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.
Alejandro Mayorkas fought for refugees and Dreamers. Can he undo four years of Trump immigration policies?
Alejandro Mayorkas, who emigrated from Cuba, will take over a department roiled by controversies and turnover under the Trump administration.
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.
Millions of Americans unemployed because of COVID are still waiting on unemployment assistance
As many as 7 million pandemic unemployed workers haven’t received unemployment benefits or even a reply, as evictions and major holidays approach.
Thousands of unaccompanied minors arrive at US-Mexico border as Border Patrol grapples with COVID 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.
‘I knew I was going to die’: Shrimpers rescue one another from sinking boats while riding out Hurricane Laura
Shrimpers performed daring rescues to save one another during Hurricane Laura. Cameron Parish’s shrimping industry now remains in doubt.
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.
Who are police protecting and serving? Law enforcement has history of violence against many minority groups
Decades of mistrust of police by minority groups make them hesitant to call police for help. Some departments are taking steps to rebuild that trust.