| Trump visits Texas, where a 'very frustrating' recovery awaits | | President Trump stood on a fire truck in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Tuesday and told those gathered: "We love you. You are special. We are here to take care of you." Texans hammered by what was Hurricane Harvey and its relentless rain will need it. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's top official warned of the " very frustrating" emergency housing effort in store, with 80% of Harvey victims lacking flood insurance. "Texas can handle anything," Trump told the crowd. The president may return to Texas and Louisiana over the weekend, he said. | | After flood of criticism, a Houston megachurch offers shelter | | As rising floodwaters began sweeping throughout Houston, the Internet wondered: Why hadn't local megachurch pastor Joel Osteen opened his 16,000-seat arena in the heart of the city as a shelter? Criticism mounted over the weekend on social media before his Lakewood Church announced it was "inaccessible due to severe flooding." On Monday, Osteen said the church could house victims "once shelters reach capacity." By Tuesday morning, the church said its doors had opened for evacuees. Learn more about Osteen's rise, and why he's no stranger to criticism. | | Won't you be my (contemptuous) neighbor? | | President Trump said Tuesday that North Korea showed "contempt for its neighbors" by launching a ballistic missile over Japan , a "threatening and destabilizing" action that will only increase the country's isolation. "All options are on the table," Trump said in the latest back-and-forth with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over the country's nuclear and missile weapons. As for what's on that table — Sanctions? Demonstrations of force? — the president said, "We'll see, we'll see." | | Loaded potato skins in Terminal A, no plane ticket necessary | | Love noshing at the TGI Friday's in Pittsburgh's airport but hate buying a $300 ticket to do so? Good news: Pittsburgh International is set to let non-fliers past security to gate-side areas starting next week, a first in the U.S. since 9/11. The Transportation Security Administration OK'd the move, with non-ticketed visitors facing the same shoes-off security screenings as everyone else. They'll only gain access on weekdays, with fliers still getting priority in line. Airport officials hope the move drums up traffic to its boutique businesses, which include Armani Jeans, Hugo Boss and, of course, TGI Friday's. | | 20 years later, Diana conspiracies endure | | The car crash that killed Princess Diana on Aug. 31, 1997, shocked the world, with multiple investigations ultimately attributing her "unlawful death" to chauffeur Henri Paul's reckless driving. Two decades later, conspiracy theories still endure, pointing fingers at everyone from the paparazzi and the royal family to the French police and British MI6 foreign intelligence service to their roles in Diana's death. Some theories claim Diana was pregnant at the time of the crash, and that her relationship with Dodi Fayed made them a target for assassination. Paul, the couple's driver, is another target for conspiracy theorists, many of whom claim he was an MI6 double agent. Revisit five unsubstantiated theories. | | What else is happening this week? Bookmark our calendar. | | This is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY. | |
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