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Volunteers clean up a house after flooding in Kerrville, Texas. The state's governor and top emergency official are on a board considering options to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency, at the request of President Trump.

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Texas is relying on FEMA. State leaders said it should be cut

The governor and top emergency official in Texas are both members of a council advising the Trump administration on options for eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

July 09, 2025
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  • Rebecca Hersher
Consumers can still get hit with surprise bills from ground ambulance rides, as protection from such charges wasn't covered in the federal No Surprises act.

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State laws to stop surprise ambulance bills face pushback from insurers

Policymakers agree patients shouldn't be stuck in the middle when an ambulance service charges more than what an insurer will pay. But they can't settle on what price is fair.

July 09, 2025
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  • Rae Ellen Bichell and
  • Katheryn Houghton
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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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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  • 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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  • Becky Sullivan
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with President Trump in the Oval Office on May 30.

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  • Politics

Elon Musk wants to launch a competitive third party. It likely wouldn't be easy

After his split with President Trump, Elon Musk says he's forming a new political party, perhaps to compete for key congressional contests. It likely wouldn't be easy.

July 09, 2025
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  • Ashley Lopez
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
Main entry to the Hotel Oloffson, built as a private residence by Simon Sam in about 1886. American Marines leased it and turned it into a military hospital in the early 20th century. In 1936 Walter Oloffson converted it to a hotel. In the 1950s through 1970s it was a Hollywood jetset destination.

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Haiti's iconic Hotel Oloffson, long a cultural beacon, destroyed by gang violence

The Hotel Oloffson in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, long a haven for artists and writers, poets and presidents, a symbol of Haiti's troubled politics and its storied past, has been destroyed by gangs.

July 08, 2025
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  • Harold Isaac
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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  • 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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  • Camila Domonoske

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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,
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Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee in June.

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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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  • Carrie Johnson
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones speaks at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Oct. 15, 2024, in Atlanta.

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GPB evening headlines for July 8, 2025

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones enters 2026 governor's race; the Teamsters push back against cost-saving proposal at UPS; six Georgia cities to host traveling Smithsonian exhibit about voting in the U.S.

July 08, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Georgia Lt. Gov. candidate Burt Jones participates in a Republican primary debate, May 3, 2022, in Atlanta. A Georgia state agency said Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, that it will name a special prosecutor to consider whether Jones, the state's Republican lieutenant governor, should face criminal charges after former president Donald Trump and 18 of his allies were indicted Monday, Aug. 14, for working to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.

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  • News

Georgia Today: Jones announces governor candidacy; UGA sleep study; Smithsonian voting exhibit

On the July 8 edition: Lt. Gov. Burt Jones announces run for governor; a new study from UGA details the importance of sleep on youth brain development; and Georgia to host a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian on voting in America.

July 08, 2025
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook

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  • News

Sea lions are released after toxic algae bloom in California

Marine mammal researchers are investigating how sea lions were affected by the longest toxic algal bloom on record off the coast of Southern California. Some sea lions are being released back into the wild.

July 08, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
An Amazon worker delivers packages in Los Angeles.

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  • Business

Prime Day — er, Days — tests deal hunters' will to spend amid tariffs

Electronics and back-to-school supplies are expected to top many shoppers' lists.

July 08, 2025
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  • Alina Selyukh
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