

Nicholas gets stronger, threatens to hit Texas as hurricane


By JUAN A. LOZANO HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas gathered strength Monday and threatened to blow ashore in Texas as a hurricane that could bring up to 20 inches of rain to parts of the Gulf Coast, including the same area hit by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and storm-battered Louisiana. Although the system was expected to generate only a fraction as much rain as Harvey, nearly all of the state’s