A small jet carrying six people crashed on a highway in South Texas on Tuesday evening, killing one person as bystanders and emergency workers rushed to rescue people from the fiery wreckage, according to authorities and video from the scene.

COVINGTON, La. (AP) — Tropical Storm Arthur was downgraded to a low pressure area along the upper Texas coast Wednesday night but forecasters expected its remnants to bring life-threatening flooding and days of heavy rains to parts of the southeastern United States,