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Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Dallas Morning News. June 25, 2021. Editorial: ERCOT shouldn’t be exempt from laws of open government The Electric...

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
(Charleston) The Post and Courier. June 20, 2021. Editorial: SC is finally focused on preventing flooding. Now we need to go deeper ...

A stiff breeze across the Mississippi Sound attracts resting sea gulls on old pilings, Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Ocean Springs, Miss. Tropical Storm Claudette brought much evening and early morning rain and left a stiff breeze along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Major damage to Alabama mobile home park amid tropical storm

By Kevin Mcgill And Russ Bynum Jun. 19, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2020, file photo, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He listens as former President Donald Trump speaks before signing a trade agreement at the White House in Washington. At a meeting Thursday, June 18, 2021, China pledged to harshly punish anyone responsible for major industrial accidents or outbreaks of violence in coming days as the ruling Communist Party prepares lavish celebrations for its centenary on July 1, 2021. Vice Premier Liu ordered safety checks be carried out to forestall such incidents. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
China pledges harsh penalties ahead of party anniversary

Jun. 18, 2021 04:24 AM EDT

In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a half-submerged LCT Jacqueline star ship is seen after its crew abandoned ship as Tropical Storm Choi-wan hits Albuera, Leyte province, central Philippines on Wednesday June 2, 2021. The tropical storm has left several people dead and displaced hundreds of villagers in the southern and central Philippines, where it set off flooding and landslides, officials said Wednesday. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)
Storm leaves 3 dead, displaces thousands in Philippines

Jun. 02, 2021 10:49 AM EDT

Homeowner Stephen Punkay, right, dumps a cart-load of wet carpet to add to the debris pile, after the Baker Drive home that he and wife Amy share with their six children got at least six inches of water in Monday night's deluge of rain in the Westminster subdivision, as they clean up with the help of family, neighbors and "church family" from Community Bible Church, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. Heavy rains have swept across southern Louisiana, flooding homes, swamping cars and closing a major interstate. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate via AP)
Drenching rains flood homes, swamp cars in south Louisiana

By Rebecca Santana May. 18, 2021 01:45 PM EDT

A woman walks through a waterlogged street in Mumbai, India, Monday, May 17, 2021. Cyclone Tauktae, roaring in the Arabian Sea was moving toward India's western coast on Monday as authorities tried to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people and suspended COVID-19 vaccinations in one state. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Powerful cyclone hits land in India amid deadly virus surge

By Sheikh Saaliq May. 17, 2021 01:28 AM EDT

Fishing boats that stayed off the Arabian Sea due to Cyclone Tauktae are anchored in the backwaters in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Sunday, May 16, 2021. A severe cyclone is roaring in the Arabian Sea off southwestern India with winds of up to 140 kilometers per hour (87 miles per hour), already causing heavy rains and flooding that have killed at least four people, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)
Severe cyclone heading toward southern India; 6 dead

May. 16, 2021 05:18 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 22, 2010, file photo, workers, from left, Johan Du Preez, Susan Dupreez and Rouxle Crafford clear honey from dead bee hives at a bee farm east of Merced, Calif. California's Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing spending $11 billion on programs to combat climate change amid a drought that followed a year of historic wildfires exacerbated by a warming planet. The windfall will fund everything from charging stations for electric cars to preparing communities for disasters ranging from fire, flooding and earthquakes to creating habitat for threatened bumble bees that are essential to pollinating crops in the nation's most productive farmland. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Newsom's green budget has something for everyone — even bees

By Brian Melley May. 14, 2021 08:23 PM EDT

This photo provided by Nathan Hadley Jr. shows flooding in the village of Buckland, Alaska, on Thursday, May 13, 2021. An ice jam on the Buckland River, a half mile below the community, has caused the entire village of about 500 residents in northwest Alaska to be completely inundated. (Nathan Hadley Jr. via AP)
Widespread flooding reported in northwest Alaska community

By Mark Thiessen May. 13, 2021 08:10 PM EDT

Guard sends helicopter to Bethel over flooding concerns

Apr. 26, 2021 10:17 PM EDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska National Guard will station a Black Hawk helicopter and crew in Bethel as part of the state’s response to potential spring...

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

By The Associated Press Apr. 26, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Omaha World-Herald. April 24, 2021. Editorial: A National Heritage Area in rural Nebraska is an opportunity, not a threat ...

From left, South Carolina Floodwater Commission Chairman Tom Mullikin, Gov. Henry McMaster, First Lady Peggy McMaster and Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette plant loblolly pine seeds on the grounds of the Governor's Mansion in Columbia, S.C., Thursday, April 22, 2021. Officials gathered to commemorate the planting of more than three million tree seeds across the state on Earth Day this year. (AP Photo/Michelle Liu)
S. Carolinians scattering 3 mil seeds to staunch flooding

By Michelle Liu Apr. 22, 2021 12:40 PM EDT

This image from video shows Sherry Vill during a Zoom news conference with attorney Gloria Allred, not pictured, Monday, March 29, 2021. Vill, 55, from upstate New York, said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo forcibly grabbed her face and kissed at her home during a visit to inspect area flood damage in 2017, in what Vill felt was a "highly sexual manner." He kissed her cheek again outside her home in a "very aggressive manner," Vill said. (AP Photo)
Woman says Gov. Cuomo forcibly kissed her cheeks in 2017

By Marina Villeneuve And Michael Hill Mar. 29, 2021 05:04 PM EDT

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, surveys flooding north west of Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Some 18,000 residents of Australia's most populous state have fled their homes since last week, with warnings the flood cleanup could stretch into April. (Lukas Coch/Pool via AP)
2 trapped drivers become first Australian flood fatalities

By Rod Mcguirk Mar. 24, 2021 06:54 PM EDT

In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, rioters, including Dominic Pezzola, center with beard, are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. The Proud Boys and Oath Keepers make up a fraction of the more than 300 Trump supporters charged so far in the siege that led to Trump's second impeachment and resulted in the deaths of five people, including a police officer. But several of their leaders, members and associates have become the central targets of the Justice Department’s sprawling investigation. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Flood of Capitol riot, tribal cases swamps US prosecutors

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Sean Murphy And Micahel Balsamo Mar. 18, 2021 12:31 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Mar. 17, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Erie Times News. March 15, 2021. Editorial: PA gets kids’ lunch money We don’t want to attach too much significance to...

Bill targets emergency declarations that hamper businesses

By Keith Ridler Mar. 15, 2021 04:15 PM EDT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation that would immediately end emergency declarations or health orders in Idaho involving such things as wildfires, floods or...

FILE - In this Saturday, May 9, 2020 file photo, the Rev. Fabian Arias performs an in-home service beside the remains of Raul Luis Lopez who died from COVID-19 the previous month, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Faith leaders' year of pandemic: grief, solace, resilience

By Luis Andres Henao, David Crary And Mariam Fam Mar. 12, 2021 07:29 PM EST

Lina Barrios walks outside the ICU of the Respiratory Hospital INERAM where her son is being treated for COVID-19 in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Barrios said she has had to buy her son's medication at pharmacies because the hospital is out, costing her $8,400 in two weeks. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Paraguay cancels nonemergency surgery due to virus wave

By Pedro Servin Mar. 03, 2021 12:55 PM EST