another blast of snow and ice sowed more chaos in places least equipped to deal with it.Nearly 3.4 million customers around the U.S. were still without electricity, and...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/100-million-americans-more-ice-snow-404012f8d8885259968b8d37b13899d6Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/100-million-americans-more-ice-snow-404012f8d8885259968b8d37b13899d6Click to copyRelated topics AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Millions of Americans endured another frigid day without electricity or heat in the aftermath of a deadly winter storm as utility crews raced to restore power before another blast of snow and ice sowed more chaos in places least equipped to deal with it.Nearly 3.4 million customers around the U.S. were still without electricity, and...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/2-dead-texas-subfreezing-winter-weather-b02d3b73e24166653577a072c9973a2fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/2-dead-texas-subfreezing-winter-weather-b02d3b73e24166653577a072c9973a2fClick to copyRelated topicsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A sprawling blast of winter weather across the U.S. is likely to blame for the deaths of two people in Texas, where an unusually snowy emergency Monday knocked out power for more than four million people, shut down grocery stores and air travel and closed schools ahead of frigid days still to come.As nightfall threatened to...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/2-dead-texas-subfreezing-winter-weather-b02d3b73e24166653577a072c9973a2fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/2-dead-texas-subfreezing-winter-weather-b02d3b73e24166653577a072c9973a2fClick to copyRelated topicsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A sprawling blast of winter weather across the U.S. is likely to blame for the deaths of two people in Texas, where an unusually snowy emergency Monday knocked out power for more than four million people, shut down grocery stores and air travel and closed schools ahead of frigid days still to come.As nightfall threatened to...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-san-antonio-college-football-football-health-2b1b1b6b4e8246d31b85e1e7a76c1920Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-san-antonio-college-football-football-health-2b1b1b6b4e8246d31b85e1e7a76c1920Click to copyRelated topicsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Anyone can get a coronavirus test at the CentroMed clinic in San Antonio, but on a recent day, the drive-thru was empty. Finally two masked people in a maroon SUV pulled straight on through with no wait. With hundreds of deaths reported each day, students returning to class and football...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-san-antonio-college-football-football-health-2b1b1b6b4e8246d31b85e1e7a76c1920Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-san-antonio-college-football-football-health-2b1b1b6b4e8246d31b85e1e7a76c1920Click to copyRelated topicsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Anyone can get a coronavirus test at the CentroMed clinic in San Antonio, but on a recent day, the drive-thru was empty. Finally two masked people in a maroon SUV pulled straight on through with no wait. With hundreds of deaths reported each day, students returning to class and football...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-tx-state-wire-greg-abbott-health-austin-c5d99e4e71ebb5ac7bc57ae7a1325d62Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-tx-state-wire-greg-abbott-health-austin-c5d99e4e71ebb5ac7bc57ae7a1325d62Click to copyRelated topicsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas surpassed 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases Tuesday as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott suggested family and neighborhood gatherings are behind a sharp rise in the rate of positive tests, which has climbed to record levels just as schools are beginning to reopen across the state. He also...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-tx-state-wire-greg-abbott-health-austin-c5d99e4e71ebb5ac7bc57ae7a1325d62Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-tx-state-wire-greg-abbott-health-austin-c5d99e4e71ebb5ac7bc57ae7a1325d62Click to copyRelated topicsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas surpassed 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases Tuesday as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott suggested family and neighborhood gatherings are behind a sharp rise in the rate of positive tests, which has climbed to record levels just as schools are beginning to reopen across the state. He also...WW…

AP NEWS By PAUL J. WEBERhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-ap-top-news-tx-state-wire-general-news-texas-c5da90cb311e320d9ece7310b4fe257eRIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (AP) — When labor pains signaled that Clarissa Muñoz was at last going to be a mom, she jumped in a car and headed two hours down the Texas border into one of the nation’s most dire coronavirus hot spots.She went first to a hospital so desperate for help that nurses recently made 49 phone calls to find a bed 700 miles away to airlift a dying man with the virus. From there, she was taken to a bigger hospital by ambulance. Along...…AP NEWS By PAUL J. WEBERhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-ap-top-news-tx-state-wire-general-news-texas-c5da90cb311e320d9ece7310b4fe257eRIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (AP) — When labor pains signaled that Clarissa Muñoz was at last going to be a mom, she jumped in a car and headed two hours down the Texas border into one of the nation’s most dire coronavirus hot spots.She went first to a hospital so desperate for help that nurses recently made 49 phone calls to find a bed 700 miles away to airlift a dying man with the virus. From there, she was taken to a bigger hospital by ambulance. Along...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/politics-houston-voting-rights-crime-elections-0f9fc604f6daa4222e8009a1b0a1a995Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/politics-houston-voting-rights-crime-elections-0f9fc604f6daa4222e8009a1b0a1a995Click to copyRelated topicsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The nation’s next big voting battle underway in Texas would outlaw 24-hour polling places, drive-thru voting and make it a crime for elections officials to mail unsolicited absentee ballot applications.Put another way: Everything Houston — the state’s biggest Democratic stronghold — did to expand ballot access last...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/politics-houston-voting-rights-crime-elections-0f9fc604f6daa4222e8009a1b0a1a995Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/politics-houston-voting-rights-crime-elections-0f9fc604f6daa4222e8009a1b0a1a995Click to copyRelated topicsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The nation’s next big voting battle underway in Texas would outlaw 24-hour polling places, drive-thru voting and make it a crime for elections officials to mail unsolicited absentee ballot applications.Put another way: Everything Houston — the state’s biggest Democratic stronghold — did to expand ballot access last...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/hypothermia-health-storms-power-outages-texas-ffeb5d49e1b43032ffdc93ea9d7cfa5fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/hypothermia-health-storms-power-outages-texas-ffeb5d49e1b43032ffdc93ea9d7cfa5fClick to copyRelated topicsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials on Thursday raised the death toll from February’s winter storm and blackouts to at least 111 people — nearly doubling the state’s initial tally following one of the worst power outages in U.S. history. The frigid weather also was blamed for dozens of more deaths across other Southern states including...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/hypothermia-health-storms-power-outages-texas-ffeb5d49e1b43032ffdc93ea9d7cfa5fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/hypothermia-health-storms-power-outages-texas-ffeb5d49e1b43032ffdc93ea9d7cfa5fClick to copyRelated topicsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials on Thursday raised the death toll from February’s winter storm and blackouts to at least 111 people — nearly doubling the state’s initial tally following one of the worst power outages in U.S. history. The frigid weather also was blamed for dozens of more deaths across other Southern states including...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/power-texas-water-shortage-south-b1cad8589083d0f6c79020ef642995d1Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/power-texas-water-shortage-south-b1cad8589083d0f6c79020ef642995d1Click to copyRelated topicsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Southern cities slammed by winter storms that for days have traded one crisis for another: Busted water pipes ruptured by record-low temperatures created shortages of clean drinking water, shut down the Memphis airport on Friday and left hospitals struggling to maintain sanitary conditions.In Texas, 7 million people — a quarter of the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/power-texas-water-shortage-south-b1cad8589083d0f6c79020ef642995d1Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/power-texas-water-shortage-south-b1cad8589083d0f6c79020ef642995d1Click to copyRelated topicsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Southern cities slammed by winter storms that for days have traded one crisis for another: Busted water pipes ruptured by record-low temperatures created shortages of clean drinking water, shut down the Memphis airport on Friday and left hospitals struggling to maintain sanitary conditions.In Texas, 7 million people — a quarter of the...WW…