Houston residents mark Labor Day sorting through storm ruins

HOUSTON (AP) — Some Gulf Coast residents ripped up soggy carpeting, cut out sheet rock from walls marked by the height floodwaters had reached andRead More

Hurricane Irma strengthens to a Category 4 storm

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Irma has strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it approaches the northeast Caribbean. The storm’s center is 450 miles (725Read More

Small child’s body found encased in concrete in Kansas

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police are investigating after the body of a small child was discovered encased in concrete inside a rental home in Wichita,Read More

US envoy tells UN: North Korean leader is ‘begging for war’

NEW YORK (AP) — U.N. Security Council members called for further sanctions against North Korea on Monday after a powerful nuclear test explosion added anotherRead More

Mayor says Houston ‘open for business’ despite huge hurdles

HOUSTON (AP) — 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,Read More

South Korea simulates attack on North’s nuke site after test

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Following U.S. warnings to North Korea of a “massive military response,” South Korea on Monday fired missiles into the seaRead More

Houston braces for new flooding, chemical plant burns anew

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities launched a controlled burn Sunday at a chemical plant damaged by Harvey that had already seen several explosions, saying highly unstableRead More

Police: Pregnant woman, 2 young boys killed in house fire

HAMBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a pregnant woman and her two young children were killed in a fast-moving house fire in Pennsylvania. State policeRead More

Coroner: Temple student died of blunt trauma, strangulation

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A coroner says a combination of blunt trauma and strangulation killed a Temple University student found in northeastern Pennsylvania on property linkedRead More

Sheriff: Man who ran into Burning Man fire dies

BLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on the man who died at the Burning Man festival (all times local): 12:30 p.m. A NevadaRead More