Republican and Democratic voters across the US are reeling from climate-fueled disasters, with thousands of homes and businesses destroyed and damaged by the ongoing fires in Los Angeles, as well as major hurricanes in Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia last year.

The Plaquemines LNG construction site photographed along the Mississippi River during a flyover tour with Restore the Mississippi River Delta and Southern Seaplane in Plaquemines Parish, La., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)

BOTTOM LINE: LSU hosts Texas after Camryn Carter scored 24 points in LSU’s 87-74 loss to the Auburn Tigers. The Tigers have gone 10-2 at home. LSU is fourth in the SEC with 25.7 defensive rebounds per game led by Jalen Reed averaging 4.9.

Kentrell Garnett scored 15 points as Louisiana beat Texas State 70-61 on Thursday night. Garnett shot 5 for 11, including 3 for 6 from beyond the arc for the Ragin' Cajuns (7-15, 5-5 Sun Belt Conference).

With the start of their third Big 12 spring football practices around the corner, the University of Cincinnati Bearcats offered a sneak peek at their new transfer portal additions for 2025 on Thursday. Coming off of seasons of 3-9 and 5-7, Scott Satterfield's staff again hopes the new additions can lead to a coveted bowl game.

The 2024 college football season featured 31 new coaches at FBS programs, and with the campaign completed, it's time to grade and rank the hires. Indiana's Curt Cignetti, Boise State's Spencer Danielson, and Syracuse's Fran Brown are just a couple of the coaches getting high marks from Athlon Sports for their performance in '24.

On the second Saturday in February, the Pflugerville Public Library hosts one of its signature events, an afternoon of fun for romance readers.

Real estate and climate change now go hand-in-hand. As temperatures and sea levels continue to rise, many homes face some risk of natural disasters. In 2024 alone, almost 45 percent of homes in the United States confronted at least one type of severe or extreme climate risk from either flood,

WalletHub released a report ranking the safety of states in the US. Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas were the three least safe states.

Irrespective of the current LNG permitting pause, existing demand and a readily available supply are fueling the construction of thousands of miles of new natural gas pipelines from the Haynesville and Permian shale plays.

CenterPoint Energy's regulated utilities have significant growth investment opportunities. We expect the company to invest roughly $25 billion over the next five years, supporting our expectation that management can achieve the high end of its 6%-8% annual earnings growth target through 2030,

Here's what you need to know about the history of plane crashes in Mississippi. Here's what the NTSB says about where, when, why flight safety failed.