US President Donald Trump has arrived in Houston on his second trip to storm-ravaged Texas in the past week.

A police lieutenant in the US has been moved to administrative duty after being heard on video during a traffic stop in Georgia saying "we only shoot black people".

Latest: President Donald Trump has offered reassurances to Texans who felt the wrath of Storm Harvey, promising residents during a visit to the state: "We are going to get you back and operating immediately."

Hurricane Harvey has deluged America's fourth-largest city with devastating floods, with rising water forcing thousands on to rooftops and overwhelming rescuers receiving constant calls for help.

One-fearsome hurricane Harvey has spun deeper into Texas, unloading extraordinary amounts of rain after crashing into vulnerable homes and businesses along the coastline in a blow that killed at least two people and injured up to 14.

Hurricane Harvey, the fiercest cyclone to hit the US in more than a decade, has slammed into Texas, lashing a wide swathe of the Gulf Coast with strong winds and torrential rain.

Three University of Texas professors have filed an action in federal court in a bid to halt a state law that lets people with concealed handgun licences bring pistols into classrooms, saying the measure would have a chilling effect on academic freedom.

A suspect in the gun attack on police in the heart of Dallas told officers he was upset over recent police shootings of black men and wanted to kill white people, particularly police, according to officials.

A tornado has swept through a Mexican border city, killing at least 13 people, authorities said.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has refused to confirm reports that he was recalled by an inquiry over conflicting evidence on events leading up to the resignation of Martin Callinan as Garda commissioner.

A Mexican national was executed in Texas for killing a Houston police officer, despite pleas and diplomatic pressure from the Mexican government and the US State Department to halt the punishment.

Carlisle manager Graham Kavanagh will put all friendships on hold when he returns to former club Sunderland this afternoon in the third round of the FA Cup.

Liverpool goalkeeper Brad Jones has dismissed criticism of team-mate Jose Reina’s form and insists he has no worries about the Spain international’s form.

Steve Bruce targeted a return to the Premier League after being installed as the new manager of Hull today.

THE manner of Everton’s FA Cup win over brave Carlisle was not what returning captain Phil Neville wanted, but the end product was spot on.

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Carlisle have rejected claims from the League Managers' Association that the club are trying to “avoid their legal liabilities” by insisting former manager John Ward resigned and was not dismissed.

A Texas grand jury indicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs and four of his followers today, on charges of sexual assault of a child.

The scheduled execution of a two-time killer has been put on hold while an appeals court considers his petition that death by injection is unconstitutionally cruel.