Sean Murphy

Sean Murphy, Associated Press

  • A Camp Mystic sign is seen near the entrance to the establishment along the banks of the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, Saturday, July 5, 2025, after a flash flood swept through the area. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Politics

    Texas approved Camp Mystic’s disaster plans just 2 days before deadly flooding killed more than 2 dozen people there

    By Jim Mustian, Christopher L. Keller, and others
  • Sen. John Cornyn, right, speaks to media during a press conference as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, left, and Gov. Greg Abbott, center, listen after recent flooding along the Guadalupe River during a press conference on Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)Environment

    Texas officials face scrutiny over response to catastrophic and deadly flooding

    By Sean Murphy, Jim Vertuno, and others
  • Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols IV speaks during the Legacy event for the Tulsa Race Massacre on Sunday, June 1, 2025, at Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Joey Johnson)Finance

    Tulsa’s first Black mayor has a bold pitch: A $100 million reparations package for descendants of the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre

    By Sean Murphy and The Associated Press
  • People enter the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)Politics

    Federal workers return to the office as Elon Musk warns that those who don’t will be placed on administrative leave

    By Sean Murphy and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Measles and tetanus vaccine vials are ready to be administered at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas, on March 8, 2019. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP)Health

    15 measles cases reported in Texas area with high rate of vaccine exemptions

    By Sean Murphy, Devi Shastri, and others
  • Firefighters battle a blaze from a pipeline carrying liquified natural gas that burns near Spencer Highway and Summerton on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in La Porte, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)Environment

    Massive Houston pipeline fire leaves hundreds of homes under evacuation orders for second day

    By Juan Lozano, Sean Murphy, and others
  • cop gestures as he talksTech

    Cops are using AI to write reports, and it’s changing how they respond to crimes

    By Sean Murphy, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones from "Twisters."Retail

    The top-performing movie theater for ‘Twisters’ survived a massive tornado in 2013

    By Sean Murphy and The Associated Press
  • A man looks over debris at an area where people reportedly died during a deadly tornado as it rolled through, Sunday, May 26, 2024, in Valley View, Texas. Powerful storms left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where drivers took shelter during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Environment

    Dazed Texas county sifts through homes mangled by tornado in powerful storms that killed over 15 across the South: ‘It was horrific. Hellish’

    By Sean Murphy, Julio Cortez, and others
  • destroyed cars are stacked on top of each otherEnvironment

    At least 15 dead after storms hit Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas with severe weather expected to head east

    By Sean Murphy, Julio Cortez, and others
  • The remains of a tornado-damaged wind turbine touch the ground in a field, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, near Prescott, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)Environment

    5 massive turbines crumpled as Iowa wind farm suffers rare direct hit from powerful tornado

    By Sean Murphy and The Associated Press
  • Robert De Niro Al PacinoFinance

    $30 million cash caper in LA sparks cascade of speculation—’For that kind of money, you don’t just walk in and walk out with it,’ security expert says

    By Sean Murphy, Stefanie Dazio, and others
  • Texas rancherEnvironment

    ‘These cows you see dead are worth between $2,500 and $3,000 apiece’: Texas ranchers pick up the pieces after wildfire

    By Sean Murphy, Jim Vertuno, and others
  • Ryan WaltersSuccess

    Oklahoma sent bonuses to elementary and special education teachers of up to $50,000. Then it asked for them back

    By Sean Murphy and The Associated Press
  • Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) prepares to pass the ball away from Los Angeles Lakers center Colin Castleton (14) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Nov. 30, 2023, in Oklahoma City.Lifestyle

    Oklahoma City voters approve hiking sales tax to pay for new $1 billion arena for NBA’s Thunder, despite economists’ warnings

    By Sean Murphy and The Associated Press