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The greatest thing about winter in Texas is it’s short. By March, the weather starts to warm. Then, the state bursts into ...

As growth in North Texas booms amid a more extreme climate, solar energy is needed to help stabilize the state’s electrical ...

A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with ...

He's a writer, English professor at the University of Texas at Austin ... he slipped into the warm river by accident. And then he decided to swim to the Mexican side. "I only stayed long enough to ...

Snow covered the white-sand beaches ... Bruce Shipkowski in Toms River, New Jersey; Corey Williams in Detroit; Kate Payne in Tallahassee, Florida; Nadia Lathan in Austin, Texas; Ben Finley in ...

And on North Carolina's Outer Banks, children sledded down snow-covered sand ... River, New Jersey; Corey Williams in Detroit; Kate Payne in Tallahassee, Florida; Nadia Lathan in Austin, Texas ...

Standing in his living room, Richard Kabzems brandishes a thick binder stuffed with letters and notes of his two-year fight to stop fracking wells near his home in Farmington, B.C.

On the Outer Banks, children sledded down snow-covered sand dunes near ... of the Mississippi River levee as snow falls in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. The Texas Department of Safety ...

Snow covered the white-sand beaches ... Bruce Shipkowski in Toms River, New Jersey; Corey Williams in Detroit; Kate Payne in Tallahassee, Florida; Nadia Lathan in Austin, Texas; Ben Finley in ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east overnight, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across ...