The slow-moving winter storm slamming Texas has left many without power, food or fresh water. Officials are strategizing how to combat the problem.
Author: Rick Jervis, USA TODAY
Surge of unaccompanied minors at border poses challenge for Biden administration
The number of unaccompanied immigrant minors arriving at the border has spiked in recent months, posing a challenge to Joe Biden’s immigration plans.
Biden’s effort to reunite Trump-era separated families is trickiest immigration challenge
More than 600 families remain separated, with parents’ whereabouts unknown. Biden’s efforts to reunite them could be his top immigration challenge.
Thousands of unaccompanied minors arrive at US-Mexico border as Border Patrol grapples with COVID-19 deaths
Thousands of unaccompanied minors are flooding the U.S.-Mexico border after months of child deportations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘They are so well taken care of’: Trump defends separating migrant children from parents
Former Vice President Joe Biden promised citizenship for the nation’s undocumented immigrants while President Donald Trump defended his own record.
Fifteen years and $15 billion since Katrina, New Orleans is more prepared for a major hurricane. For now.
A $15 billion hurricane protection system guards New Orleans against flooding. Experts say it must be upgraded due to climate change and land loss.
‘You shook the world, Big Floyd:’ George Floyd remembered for mentoring young men in Houston’s Third Ward
A student athlete and aspiring rapper, George Floyd helped others in Houston’s Third Ward stay away from crime and not make some of his same mistakes.
‘Death is our greeter’: Doctors, nurses struggle with mental health as coronavirus cases grow
Hospitals across the U.S. are worried about protecting healthcare staff from serious mental fallout after weeks of fighting a relentless virus.
‘It’s carnage’: Crematoriums run around the clock to meet demand from coronavirus
Crematoriums across the U.S. are adding extra shifts to meet demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. In hot spots like New York, demand has soared.
‘We’re all stressed out’: Parenting in a pandemic puts additional stress on families, children
Disruption in normal routines and anxiety over outside threats could often lead to anxiety and depression in children.