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Texans will pay for decades as crisis tacks billions onto electricity bills

The price tag so far: $50.6 billion, the cost of electricity sold from early Monday, when the blackouts began, to Friday morning

Texas freeze: Extreme weather testing Biden's disaster management skills

Biden said Friday that he hopes to travel to Texas next week but doesn't want his presence and the accompanying presidential entourage to distract from the recovery

Texas freeze: State running out of food as weather disrupts supply

With grocery stores across the state shuttered for power outage, supermarkets that remain open have seen supplies dwindle

Power outages and water shortages as Texas shivers, says report

Misery deepens as a new storm threatens the US east coast

Brent crude oil prices give up gains after rising above $65 on Texas freeze

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 5 cents to $61.19 a barrel, after earlier reaching $62.26, the highest since Jan. 8, 2020

Brent gives up gains after rising above $65 on Texas freeze

Prices also gained support from a larger-than-anticipated draw in the US crude oil inventories

Oil prices close to 13-month highs, supported by Texas cold snap

Benchmark Brent crude slipped 37 cents

Power cut across Texas as snow, ice blanket southern Plains

Officials in Houston had warned people to prepare for outages and hazardous roads conditions similar to what residents might see in the wake of a Category 5 hurricane

Can influx of high-tech industry transform Texas into 'new Silicon Valley'?

If Silicon Valley loses its marquee status, it will almost certainly give way to several hubs in Texas

US: Texas sues Joe Biden's administration over halt to deportations

The federal lawsuit seeks a halt to the deportation moratorium "for certain noncitizens" that was to begin Friday

The stampede from Silicon Valley

Regulatory burden is pushing big firms out of California

Texas suing Google over alleged anti-competitive ad tech practices

In a tweet on Wednesday, Texas Attorney General said his suit centres on the lucrative market for digital ads, where Google obtains most of its revenue

Texas becomes first US state to surpass 1 million coronavirus cases

Texas recorded 10,865 coronavirus cases on Tuesday

Texas becomes first US state to surpass one million coronavirus cases

There have been more than 1.2 million deaths from the disease worldwide since the pandemic started

Over 9 mn Texans vote early surpassing state's total turnout in 2016

Texas set to hit record-breaking turnout levels this election, surpassing 60 per cent of registered voters for the first time since the early 1990s

Kamala Harris urges Americans to vote in large numbers to bring change

Harris was addressing a rally in Republican stronghold Texas, in a first for a Democratic vice presidential nominee in decades

US elections: Over 7 mn voted early in Texas, Harris to campaign Friday

A massive number of people have already voted in Texas since early voting started on October 13, leading experts to predict that the state could reach overall turnout levels unseen so far this century

Tropical Storm Beta spurs hurricane worries for Texas

Both the city of Galveston and Galveston County on Saturday issued voluntary evacuation orders ahead of Tropical Storm Beta, as did the city of Seabrook to the north of Galveston

Texas, Louisiana brace for Hurricane Laura; 500,000 ordered to evacuate

As Hurricane Laura hurtled towards the US, more than half a million people have been ordered to evacuate the Texas and Louisiana coasts, in the largest evacuation in the country during the pandemic

Texas Guv declares state of disaster as hurricane, tropical storm approach

Governor of Texas Greg Abbott issued a state disaster declaration for 23 counties as Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura are forecast to impact the state in the coming days