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TOPSHOT - A volunteer looks for missing people, following severe flash flooding that occured during the July 4 holiday weekend, in Hunt, Texas, on July 6, 2025. Rescuers in Texas raced against time Sunday to find dozens of missing people, including children, swept away by flash floods that killed at least 59, as forecasters warned of new deluges. Local Texans joined forces with disaster officials to search through the night for the missing, including 27 girls from a riverside Christian summer camp. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Camp Mystic on the banks of the Guadalupe River, where some 750 girls had been staying when the floodwaters hit, had been "horrendously ravaged in ways unlike I've seen in any natural disaster." (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A volunteer looks for missing people, following severe flash flooding that occured during the July 4 holiday weekend, in Hunt, Texas, on July 6, 2025. Rescuers in Texas raced against time Sunday to find dozens of missing people, including children, swept away by flash floods that killed at least 59, as forecasters warned of new deluges. Local Texans joined forces with disaster officials to search through the night for the missing, including 27 girls from a riverside Christian summer camp. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Camp Mystic on the banks of the Guadalupe River, where some 750 girls had been staying when the floodwaters hit, had been "horrendously ravaged in ways unlike I've seen in any natural disaster." (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images) RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption

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At least 67 dead in catastrophic Texas flooding and 11 missing from girls camp

At least 67 people are dead following flooding that slammed central Texas over the weekend, while a desperate search for 11 missing girls continues.

Floods sweep central Texas, killing at least 24 people

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Iran's supreme leader makes first public appearance since Iran-Israel war started

Iran' s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between Israel and Iran began, attending a mourning ceremony on the eve of Ashoura.
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'Antagonized for being Hispanic': There are growing claims of racial profiling in ICE's LA raids

Immigration agents are raiding known hubs for Latino workers: day laborer gathering spots, street vendor corners and car washes. Legal advocacy groups say their tactics are unconstitutional.

'Antagonized for being Hispanic': Growing claims of racial profiling in LA raids

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Relatives grieve over bodies of family members killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians near al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Thursday.

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Trump says ceasefire deal is near as Israeli strikes kill 138 Palestinians in Gaza

More than 60 of those killed were waiting for aid, according to Palestinian health officials. President Trump said Friday that talks over a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas are at a crucial stage.
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Immigrants with no criminal convictions represent sharpest growth in ICE detention population

The number of people in ICE detention without criminal convictions nearly doubled in the last month — a significant increase compared to detainees who have been convicted of crimes.

NON CRIMINAL DETENTIONS GARSD

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Does America Need a Hero?

Captain America: an all-American superhero. Clad in red, white, and blue, he carries only a shield. And he fights only when he must. When it's right.But what happens when what's right isn't so clear? And how does a comic book hero designed to represent America's values survive in a changing world?

Does America Need a Hero?

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Picture This

From caterpillar to butterfly, 'Papilio' grows up in a new picture book

Papilio is a picture book told in three parts about three stages of a butterfly's life (there are really four stages but egg time is pretty boring). It's also written and illustrated by three friends.

PICTURE THIS: Papilio

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Simon Says

A royal seal of approval

The Prince and Princess of Wales will join the King and Queen in granting Royal Warrants — a sort of "seal of approval" — on certain goods and services.

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Louisiana's coast is eroding. One engineer found a fix in her wine bottle

Louisiana has two problems: an eroding coastline and limited glass recycling. Engineer Franziska Trautmann is solving both by turning bottles into beach sand.

Updated TRH Double Takes Trautmann

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Tornado patterns are changing. Scientists are trying to understand why

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Tornadoes are becoming more active further east, out of what was traditionally known as tornado alley. That has been on display this year, as Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee have seen heavy tornado activity.
A strong dollar reinforces America's economic might and helps bring down inflation — but it also hurts exporters.

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Why is the dollar off to a weak start this year?

The U.S. dollar had its worst start this year in more than half a century. Harvard University economics professor Kenneth Rogoff says President Trump is accelerating the decline.

Why is the dollar off to a weak start this year?

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How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing

The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.

A CHINESE TYPEWRITER

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Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2025.

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Inside Elon Musk's stellar year at the Texas Capitol

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The billionaire has had a bumpy year on the national level, but he remains one of the most powerful business and political figures in the state. Most of the laws he wanted passed in Texas this year made it through.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases next term that challenge state bans on transgender athletes competing in sports at the school and college level.

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The Supreme Court will decide if states can ban transgender girls in sports

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases in the fall that test state laws banning transgender women and girls from participating in sports at publicly funded institutions.

SCOTUS Transgender Sports Cases

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Grilling aficionado Jess Larson says grill tongs, an instant-read meat thermometer, a grill spatula and a grill brush are essentials.

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A beginner's guide to grilling: How to start a fire, adjust your heat and more

Intimidated by grilling? Cooking over an open flame can do that! In this guide, learn the basics from which type of grill to choose, to how to maintain a fire and create different temperature zones, to tips on tools and safety.

A beginner's guide to grilling: How to start a fire, adjust your heat and more

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Jennifer Vasquez Sura (right), the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, stands next to a woman holding a sign with a photo of Abrego Garcia holding a child and the message: "Wrongfully held in Trump's overseas ICE jails / Bring Kilmar home"

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Abrego Garcia says he was severely beaten in Salvadoran prison

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. in March, says he was brutally beaten and subjected to psychological torture while held in one of El Salvador's most notorious prisons.
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Life Kit

How to intervene when someone is harassed or attacked

If you find yourself in a situation where you sense someone needs help and you'd like to intervene, follow the "5Ds" to safely deescalate a situation.

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