At least 17 people have died as a result of the torrential rains that hit Texas and Oklahoma. According to the authorities, four deaths occurred in Houston - the fourth most populous city in the United States - where heavy rains turned streets into rivers ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared 24 counties in the state affected by flooding and hurricane-force winds disaster areas. “The State of Texas (which has 254 counties) has taken immediate action to direct all available resources to assist those affected,” said...

Two students at the University of Oklahoma in the US have been expelled from their school for posting a video of a racist song on social media. University President David Boren confirmed on Twitter that the reason for the expulsion of students was the video recording of the song. As noted in the official…

In the American city of Sentinel, Oklahoma, law enforcement officers released a local resident of Dallas Horton, who is suspected of shooting the chief of the city police. The victim only miraculously managed to survive. The resonance of this case is added by the fact that Horton demonstrates racist views, and the injured high-ranking official is ...

In the US state of Oklahoma, where in April 2014 there was a high-profile case of an unsuccessful execution, a prisoner was again executed. Then the person sentenced to death could not be killed for more than 20 minutes, after which the procedure was stopped. As a result, convicted of gang rape and murder ...

The US state of Oklahoma has proposed an amendment to the state constitution introducing a $ 500 fine for wearing hooded sweatshirts, called hoodies, in public. Reported by Fusion. According to the Internet portal, the hoodies will be equated with the hoods of the members ...