Grocery stores in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas allow patrons to pick up bullets along with a gallon of milk.
Texas
Beryl bears down on Texas, where it’s expected to hit Monday and regain hurricane strength
Texas officials warned people along the entire coastline to prepare for possible flooding, heavy rain and wind. The hurricane warning extended fom Baffin Bay, south of Corpus Christi, to Sargent, south of Houston.
Texas judge blocks move to close migrant shelter; calls Attorney General’s actions ‘outrageous’
Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton had demanded earlier this year that Annunciation House, which operates several shelters serving migrants and refugees, turn over records showing the names of those it housed.
Infant mortality rate rose 8% in wake of Texas abortion ban, study shows
Among causes of deaths, birth defects showed a 23% increase, compared to a decrease of about 3% in the rest of the U.S.
Indictment accuses former Uvalde schools police chief of delays while shooter was ‘hunting’ children
The now-former police chief was arrested and briefly booked into the Uvalde County jail before he was released Thursday night on 10 felony counts of abandoning or endangering a child in the 2022 attack.
2 killed and 6 wounded in shooting during a Juneteenth celebration in a Texas park
An altercation began between two groups during a concert at the event and someone started shooting, Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks said during a news conference at the scene.
At least 15 dead after severe weather carves path of ruin across multiple states in the South
In Texas, about 100 people were injured and more than 200 homes and structures destroyed.
Severe storms kill at least 4 in Houston, knock out power in Texas and Louisiana
At least two of the deaths were caused by falling trees and another happened when a crane blew over in strong winds.
Child dies in Texas flooding
Rescuers pluck many Houston area residents from the roofs of their homes.
Houston braces for flooding to worsen in wake of storms
In some areas, waters from the nearby San Jacinto River rose from about 1 foot Friday to about 4 feet Saturday.