On Thanksgiving, family hurt by Harvey counts its blessings By NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The kitchen where George and Arva Dorsey prepare an 18-dish feast every Thanksgiving has been stripped of everything but its granite countertops, standing on their own with no appliances below. The house they renovated and expanded over three decades has been gutted down to …

Car-centric Houston struggles after loss of countless autos By PAUL WISEMAN and DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Business Writers KATY, Texas (AP) — Bryan Harvey is frequently reminded that he shares a name with the storm that dumped 50 inches of rain on metropolitan Houston and unleashed the floods that have him working 14-hour days towing water-logged cars. Even in their despair, some …

HOUSTON (AP) — After riding out Hurricane Harvey in a motel and waiting an agonizing week for the waist-high waters to recede, 71-year-old Bob Janak returned to his wrecked home for the first time to find it swarming with people. They weren’t thieves or looters. They were volunteers who took it upon themselves to clean out the modest ranch house …