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After Harvey scrapped opener, Houston to start at Arizona

By BOB BAUM - Associated Press

In this Sept. 2, 2017, photo, Marta Rivera consoles her 10-year-old daughter, Santo, who sobbed as her mother described how she became more anxious about being deported since Donald Trump was elected president, during a meeting with an immigration advocate at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Houston. People in the United States illegally fear that seeking federal disaster aid after Hurricane Harvey will result in getting deported, prompting them to turn to places of worship and private charities instead. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)

Immigrants scramble to complete paperwork amid hurricanes

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

This Sept. 2, 2017, photo shows the Petrobras oil refinery plant in Pasadena, Texas. Plants owned by Shell, Chevron, Exxon-Mobil and other industry giants reported more than 1.5 million pounds (680 metric tons) of extraordinary emissions over eight days beginning Aug. 23, to the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality in Harris County, which encompasses Houston. Petrochemical corridor residents say air that is bad enough on normal days got unbearable as Hurricane Harvey crashed into the nation's fourth-largest city and then yielded the highest ozone pollution of the year anywhere in Texas. (AP Photo/Frank Bajak)

Residents cough, rub eyes in Harvey pollution spike

By FRANK BAJAK and MICHELLE MINKOFF - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2017, file photo, Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt warms up before an NFL football preseason game against the New England Patriots, in Houston. The Texans play their first game of the season on Sept. 10 against Jacksonville. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Texans face Jags in opener as Houston recovers from Harvey

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, photo, Steve and Sherri Blatt pose for a photograph amongst the debris from theirs and their neighbors' homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Houston. Harvey's record-setting rains now have the potential to set records for the amount of debris one storm can produce. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Harvey’s floodwaters give way to festering piles of garbage

By BRIAN MELLEY and PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

Gov. Greg Abbott, left, announces that Texas A&amp;M University System Chancellor John Sharp, right, will head the Rebuild Texas initiative following Hurricane Harvey, at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

The Latest: FEMA orders 4,500 trailers for Harvey

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Houston Astros' Cameron Maybin watches a two-run home run off Seattle Mariners' Edwin Diaz during ninth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Maybin’s homer in 9th lifts Houston past Seattle 5-3

By JIM HOEHN - Associated Press

Vautrot's Cajun Cuisine shows the severe damage caused inside and out following heavy flooding, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 in Bevil Oaks, Texas. (Kim Brent/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)

EDITORIAL: Fixing flood insurance in Harvey’s wake

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

This photo taken Aug. 10, 2017, shows Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Cam Robinson warming up before an NFL preseason football game against the New England Patriots, in Foxborough, Mass. Robinson's NFL debut should be the ultimate, some might call it unfair, challenge. The Jaguars rookie will make his first career start Sunday at Houston, where he will face arguably the league's premier trio of pass-rushers in four-time All-Pro J.J. Watt, Jadeveon Clowney and Whitney Mercilus. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Jaguars’ rookie Robinson seems unfazed by Watt, Texans

By MARK LONG - Associated Press

California Editorial Rdp

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Gaston Kirby, right, and Juan Minutella leave Kirby's flooded home in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, near the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Harvey deaths held down by heeded warnings, rescues, luck

By PAUL J. WEBER and CLAUDIA LAUER - Associated Press

Houston-UTSA game won’t be played this season

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In this Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, photo, Bob Janak, of Magnolia, Texas, stands inside his home that was damaged by floodwaters caused by Hurricane Harvey. After riding out the storm in a Motel 8 and waiting an agonizing week for the waist-high waters to recede, Janak returned to his wrecked home to find volunteers who took it upon themselves to help clean out the modest ranch house. (AP Photo/Robin McDowell)

Houston cleanup has little crime and lots of helping hands

By TAMARA LUSH - Associated Press

Convict gets 8 years for third federal firearms conviction

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FILE - In this photo combination, volunteers pilot their rescue boats into a flooded neighborhood in Spring, Texas, top, to help rescue stranded residents from rising floodwaters following Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 28, 2017, and cars drive down the same street on Sept. 5, bottom, after the floodwaters receded. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Debris shows Houston’s recovery from Harvey, in photos

By JUAN A. LOZANO - Associated Press

In this Sept. 2, 2017 photo, Bobby Jucker, owner of Three Brothers Bakery, cleans up storm damage at his bakery in Houston. In 2008, Hurricane Ike tore the roof off his business. Now he estimates he's facing $1 million in damage and lost revenue from Hurricane Harvey, the fifth time a storm has put his bakery out commission. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)

Houston’s businesses inching back to work as waters recede

By PAUL WISEMAN and BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

Engineers 20 years ago warned of flooding risk

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Harvey cancels Houston wedding; Louisiana city donates 1

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Congressional leaders and administration officials on tax reform, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Hurricane Harvey brought out the leadership of Donald Trump

By Joseph Curl

Recent editorials from Texas newspapers

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