Storm Beryl kills three in Texas, knocks out power
Reuters Tropical Storm Beryl brought howling winds and torrential rain to south-east Texas on Monday, killing at least three people, flooding highways, closing oil ports, canceling more than 1,000 flights and knocking out power to more than 2.5 million homes and businesses. Beryl, the season’s earliest Category 5 hurricane on record, weakened from a hurricane […]
Ports along Texas coast close, restrict traffic as Tropical Storm Beryl approaches
Houston, US Reuters Ports along the Texas coast were closing or restricting vessel traffic on Sunday to prepare for Tropical Storm Beryl, which was expected to strengthen back to a hurricane before hitting the area early on Monday. The storm, which at one point intensified to a Category 5 hurricane, left a deadly trail of […]
Texas death row inmate seeks pastor’s touch at execution
Houston, Texas, US AP A Texas death row inmate set to be executed Wednesday for killing a convenience store worker more than 17 years ago in a robbery that garnered $US1.25 is asking that his pastor be allowed to lay hands on him as he dies by lethal injection. The request by John Henry Ramirez, […]
In the US, death-row inmate sues for pastor’s touch during execution
Corpus Christi, Texas AP A Texas death-row inmate has sued state prison officials to allow his pastor to lay hands on him as he dies from a lethal injection. John Henry Ramirez, 37, is scheduled to be put to death in the Texas death chamber on 8th September, but his attorneys said in a federal […]