Sources: AP
One person is killed and two others are injured after a fire breaks out in a refinery in Texas City, Texas, United States. 2023-05-15
The United States Census Bureau announces the country's total population to be over 331 million people, thereby marking the second-slowest growth rate in its history. It also announces that Texas will gain two congressional seats during the redistricting process, with Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon gaining one seat each; California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia will each lose a seat. 2021-04-26
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issues a stay-at-home order for all Michiganders except for essential services. 2020-03-23
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is seriously considering a possible independent presidential run if Donald Trump or Texas Senator Ted Cruz face Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in the general election. 2016-01-23
The governors of the U.S. states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin say they will not accept Syrian refugees in response to the Islamic terror attacks in Paris. Twenty-three of the 24 governors are Republican with the other being Democrat (New Hampshire). 2015-11-16
The death toll from the recent storms in the American states of Texas and Oklahoma rises to 21 with 11 people missing. Fourteen more people have been killed in northern Mexico. 2015-05-28
Flash floods and heavy rains sweep across central Texas, United States, killing 2 people. 2013-11-1
Retired British businessman Christopher Tappin is denied bail in the US state of Texas as he faces arms dealing charges. 2012-03-6
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul announces that he will not stand again for his Texas district in 2012. 2011-07-12