Southwest

Arizona Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Mark Kelly, said Wednesday that the winner of the closely followed Senate race should be sworn in without haste, as lawmakers in Washington gear up in the fight to fill the now vacant Supreme Court seat.

An Oklahoma resident is currently hospitalized with a possible case of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, officials in the Sooner State announced this week.

New polls in three crucial general election battleground states show President Trump holding the edge over Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

Beta weakened into a post-tropical cyclone late Tuesday, and may still bring flooding over portions of the upper Texas coast into the lower Mississippi River Valley.

Heavy rains from Beta have shifted away from the Houston area after causing extensive flooding, but the storm on Tuesday is threatening to cause more damage in parts of Louisiana still recovering from Hurricane Laura.

The Associated Press raised eyebrows on Tuesday after the wire service described Cindy McCain's endorsement of Joe Biden as a "stunning rebuke" of President Trump.

Tropical Storm Beta made landfall on the upper Texas coast late Monday night, with heavy rains projected to continue over portions of the state's middle and upper coast.

A dangerous combination of storm surge and heavy rainfall has unleashed flooding in the greater Houston area on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Beta crawls along the Texas coast after making landfall.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent in Arizona fatally shot a person accused of stabbing him multiple times as he tried to make an arrest.

Tropical Storm Beta made landfall on the upper Texas coast late Monday night.