Harvey's floodwaters started dropping across the Houston area and the sun peeked through the clouds in a glimmer of hope for the besieged city. But the storm doubled back toward land and battering communities near the Texas-Louisiana line
President Donald Trump is promising billions to help Texas rebuild from Harvey-caused epic flooding, but his Republican allies in the House are looking at cutting almost $1 billion from disaster accounts to help finance the president's border wall
While the Trump Administration considers the future of an Obama-era program that has allowed over 800,000 undocumented youth to live freely in the U.S., immigrants and their allies are taking to the streets in protest
A federal judge has temporarily blocked most of Texas' tough new "sanctuary cities" law allowing police to inquire about people's immigration status during routine interactions such as traffic stops. Opponents call the measure a "show your papers" law
An exploited bug in Instagram's application programming interface allowed hackers to steal personal information from high-profile user accounts, the company said. The data potentially contained email addresses and phone numbers
Sen. John McCain will return to Washington D.C. next week as Congress comes back to work after its August recess. He had been undergoing chemotherapy to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for more weapons tests targeting the Pacific Ocean, Pyongyang said, a day after his nation for the first time flew a ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload over Japan
Sixteen postal workers in Atlanta and the surrounding area accepted bribes to deliver packages of cocaine, federal prosecutors said. The scheme, which was a sting operation, involved using the postal system to ship multiple kilograms of cocaine at a time
Apple may ditch the home button on the next iPhone in favor of incorporating new software-based gestures for interacting with the device. The company is reportedly testing a high-end version of the iPhone with this and other big changes
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) followed the advice of its advisory committee and approved a breakthrough treatment for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). It’s the first gene therapy approved in the U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating an outbreak of dozens of U.S. Salmonella cases linked to contact with pet turtles. According to an advisory note posted on the CDC website, 37 cases were reported in 13 states
Severe flooding across South Asia has caused at least 1,200 deaths this summer, aid workers say, with huge swaths of the region still inundated as monsoon rains continue. More than 41 million people are affected in India, Bangladesh and Nepal
A disastrous path left by Hurricane Harvey in Texas created a devastating scene as countless homes were destroyed and residents waded in flooded streets
