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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt are among the stars headlining a benefit concert next week to help Texas residents affected by Hurricane Harvey.

JERUSALEM – A range of Orthodox Jewish groups have banded together to ensure that local Jewish communities in Texas stricken by Hurricane Harvey have access to kosher meals.

Beyonce, Blake Shelton, Barbra Streisand and Oprah Winfrey will headline a one-hour benefit telethon to benefit Hurricane Harvey victims that will be simulcast next week on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and CMT.

TEL AVIV – Israel has pledged $1 million in emergency aid to Jewish victims of Hurricane Harvey in the Houston area.

Even before Hurricane Harvey waylaid southeast Texas, the idea was to write this piece, to offer some perspective on the difference between our corrupt media’s relentless portrayal of a hopelessly divided America, and a little something known as Reality.

First Lady Melania Trump defied many of her fashion critics in Hollywood and the mainstream media by sporting snakeskin pumps as she boarded Air Force One Saturday on a flight to hurricane-ravaged Texas.

Saturday on MSNBC’s, anchor Alex Witt observed what she described to be a different President Donald Trump than usual as he was touring hurricane-ravaged areas in Texas. “[I] have got to tell you, we’re seeing a remarkably different president than

Dozens of drivers in Houston on Tuesday banded together to ensure that an elderly man would not be swept away by Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters.

HOUSTON, Texas — The line to get into the evacuation shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston was long and growing, housing 10,000 and over capacity. Breitbart Texas went to the shelter and listened as people told their devastating stories. We also visited near flooded areas to capture victims being brought to safety. The photos and videos tell their story.

A Houstonian patrolling her neighborhood put potential curfew breakers and looters on notice with a video on her Facebook page.

President Donald Trump will return to the areas hit hardest by Hurricane Harvey, according to the White House.

President Donald Trump plans to donate a million dollars to victims of Hurricane Harvey, according to the White House.

California hopes to leverage the attention on Hurricane Harvey flooding to convince the federal government to fund some of the $20 billion needed to repair the dilapidated Central Valley flood control infrastructure.

Governor Greg Abbott said Wednesday that Texas will accept Mexico’s offer for assistance in the aftermath of Harvey.

All week some of the very worst people in climate activism have been trying to make political mileage out of Hurricane Harvey.

TEL AVIV – Israeli aid experts have been dispatched to Texas to provide emergency relief and psychosocial support to the victims of Tropical Storm Harvey.

Wednesday on NBC’s “Today,” Houston’s Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen responded to critics who claimed his church had not done enough to help with those stranded due to the flooding in the city from Hurricane Harvey. Osteen explained that that

Thousands of people were trapped in their homes after Tropical Storm Harvey dropped record amounts of rain on Houston in recent days. But a few were trapped inside the El Bolillo bakery when the flood waters came and they decided to make lemonade out of lemons.

A Houston area Chick-fil-A manager did not hesitate to offer assistance when two regular customers called in their food orders with an emergency water rescue on the side.

Victims of Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey were captured on video breaking out into song at a shelter. The scene received almost 7.5 million views in the last 17 hours.

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo is warning looters and robbers that his officers are not too busy with flood response to head off criminal activity.

A university professor was fired after he said Hurricane Harvey was “instant Karma” for Texas after voting for President Trump.

A Houston Police Department (HPD) officer lost his life when driving a patrol car on Sunday morning. The vehicle became submerged in the flood waters at Interstate-45 and the Hardy Toll Road.

As Texas and Louisiana continue to suffer the results of Hurricane Harvey, experts warn that the devastation is likely to force a rise in prices at the pump throughout the country.

“Harvey is What Climate Change Looks Like” claims activist Eric Holthaus in Politico… “In all of U.S. history, there’s never been a storm like Hurricane Harvey.”

Most parents who visit furniture stores with small children spend time keeping the little ones from jumping on beds or spreading out on couches.

HOUSTON, Texas — Joel Osteen is facing a public relations nightmare as his 17,000-seat facility, Lakewood Church, is keeping doors closed during the overwhelming crisis caused by Hurricane Harvey.

Charitable Humans, self-described on LinkedIn as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization “dedicated to changing the world for the betterment of all living beings on planet Earth” has deleted its social media accounts after stating it would not help “any red state.”

On Monday’s “MSNBC Live,” Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) stated that Hurricane Harvey has done damage on a historic scale and the flooding in Houston is worse than anything ever seen before. He also said that he spent yesterday trying to

The closure of Houston area refineries will raise prices at the pump and lower demand for crude oil.

A year after some Louisiana residents, dubbed the Cajun Navy, used their boats and smartphones to help their own neighbors in historic floods, the volunteer fleet was granted clearance to assist in Harvey rescue efforts in Houston, Texas.

HOUSTON, Texas — A video of a man catching a fish in his flooded living room in Houston is going viral on Facebook. The unidentified flood victim and a female off camera are laughing as he chases the large fish in his home.

HOUSTON, Texas — A video showing the Texas National Guard rolling into hurricane-ravished Houston received more than a million views.

A quick-thinking Houston reporter is being praised after she flagged down a rescue boat Sunday during the Hurricane Harvey flooding and rescued a stranded truck driver. As KHOU’s Brandi Smith was broadcasting live, a sheriff’s deputy truck carrying a boat

A dog in Texas has become a viral symbol of the spirit of Texans during the storm that has inundated the state during Hurricane Harvey.

Search and rescue teams and the 911 system has been inundated with people needing to be rescued in Houston. Now the Harris County judge is reported to say that boats and high-water vehicles are desperately needed and that additional rescue assets cannot get into Houston.