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News Articles: National

Imgram dam after flash flood in Texas

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Photos: Before-and-after satellite images show extent of Texas flooding destruction

Before-and-after images show how the Guadalupe River surged and devastated towns across Texas.

July 10, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
This image taken from footage provided by KABC/ABC7 Los Angeles shows first responders working the scene after a tunnel collapsed on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Los Angeles.

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  • National

31 workers reach safety after partial collapse of Los Angeles industrial tunnel

Construction workers inside a huge industrial tunnel in Los Angeles made it to safety after a portion of it collapsed Wednesday evening, an outcome officials called a blessing.

July 10, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Taylor Bergmann poses for a portrait in his office in Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park in Kerrville, Texas on July 8, 2025.

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  • National

Clinging to a tree, and praying: how a family survived the Texas flash floods

"I thought my mom was going to die in front of me," said Taylor Bergmann, a 19-year-old who fought to save the people in his family after the Guadalupe River smashed through their home.

July 09, 2025
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
A damaged house is seen near the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, on July 8, following severe flash flooding over the July 4 holiday weekend.

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  • News

Over 160 people still missing after Texas floods. And, federal layoffs can now resume

The death toll for the Texas floods tops 100 as the search and rescue efforts continue for over 160 missing people. And, the Supreme Court is allowing Trump to resume mass federal layoffs for now.

July 09, 2025
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
Debris lays along the Guadalupe River on Tuesday after it was swept up in the flash flooding in Ingram, Texas. More than 100 fatalities were reported after heavy rainfall caused flooding along the river in central Texas.

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  • National

In Texas, a major search effort is being led by the father of a flood victim

In Kerr County, Texas, Thad Heartfield is leading nearly 100 volunteers searching for flood victims. For him, this mission is personal. His son and three of his son's friends disappeared in the flood.

July 09, 2025
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By:
  • Greg Allen
Diego Luna, #10, of the United States dribbles the ball in the first half of the Gold Cup 2025 Quarterfinals match against Costa Rica on June 29 in Minneapolis. Luna had a standout tournament and improved his chances to make the U.S. roster for next year's FIFA World Cup team.

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  • Sports

How a broken nose kickstarted Diego Luna's star-making run with the USMNT

The 21-year-old Real Salt Lake midfielder, with his bleached hair and dozens of tattoos, stands out on the soccer field. But it's his attitude that has won praise from his coach, teammates and fans.

July 09, 2025
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a signing ceremony for a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the State Department, June 27, 2025, in Washington.

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  • Politics

Impostor uses AI to impersonate Rubio and contact foreign and U.S. officials

The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other officials using technology driven by artificial intelligence.

July 09, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The Supreme Court

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  • Politics

Supreme Court allows Trump to resume mass federal layoffs for now

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was appointed to the court by President Biden, dissented.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Anuli Ononye
A crew with the company CSR Services works on plugging an orphan well on a homeowner's property in Ashland, Ohio, on October 24, 2024.

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  • Environment

The U.S. has millions of old gas and oil wells. Here's what it takes to plug them up

There was a circle in Maria Burns' yard where grass wouldn't grow and trees died. She knew what it was: An old natural gas well, plugged when she was a little girl, starting to leak again.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske

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  • National

Graphics: Where the Texas floods happened and how high the waters rose

One Guadalupe River gauge near Kerrville and Camp Mystic recorded a rise of more than 25 feet in two hours.

July 08, 2025
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  • Alyson Hurt,
  • Connie Hanzhang Jin,
  • and 1 more
Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee in June.

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  • USPS

DOJ launches unusual lawsuit against entire federal district court in Maryland

The DOJ has sued the entire federal district court in Maryland over an order that puts a temporary hold on deportations, intensifying a confrontation between the Trump administration and the courts.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
An air traveler puts his shoes in a bin before passing through a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport in 2014.

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  • National

Shoes off at the airport? TSA appears to be giving the pesky rule the boot

For nearly twenty years, most air travelers in the U.S. have been required to remove their shoes when going through security. That requirement seems to be ending.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez and
  • Joel Rose
A baby shoe lays along the Guadalupe River after it was swept up in the flash flooding in Ingram, Texas.

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  • National

Texas flood recovery efforts face tough conditions as local officials face hard questions

Emergency responders kept hope alive as they combed through fallen trees and other debris that littered the hard-hit central Texas communities on the fifth day after devastating floods killed more than 100.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A Texas Department of Public Safety official inspects debris on the waterfront at Camp Mystic along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Sunday, July 6, in Hunt, Texas.

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  • National

Texas lawmaker wants investigation into weather alert system and storm preparedness

Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, says affected Texans are owed an investigation into what went wrong with evacuating flooded areas and how it can be prevented from happening again.

July 07, 2025
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Destinee Adams
A search and recover unit paddles along the Guadalupe River on Monday in Hunt, Texas. Heavy rainfall caused severe flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas.

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  • National

4 things to know about the deadly Texas floods and ongoing search efforts

Search efforts continue for people still missing after Friday's floods, as questions swirl over what went wrong. Here's what we know so far.

July 07, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Jaclyn Diaz
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