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A woman looks at the damage caused by fallen bricks from a building wall in the aftermath of a severe thunderstorm Friday, May 17, 2024, in Houston. Thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas on Thursday, killing at least four people, blowing out windows in high-rise buildings and knocking out power to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Hot weather poses new risk as thousands remain without power after deadly Houston storm

As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to hundreds of thousands after deadly storms left at least seven people dead, it will do so amid a smog warning and rising Texas heat.

Bryan Steil, R-Wis., chairman of the Committee on House Administration, displays a large photo of an unlocked election ballot drop box in Washington, during a hearing about noncitizen voting in U.S. elections. on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Washington. In recent months, the specter of noncitizens voting in the U.S. has erupted into a leading rallying cry for Republicans. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging

Former President Donald Trump speaks during the National Rifle Association Convention, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Trump receives NRA endorsement as he vows to protect gun rights

Thomas Isbell sells Donald Trump merchandise at a campaign rally for the former president, in Vandalia, Ohio, on Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Jesus is their savior, Trump is their candidate. Ex-president鈥檚 backers say he shares faith, values

FILE - Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Washington, Dec. 15, 2023. Arizona attorney general Kris Mayes says Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state鈥檚 fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump鈥檚 loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Mayes posted the news regarding the Trump-aligned lawyer on her X account late Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Rudy Giuliani was served Arizona indictment papers while leaving 80th birthday party, adviser says

Storms cause widespread damage in Houston, killing at least 4. Some face no power for weeks

Officials says it could take 鈥渨eeks鈥� for power to be restored in some parts of Houston following fierce storms with winds of up to 100 miles per hour. At least four people were killed. (AP video by Lekan Oyekanmi)

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Man convicted of attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi鈥檚 husband with a hammer sentenced to 30 years

Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the Black airman killed in his home by a Florida deputy

Abortion

FILE - Colorado State Sen. Julie Gonzales, third from left, takes a photo of state Rep. Brianna Titone, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis and state Rep. Meg Froelich and others before Polis signed the first of three bills that enshrine protections for abortion and gender-affirming care procedures and medications, April 14, 2023, in the State Capitol in Denver. Voters in both Colorado and South Dakota will have a say on abortion rights this fall after supporters collected enough valid signatures to put measures on the ballot. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski,File)

Abortion rights initiatives make the ballot in South Dakota and Colorado

LGBTQ+

The Pride House is pictured in Paris, Friday, May 17, 2024. The boat, moored between the Grand Palais and the Place de la Concorde in the city center, is meant to be a safe space for LGBTQ athletes and visitors during the Olympics and Paralympics this summer. (AP Photo/Tom Nouvian)

Pride House on Seine River barge is inaugurated by Paris Olympics organizers

Shootings

Chantemekki Fortson the mother of slain airman Roger Fortson, right, along with family watch Fortson's casket as they leave for a cemetery during his funeral at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Stonecrest, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the Black airman killed in his home by a Florida deputy

Immigration

FILE - Migrants begin their journey north in hopes of reaching the U.S. border, in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, April 23, 2023. Mexico President Andr茅s Manuel L贸pez Obrador and Guatemala President Bernardo Ar茅valo met Friday, May 17, 2024, in this Mexican border city to tackle issues of shared interest, foremost among them immigration. (AP Photo/Edgar Hernandez Clemente, File)

Mexican and Guatemalan presidents meet at border to discuss migration, security and development

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FILE - Signage hangs at CNN center, April 21, 2022, in Atlanta. Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on a number of GOP presidential campaigns, has died at age 58, the news network reported Saturday, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser, dies at 58

Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on a number of GOP presidential campaigns, has died at age 58.

706 people named Kyle got together in Texas. It wasn鈥檛 enough for a world record.

When are 706 people named Kyle in the same place not enough? When a world record is at stake. Another attempt Saturday by the city of Kyle, Texas, to break the world record for the largest gathering of people with one name has again fallen short.

An attendee watches as Amy Kremer asks delegates to elect her to the Republican National Committee, Saturday, May 18, 2024, at the Georgia Republican Party State Convention in Columbus, Ga. Delegates voted for Kremer, who helped organize the pro-Donald Trump rally, Jan. 6, 2021, that led to a mob storming the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Georgia Republicans choose Amy Kremer, organizer of pro-Trump Jan. 6 rally, for seat on the RNC

Georgia Republicans have elected to the Republican National Committee a conservative activist who helped organize the pro-Donald Trump rally on Jan. 6, 2021.

6 people killed, 10 others injured in Idaho when pickup crashes into passenger van

Six people were killed and 10 others injured early Saturday morning when a pickup crashed into a passenger van in Idaho.

Scottie Scheffler waits to play on the second hole during the third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Rough return to 鈥榥ormal鈥� sends Scheffler down the leaderboard at PGA Championship

Scottie Scheffler arrived at the golf course in plenty of time. Once he got there, nothing really worked.

3 dead, 3 wounded in early morning shooting in Ohio鈥檚 capital

Authorities say three people died and three others were wounded in an early morning shooting in Ohio鈥檚 capital over the weekend.

FILE -Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray (12) plays against the New York Liberty during Game 1 of a WNBA basketball final playoff series Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023, in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Aces signed three-time WNBA Champion Chelsea Gray to a contract extension, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

The WNBA is investigating whether Vegas tourism authority can sponsor Aces players for $100K each

The WNBA is investigating whether the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority鈥檚 $100,000 annual sponsorship to Aces player for this season and next is legal.

Director Francis Ford Coppola poses for portrait photographs for the film 'Megalopolis', at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 17, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

The stuff that Coppola鈥檚 dreams are made of: The director on building 鈥楳egalopolis鈥�

Of the many quotations and slogans that flitter through Francis Ford Coppola鈥檚 idea-stuffed, open-hearted, unabashedly optimistic 鈥淢egalopolis,鈥� one that particularly resonates with the director is: 鈥淲hen we leap into the unknown, we prove that we鈥檙e free.鈥�

A man killed by Phoenix police in a shootout was a suspect in a fatal shooting hours earlier

Phoenix police have identified a homicide suspect who was killed in a shootout with police after he fled the scene of another killing earlier this week.

Man acquitted in 2016 killing of pregnant woman and her boyfriend at a Topeka apartment

A 41-year-old man has been acquitted in the 2016 killing of a pregnant woman and her boyfriend at a Topeka apartment.

Jury finds Chicago police officer not guilty in girlfriend鈥檚 2021 shooting death

A Chicago police officer has been acquitted in the 2021 fatal shooting of a woman who was the mother of his child.

Pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside the gates to the courtyard at the University of Pennsylvania Museum on Friday, May 17, 2024 in Philadelphia. Authorities say a half-dozen University of Pennsylvania students were among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during an attempt to occupy a building on campus. University police say seven remained in custody Saturday awaiting felony charges from Friday's incident, including one person who allegedly assaulted an officer. (Charles Fox/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

6 Penn students among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during attempt to occupy building

Authorities say a half-dozen University of Pennsylvania students were among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during an attempt to occupy a building on campus.

FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Four: Battle For Stardom" at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. Newly released video Friday, May 17, 2024, appears to show Combs beating his former singing protege and girlfriend Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Sean 鈥楧iddy鈥� Combs abuse allegations: A timeline of key events

New video aired by CNN appears to show Sean 鈥淒iddy鈥� Combs beating his former singing protege and girlfriend Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.

Jaime Torres, atop Seize The Grey, reacts after crossing the finish line to win the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Seize the Grey wins the Preakness for D. Wayne Lukas and ends Mystik Dan鈥檚 Triple Crown bid

Seize the Grey has won the Preakness Stakes for 88-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. His victory ended Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan鈥檚 Triple Crown bid.

Republican candidate Dave Williams speaks during a debate at Centennial Hall in Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, May 16, 2024. The candidates are running for the U.S. House 5th Congressional District seat that is being vacated by U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP)

Colorado GOP chair鈥檚 embrace of Trump tactics splits party as he tries to boost his own campaign

Dave Williams has deployed former President Donald Trump鈥檚 belligerent politics to vault himself from a former state representative to chairman of the Colorado Republican Party.

The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint team members Hobson Cherry, left, and James Newell season a whole hog as they compete at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

At Memphis BBQ contest, pitmasters sweat through the smoke to be best in pork

Competition is fierce at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, where pitmasters are sweating and smoking to see who will be crowned best in pork.

Denita Dorsey poses with her son Julian Morris, 16, in Saginaw, Mich., Thursday, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Even with school choice, some Black families find options lacking decades after Brown v. Board

The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling and desegregation orders were only the first steps toward the elusive goal of equitable education.

Jesse Fernandez, center, stands with his former foster parents Jason and Joyce White Friday, May 17, 2024, in Independence, Mo. Fernandez was paid thousands of dollars of Social Security survivor's benefits because of the death of his mother, but by the time he turned 18, the money had all been used by the state of Missouri and Fernandez's relatives to pay for his foster care. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

States have been using foster children鈥檚 Social Security benefits. That鈥檚 ending in some places

States have for decades been using foster children鈥檚 federal Social Security benefits to help cover the costs of state services.

Urban forestry workers remove branches from a redwood tree as they prepare to cut it down next to the Wayfarers Chapel, a sanctuary by architect Lloyd Wright, also known as "The Glass Church," in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Wednesday, May 15, 2024. The modernist chapel features organic architecture with glass walls in a redwood grove overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Part of the Swedenborgian denomination, the church's followers share in 18th-century Swedish scientist and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg's "quest for a religion that interconnects all of life, and for a system that allows reasoned questioning of life's deepest religious issues," the chapel's website says. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Landslide forces closure of iconic Southern California chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright鈥檚 son

A decades-old landslide that鈥檚 rapidly accelerating has forced the dismantling of an iconic Southern California chapel known for its glass frame built among soaring redwoods and sweeping Pacific Ocean views.

FILE - Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth address before a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly, Jan. 10, 2024, at the state Capitol in Richmond, Va. Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has taken final action on a last batch of bills from the year鈥檚 regular legislative session. In a statement late Friday, May 17, 2024, Youngkin said he was signing seven measures but vetoing 48. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Youngkin vetoes bills on skill games, contraception and Confederate heritage tax breaks

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has taken final action on a last batch of bills from the year鈥檚 regular legislative session.

A person wears a T-shirt with the names of Kristin Smith, Charity Lynn Perry, Joanna Speaks, Ashley Real, and Bridget Webster on it during a news conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Portland, Ore. A grand jury indicted Jesse Lee Calhoun, on second-degree murder charges in the deaths of Charity Lynn Perry, 24; Bridget Leanne Webster, 31; and Joanna Speaks, 32, the Multnomah County district attorney announced Friday. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

A man investigated in the deaths of women in northwest Oregon has been indicted in 3 killings

A man who has been under investigation in the deaths of four women whose bodies were found scattered across northwest Oregon last year has been indicted in two of those killings 鈥� as well as in the death of a woman whose body was found in Washington state.

FILE - Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro talks to 蜜桃社 in Honolulu, March 2, 2016. A jury found Honolulu's former top prosecutor, Kaneshiro, not guilty, Friday, May 17, 2024, in a bribery case that alleged employees of an engineering and architectural firm bribed him with campaign donations in exchange for his prosecution of a former company employee. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz, File)

Jury finds Honolulu鈥檚 former top prosecutor and 5 others not guilty in a federal bribery case

Honolulu鈥檚 former top prosecutor has been found not guilty in a bribery case that alleged employees of an engineering and architectural firm bribed him with campaign donations in exchange for his prosecution of a former company employee.

NYC firefighter who collapsed in burning home likely saved by smoke inhalation drug

New York City fire officials believe a smoke inhalation drug may have saved the life of a firefighter who fell unconscious while battling a house blaze.

Man shoots his 6-month-old baby multiple times at home near Phoenix, but child expected to survive

Authorities say a man shot his 6-month-old baby multiple times at a home northwest of Phoenix after taking the infant and its mother captive.

Missouri candidate with ties to the KKK can stay on the Republican ballot, judge rules

A Missouri judge has ruled that a longshot gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan can stay on the Republican ticket.

Tree service crews climb atop an SUV to cut apart a tree that fell on it at an apartment complex in the 4600 block of Sherwood in the aftermath of a severe storm on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Houston. Fast-moving thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas for the second time this month, killing at least four people, blowing out windows in high-rise buildings, downing trees and knocking out power to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)

What to do when facing extended summer power outages

Texas officials say power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city and killed at least four people.

Karen Read listens to testimony during her trial at Norfolk County Superior Court, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. Read, 44, is accused of running into her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV in the middle of a nor'easter and leaving him for dead after a night of heavy drinking. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)

A murderous romance or frame job? Things to know about Boston鈥檚 Karen Read murder trial

The trial of a woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend is finishing its third week.

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom answers a reporters question about his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2024. The California Teachers Association has criticized Newsom's budget proposal, saying it would wreak havoc on school funding. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Teachers criticize Newsom鈥檚 budget proposal, say it would 鈥榳reak havoc on funding for our schools鈥�

California鈥檚 largest teachers union is turning up the pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom. The California Teachers Association on Friday said it will work to block one of Newsom鈥檚 proposals for balancing the budget.

FILE - Dabney Coleman appears on the set of "Courting Alex" at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, Calif., on Jan. 25, 2006. Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in "9 to 5" and the nasty TV director in "Tootsie," died Thursday, May 16, 2024, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 92. No other details were immediately available. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92

Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in 鈥�9 to 5鈥� and the nasty TV director in 鈥淭ootsie,鈥� has died.

US security alert warns Americans overseas of potential attacks on LGBTQ events

The State Department has renewed a global security warning for Americans overseas and added to it that LGBTQ people and events in particular face an 鈥渋ncreased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence.鈥�