Jake Bleiberg

Associated Press

Extremist groups in the United States appear to increasingly view attacking the power grid as a means of disrupting the country, according to a government report aimed at law enforcement agencies and utility operators.

Extremists See U.S. Power Grid as Target, Gov't Report Warns

The FBI and DHS have warned that the U.S. faces a heightened threat from domestic extremists.

Texas Oil Billionaire William 'Tex' Moncrief Jr. Dead at 101

'Tex' Moncrief was part of a generation of tycoons who built the state's oil and gas industry.

In this Aug. 22, 2019, file photo, signs on a bank of computers tell visitors that the machines are not working at the public library in Wilmer, Texas. The Associated Press has learned new details about a ransomware attack that affected roughly two dozen Texas communities two years ago.

‘Holy Moly!’: Inside Texas' Fight Against a Ransomware Hack

Across Texas, hacks occurred in nearly two dozen communities tied to a Russia-based criminal syndicate.

In this March 3, 2019 file photo, provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB investigators and member of the recovery team retrieve the flight data recorder of the Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 cargo jet that crashed in the muddy marshland of Trinity Bay, east of Houston. Investigators say a pilot's errors and disorientation were primary factors in causing the 2019 crash in Texas.

NTSB: Co-Pilot to Blame for Cargo Plane Crash

“The first officer's training record was bluntly, well, terrible,” said NTSB Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg.

This photo provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows AR-15 lower receivers, which federal agents have seized, including these unfinished ones taken in 2014 in California, for firearms investigations nationwide. For decades, the federal government has treated the mechanism called the lower receiver as the essential piece of the semiautomatic rifle, which has been used in some of the nation's deadliest mass shootings. But some defense attorneys have recently argued that the part alone does not meet the definition in the law.

AR-15 Design Feature Could Derail Court Cases

At issue is a key piece of one of America's most popular firearms.

This photo provided by Scott Flodin shows a crane that fell on an apartment building amid severe thunderstorms, Sunday, June 9, 2019, in Dallas. The crane fell after the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Dallas Crane Collapse Victim Identified

The five other people were hospitalized after the collapse and all are expected to recover.