Sean Murphy

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 talks

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."

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)

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 other

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)

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 Pacino

$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 rancher

‘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 Walters

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.

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