Morning Roundup: Tornado relief edition

Good morning, Houston. We're sure you've heard about the tornadoes that devastated the border city of Eagle Pass on Tuesday night, destroying buildings and killing at least 10 people. And now there's information on ways to help the people of Eagle Pass: State Rep. Pete Gallego (D-Alpine) has set up a page on his website with a list of places you can send donations, including banks and the San Antonio chapter of the Red Cross. Check it out — your fellow Texans need your help. [via Off the Kuff]

>> Drugs involved in bus stop crash?: Police said the man who crashed into a Metro bus stop early Thursday morning, killing a woman, might have been on drugs at the time of the crash. Brian McKeesey, 22, was driving his Cadillac along Fondren when he lost control and ran into the bus shelter, throwing the woman who was killed 100 feet; another person waiting for the bus was thrown 90 feet and was taken to Ben Taub in critical condition. McKeesey's car then hit a light pole and split in half, killing him. Though it's not clear yet exactly why the accident occurred, McKeesey's family disagreed with the police theory that drugs were involved.

>> Judge: BP must say what leaked: U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent ruled that BP has until May 4 to name the "toxic substance" that allegedly leaked from its Texas City refinery on April 19, sickening and injuring at least 112 workers. The ruling came after a group of workers filed a lawsuit against BP on Monday, saying the company was negligent because it had no way to detect, prevent or warn workers of a hazardous leak. BP, however, claims the leak might not have come from its facility at all — it might have originated somewhere else and drifted over to the refinery. "We've formed an investigation team and are investigating different leads, including possibilities onsite and offsite," BP spokesman Neil Chapman said. And what if the company doesn't know what the leaked substance was by the May 4 deadline? Well, we'll see. "You can't expect someone to do something that can't be done," Anthony Buzbee, the attorney for the BP contractors, said. "However, I don't think that's going to be the case. Hopefully, we'll know within the next 10 days what 112 workers were exposed to."

>> Strip searches for everyone!: Thomas Gandy, a Houston police officer, has been charged with official oppression for allegedly making a woman undress while he was serving a warrant on a man living in the woman's apartment in September. According to prosecutors, Gandy served the warrant, left the apartment, then returned and made the woman take her clothes off for a search he said was under cover of law. The woman was scared, they said, and did what Gandy told her to do; she never made a formal complaint. Gandy declined to make a comment to KPRC, but his attorney, Aaron J. Suder, said in a written statement that "Officer Gandy is entitled to the presumption of innocence and has the right to have his case decided by a jury of his peers."

>> This weekend's weather: Wow, wasn't yesterday beautiful? Good news: Today looks similar, with partly cloudy skies and a high around 80. Tonight, look for a low of 62; tomorrow, clouds will move in, bringing a slight chance of rain. Sunday, we're back to partly cloudy skies and dry weather — expect highs near 80 and lows in the low 60s all weekend.

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