500,000 Houston-area homes, businesses without power

HOUSTON, Texas: Stoking the frustration of hot and weary residents, the city's largest utility company said that nearly half a million homes and businesses in Houston will be without electricity as it recovers from Hurricane Beryl.

Jason Ryan, executive vice president of CenterPoint Energy, said more than one million homes and businesses had regained power since Beryl made landfall in Texas on July 8. Thousands