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The state is sparsely populated and fighting to keep fossil fuels in America's energy mix.

Tilda Swinton plays a botanist who is haunted by a mysterious sound in an intriguing new film. Reviewer Justin Chang says Memoria's climax will leave your jaw on the floor.

Commentator Judy Muller says Americans and their elected officials have ignored the problems of the poor in recent years. But now they're confronted with the overwhelming number of poor residents left homeless by Hurricane Katrina.

Many school districts along the Gulf Coast have stopped functioning, at least temporarily. Getting the youngsters back in school -- wherever they are now -- is a huge challenge. Claudio Sanchez, sorts out some of the key questions about the task.

“Your rhythm becomes everyone else's rhythm," 9th grader Vinoj Fullen says, "and there's just this shared motion and this connection between you and the water and everyone in your boat.”

Some white Louisianans are finding common ground with the mostly poor and black evacuees from New Orleans that they are now taking into their communities. Many evacuees will have to start new lives in new towns across the South.

Those with clear skies and reduced light pollution will get the full effect as the moon appears to turn red at about 11:29 p.m. Eastern Time.

Beach nourishment is the process of dredging up sand from out in the ocean and spreading it onto the beach.

SpaceX plans to launch rockets near Brownsville, Texas, where housing prices are soaring.

As many as 6,000 people died in the 1900 hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas. Patricia Bellis Bixel, who wrote about the storm and how the city was rebuilt, details the operation for Debbie Elliott.