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At 7:30 pm Eastern time on May 16, Erin Burnett turned toward the camera in CNN's New York studio and teed up the next story: "The people of West, Texas, have been waiting for a month to find out what caused the horrific fertilizer-plant explosion that killed 15 people and leveled much of their town.

Former President George W. Bush is hosting a 100-kilometer mountain bike ride at his Central Texas ranch for military members wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It's an anniversary Fasken Oil and Ranch is excited to celebrate this year, and the story of how they got to this point is one they're proud to share.

A jagged bolt of lightning slashed through the darkened afternoon sky, commanding the undivided attention of the trio huddled beside a grave.

Joyce Warren, 76, of George West, died Thursday, May 16, 2013. Mrs. Warren was born Sept.

The state/FEMA Disaster Recovery Center in West, Texas will be closed Sunday, May 26 and Monday, May 27.

The fertilizer-plant explosion that killed 14 and injured about 200 others in Texas last month highlights the failings of a U.S. federal law intended to save lives during chemical accidents, a Reuters investigation has found.

As good news goes, this would have to do: First thing Tuesday, the medical examiner in Moore, Okla., announced that the death toll had gone down overnight.

Crystal LeDane reacts after hearing the news her neighbor of three years, former West EMS volunteer Bryce Ashley Reed, was ordered held without bond on the charge of possession of a destructive device in West, Texas.

The driver of a parade float involved in a train wreck that killed four war veterans in Texas told investigators that the oncoming train appeared to be stationary, and that he didn't notice anything was wrong... The driver of a parade float involved in a train wreck that killed four war veterans in West Texas told investigators the oncoming train ... (more)

The Obama administration acknowledged publicly for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen.

Today's column expands upon a question from an A-J reader about a choice of trees for our area.

The driver of a parade float involved in a train wreck that killed four war veterans in West Texas told investigators that the oncoming train appeared to be stationary, and that he didn't notice anything was wrong until he saw people jumping from the float, according to documents released Wednesday.

A judge in West Texas has ordered that a mental health evaluation be done for a former paramedic who's accused of possessing bomb-making material.

Harold Simmons, the Dallas billionaire and owner of a West Texas radioactive-waste dump, won yet another tailor-made piece of legislation Tuesday.

A Lincoln "comfort" dog that has been to several national tragedy sites this year is now in Oklahoma to help victims cope with the devastation caused by a massive tornado.

Besides being the place where under-21 Michigan college students cross the border to drink and where your aunts go to watch faded soul singers perform at the casino, Windsor is one of the more important cogs in the auto-industry machine, particularly in Canada.

More than a dozen separate campaigns popped up on crowdfunding site, Fundly, less than 24 hours after the tornado swept through the Oklahoma City suburb, killing at least 24 people, injuring more than 200 and destroying hundreds of homes.

The mother of a 13-year-old West Texas cheerleader found dead in March said Tuesday that since her daughter went missing more than two years ago she had feared the worst, including that the girl was chained and tortured or had fallen victim to human traffickers.

At a time when the headline of the day is a story about the bloody massacres of babies born alive in Gosnell's Clinic, the almost bone jarring contrast of Obama's speech at Planned Parenthood freezes every normal sense of credulity in unbelief.