The hurdles to early voting in places like Georgia and Texas resulted from a combination of intense voter interest that stressed local capacity and the sort of messiness long common to American elections.
In 2005, Hurricane Rita leveled some coastal communities in southwest Louisiana, forcing changes to building codes and attitudes. As Laura approached, the region was ready.
A day after a blast in West, Tex., so powerful it registered as an earthquake, the cause was unclear but the effects — as many as 15 dead, up to 180 hurt and much of a town gone — were plain.
States like Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin are riding a frustrating seesaw during the pandemic, with new coronavirus cases rising again after apparent progress.
The virus has heightened long-simmering friction in the largest Republican-led state in the country, with Gov. Greg Abbott under attack from within his own party.
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Manny FernandezThe conflict that has shaped Texas for the past decade has been red vs. blue. The new battle amid the pandemic is red vs. red.
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Gov. Kevin Stitt said he was “pretty shocked” when he learned he had contracted the virus. Oklahoma has averaged more than 640 new cases per day over the past week.
The deaths of Eric Garner in New York and George Floyd in Minnesota created national outrage over the use of deadly police restraints. There were many others you didn’t hear about.