Rick Perry - Texas Governor Rick Perry testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the presidents request for additional Gulf Coast aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and Rita, in Washington on March 7, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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Texas military forces prepare for Hurricane Dolly landfall
Texas Governor Rick Perry testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the presidents request for additional Gulf Coast aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and Rita, in Washington on March 7, 2006.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The number of people suffering psychologically induced symptoms could far outweigh the number of actual victims in a chemical, biological or nuclear incident, according to a confidential Department of Homeland Security briefing document.
HOUSTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Officials blamed at least 28 deaths on Ike, the hurricane that cut a path of destruction across several states before breaking up in the nation's midsection.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President Bush says Hurricane Ike search-and-rescue operations are a top priority and he will go to storm-ravaged Texas Tuesday.
GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Emergency crews Sunday were checking up on thousands of people in Texas who refused to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ike, authorities said.
HOUSTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A life-threatening storm surge is likely when Hurricane Ike hits barrier islands in Texas, the National Weather Service warned Thursday.
DALLAS, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A Texas appeals court has stayed the execution of condemned killer Charles Dean Hood whose trial judge and prosecutor have admitted having an affair.
MIAMI, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- City officials in Corpus Christi, Texas, recommended residents voluntarily leave the city Wednesday as Hurricane Ike edged closer to the Texas Gulf Coast.
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been urged to grant a temporary reprieve to a death row inmate who claims his judge and prosecutor had an affair.