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Texas Gov. Abbott Meets With Florida Gov. DeSantis About Border Security
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) hosted a briefing on border security Saturday afternoon with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Tropical Storm Laura Carves Destructive Path Through Louisiana; 6 Dead
Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border early Thursday as a life-threatening storm.
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Louisiana Governor Closes Part of Interstate 10 as Category 4 Hurricane Laura Takes Aim
Hurricane Laura rapidly gained strength Wednesday to become a catastrophic Category 4 storm with an “unsurvivable” 20-foot storm surge that could sink entire communities in Texas and Louisiana. Authorities implored coastal residents to flee before it’s too late.
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5 Police Officers Injured in Shooting at Suspected Houston Drug House
Four police officers remain hospitalized Tuesday after being wounded in a gunbattle with two suspects while attempting to serve a search warrant at a suspected drug house in southeast Houston, according to Houston’s police chief.