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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...

This undated image taken from provided by the League City Police Department in League City, Texas shows, James Schulz. Police in Texas are searching for Schulz, accused of refusing to wear a mask at a Jack in the Box and then stabbing the shift manager with what's believed to be a pocketknife on March 17, 2021. (League City Police Department via AP)
Police: Man refuses mask, stabs worker at Texas restaurant

Mar. 19, 2021 04:35 PM EDT

This frame grab from police body cam video provided by the Galveston Police Department, in Galveston, Texas, shows Terry Wright, 65, of Grants Pass, Oregon, arguing with an officer inside a Bank of America branch, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Galveston, after being told she needed to leave the bank because she was not wearing a face mask, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Galveston Police Department via AP)
Woman refuses to wear mask in Texas, again, gets arrested

Mar. 17, 2021 06:15 PM EDT

This frame grab from police body cam video provided by the Galveston Police Department, in Galveston, Texas, shows Terry Wright, 65, of Grants Pass, Oregon, arguing with an officer inside a Bank of America branch, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Galveston, after being told she needed to leave the bank because she was not wearing a face mask, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Galveston Police Department via AP)
Arrest warrant issued after woman rejects mask at Texas bank

Mar. 14, 2021 10:18 PM EDT

Pharmacist Brian Meyer holds a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine vial for a photo on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 at Sunflower Pharmacy in Odessa, Texas. Sunflower Pharmacy is the first privately owned pharmacy in Odessa given to permission to distribute the vaccine. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)
COVID-19 exhausting Texas ICU beds as hospitalizations soar

Jan. 05, 2021 06:27 PM EST

This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, at 2:40 p.m. EDT., and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Laura over the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Laura strengthened Wednesday into “an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane," The National Hurricane Center said. Laura is expected to strike Wednesday night into Thursday morning along the Louisiana-Texas border. (NOAA via AP)
The Latest: Louisiana governor closes part of Interstate 10

The Associated Press Aug. 26, 2020 06:15 PM EDT

Tiara Walker holds her dog, Buece, as she waits with her family to board a bus to evacuate Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Galveston, Texas. The evacuees are being taken to Austin, Texas, as Hurricane Laura heads toward the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Texas families fleeing coast urged to take virus safeguards

By Paul J. Weber And Jake Bleiberg Aug. 25, 2020 03:53 PM EDT

Evacuees walk to board buses Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Galveston, Texas. The evacuees are being taken to Austin, Texas, as Hurricane Laura heads toward the Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Hundreds of thousands flee US coast ahead of Hurricane Laura

By John Mone And Stacey Plaisance Aug. 25, 2020 07:13 AM EDT

A statue depicts a man holding the state law that made Juneteenth a state holiday is shown Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Galveston, Texas. The inscription on the statue reads "On June 19, 1865, at the close of the Civil War, U.S. Army General Gordon Granger issued an order in Galveston stating that the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation was in effect. That event, later known as "Juneteenth," marked the end of slavery in Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Unrest and virus make Juneteenth activist and reflective

By Luis Andres Henao, Emily Leshner, And Gary Fields Jun. 19, 2020 01:23 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 19, 2018, file photo, Zebiyan Fields, 11, at center, drums alongside more than 20 kids at the front of the Juneteenth parade in Flint, Mich. Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, originated 155 years ago. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File)
AP Explains: Juneteenth marks day last enslaved people freed

By Terry Tang Jun. 18, 2020 03:19 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Jun. 17, 2020 06:15 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ June 17 The Post and Courier...

Editorial Roundup: Georgia

By The Associated Press Jun. 17, 2020 01:55 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: ___ June 16 Valdosta Daily Times on commemorating...

Carnival Cruise ships are docked at the Port of Tampa Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Tampa, Fla. Thousands of cruise ships employees are not working in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Carnival to resume cruises in summer when virus order ends

By Adriana Gomez Licon May. 04, 2020 01:31 PM EDT

FILE - In a Thursday, March 26, 2020 file photo, Carnival Cruise ships are docked at the Port of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. Carnival Cruise Lines says it plans to gradually resume cruising in North America in August, nearly five months after it halted operations due to the new coronavirus. Sailings will begin on Aug. 1 with eight ships setting off from Galveston, Texas; Miami; and Port Canaveral, Florida. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Carnival Cruise Line plans to sail again starting in August

By Dee-Ann Durbin And Adriana Gomez Licon May. 04, 2020 01:23 PM EDT