Lekan Oyekanmi

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A Texas energy provider is under growing scrutiny as heat-related deaths rose amid prolonged outages after Hurricane Beryl

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A split tree lays on a vehicle outside an Equinox gym on May 28, 2024, in Dallas. (Leah Waters/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Texas can’t catch a break as new storm kills teenager, uproots trees, rips off roofs and leaves 1 million without electricity

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Houston storm knocked out electricity to nearly 1 million users and left several dead, including a man who tried to power an oxygen tank with his car

By Lekan Oyekanmi, David J. Phillip, and others

Spill booms surround a barge at the Pelican Island bridge in Galveston, Texas, Wednesday, May 16, 2024. The barge collided with the bridge Tuesday which caused a partial collapse of the bridge and spilled vacuum gas oil the barge was carrying into Galveston Bay. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

Texas barge collision may have spilled 2,000 gallons of oil into Galveston Bay, Coast Guard says

By Lekan Oyekanmi, Valerie Gonzalez, and others