Ellen Frankman

Islands in the Caribbean were hit hard by the Category 5 storm. Irma flattened Barbuda, damaging about 95 percent of the island's structures. 

Congressman Joaquin Castro represents the 20th district in Texas. He joins us to talk about what type of action is needed from government officials locally and in Washington.

Tropical Storm Harvey has made landfall in the state of Louisiana, nearly 12 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina. 

There are short-term and long-term risks associated with natural disasters, including exposure to chemicals, and the spread of infectious disease.

Over the past few years, scientists and engineers in Texas have been issuing warnings, saying Houston wasn't ready for a massive storm. Why weren't these warnings heeded?

While Donald Trump was campaigning to become president, a business associate sought out commercial interests for him in Russia, including a deal to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.

Thousands in Texas are facing catastrophic flooding, heavy rains, and power outages from the wrath of Hurricane Harvey. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo weighs in on the response here.

As communities all over the country attempt to pull out of larger school districts, questions arise over what happens to those schools and students left behind.

A look back at some of the president's biggest misstatements and misleading claims, and how they’ve played to the American public

President Jose Eduardo dos Santos was sworn in in 1979, making him the world’s second longest serving president behind the leader of Equatorial Guinea.

Texas governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 214 into law, banning insurers from covering abortions, even in cases of rape, incest, or when the fetus is not viable.

It's been a week since a terrorist drove a car into a group of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, VA. How has the nation reacted to the violence?

On Wednesday, President Trump disbanded his Manufacturing Council and Strategy and Policy Forum after several business leaders resigned following his comments about Charlottesville.

"In 1939, I didn’t hear war coming," writes Harry Leslie Smith. "Now its thundering approach can’t be ignored."

The number of hate groups in the U.S. rose for a second year in a row in 2016 as the radical right was energized by Donald Trump, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Musician and singer Jack Grace discusses his latest studio album, "Everything I Say is a Lie."

A lesser told story of the Syrian civil war is the story of the women who remain, and who hope to be agents of change when — not if — their country emerges from the fighting.

Trump Administration is moving to make it impossible to take nursing homes to court. Some 1.5 million nursing home residents could be affected by this rule change.

The travel advisory for the state of Missouri brings back memories of The Green Book, a guide started in the 1930s that helped black travelers seek out safe locations. 

On Wednesday, Republican lawmakers in the Senate introduced legislation to cut legal immigration by half over the course of 10 years.