Texas's Gulf Coast Protection District awarded contracts for designing the "Ike Dike" hurricane defense system's gates and ...

The district charged with overseeing the construction of a massive set of gates across the mouth of Galveston Bay — known as ...

Seventeen years after Hurricane Ike devastated Galveston, a project to protect the island has taken a major step forward.

Not all of Galveston Island is full of packed beaches and spring breakers -- this small community is calm, beautiful, and ...

A direct Ike-level or stronger hit could disrupt global energy markets, damage national defense assets, and cripple supply ...

The funding — awarded through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program — includes 687 fire and rescue equipment ...

A crucial piece of the Texas Gulf Coast's birding paradise has been saved from the threat of beachfront development.

Airlines have canceled flights to and from Venezuela's Maiquetia Simon Bolivar international airport amid warnings from the ...

An ambitious, multi-billion dollar plan is moving forward with new design contracts to protect the Texas Gulf Coast from ...

Deported Venezuelan migrants deplane as a U.S.-operated flight at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela ...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was once critical of English. But he now sings John Lennon’s "Imagine" and promotes peace ...

Colombia’s capital turned festive on Saturday with a celebration of the Blacks and Whites Carnival, a tradition from a ...