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Emergency recordings and videos detail the chaotic rescue efforts during the deadly Texas floods
Read full article: Emergency recordings and videos detail the chaotic rescue efforts during the deadly Texas floodsThe Associated Press has assembled a chronology of chaotic rescue efforts as a flash flood barreled through the Hill Country of Central Texas before dawn July 4.
California rushes to plan a still unscheduled election in US House seats standoff with Texas
Read full article: California rushes to plan a still unscheduled election in US House seats standoff with TexasCalifornia Democrats are rushing to schedule an election to remake U.S. House districts to counter plans to boost Republican seats in Texas.
Judge to consider the fate of an agreement on protecting immigrant children in US custody
Read full article: Judge to consider the fate of an agreement on protecting immigrant children in US custodyA federal judge is set to hear a Trump administration request to end a long-standing policy on protections for immigrant children in federal custody.
Former Georgia deputy indicted on charges he used excessive force and covered it up in reports
Read full article: Former Georgia deputy indicted on charges he used excessive force and covered it up in reportsA federal grand jury has indicted a former Georgia sheriff's sergeant on civil rights charges.
Trump defends the US economy with charts after job reports showed warning signs
Read full article: Trump defends the US economy with charts after job reports showed warning signsPresident Donald Trump has summoned reporters to the Oval Office to present charts that he says shows the economy is solid.
Q&A: Can Trump hold a census in the middle of a decade and exclude immigrants in the US illegally?
Read full article: Q&A: Can Trump hold a census in the middle of a decade and exclude immigrants in the US illegally?President Donald Trump has instructed the Commerce Department to have the Census Bureau start work on a new census that would exclude immigrants who are in the United States illegally from the head count which determines political power and federal spending.
Trump opens the door for private equity and crypto as 401(k) retirement plan options
Read full article: Trump opens the door for private equity and crypto as 401(k) retirement plan optionsMillions of Americans saving for retirement through 401(k) accounts could have the option of putting their money in higher-risk private equity and cryptocurrency investments.
US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service
Read full article: US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the serviceThe U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service.
Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center
Read full article: Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention centerA federal judge has ordered a two-week halt to construction at an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as she considers whether it violates environmental laws.
EPA cancels $7 billion Biden-era grant program to boost solar energy
Read full article: EPA cancels $7 billion Biden-era grant program to boost solar energyThe Environmental Protection Agency has terminated $7 billion in funding for solar programs approved under the Biden administration, including projects for nearly 1 million households in low-income communities.
JD Vance went kayaking for his birthday. Secret Service had the river level raised
Read full article: JD Vance went kayaking for his birthday. Secret Service had the river level raisedVice President JD Vance’s security detail had an Ohio river’s water level raised last weekend to accommodate a kayaking trip he and his family took for his 41st birthday.
Two die when helicopter strikes powerlines and crashes into a barge on the Mississippi River
Read full article: Two die when helicopter strikes powerlines and crashes into a barge on the Mississippi RiverA helicopter flying over the Mississippi River ran into a powerline then crashed into a barge and sparked a fire, killing two people.
Paramount and Skydance close their $8 billion merger, kicking off reign of new entertainment giant
Read full article: Paramount and Skydance close their $8 billion merger, kicking off reign of new entertainment giantSkydance and Paramount officially closed their $8 billion merger on Thursday — kicking off the reign of a new entertainment giant after a contentious, over year-long endeavor to get the transaction over the finish line.
Rural Pennsylvania man kills neighbor and wounds responding troopers in gunfire ambush, police say
Read full article: Rural Pennsylvania man kills neighbor and wounds responding troopers in gunfire ambush, police sayPolice say a 61-year-old man fatally shot a neighbor in rural Pennsylvania and then ambushed responding state troopers, wounding two while firing dozens of rounds from a semiautomatic weapon.
Soldiers hailed as heroes for tackling armed assailant at Georgia Army base
Read full article: Soldiers hailed as heroes for tackling armed assailant at Georgia Army baseSix soldiers at a Georgia Army base are being hailed as heroes for tackling a fellow soldier accused of shooting five people.
Al Roker joins Hill Country Flood recovery efforts as part of ‘Lend a Hand’ series
Read full article: Al Roker joins Hill Country Flood recovery efforts as part of ‘Lend a Hand’ seriesThe series looks to shine a light on recovery efforts and the inspiring stories of hope. KPRC 2's Re'Chelle Turner is in Texas Hill Country and spoke with Roker to learn more.
Roblox rolls out open-source AI system to protect kids from predators in chats
Read full article: Roblox rolls out open-source AI system to protect kids from predators in chatsRoblox, the online gaming platform wildly popular with children and teenagers, is rolling out an open-source version of an artificial intelligence system it says can help preemptively detect predatory language in game chats.
United Airlines resolves tech issue that grounded flights, but travel disruptions continue
Read full article: United Airlines resolves tech issue that grounded flights, but travel disruptions continueA disruption to a system housing United Airlines’ flight information that caused more than 1,000 delays has been resolved.
Trump seeks to change how census collects data and wants to exclude immigrants in US illegally
Read full article: Trump seeks to change how census collects data and wants to exclude immigrants in US illegallyPresident Donald Trump has instructed the Commerce Department to change how the Census Bureau collects data, seeking to exclude immigrants in the United States illegally.
Students have been called to the office — and even arrested — for AI surveillance false alarms
Read full article: Students have been called to the office — and even arrested — for AI surveillance false alarmsSurveillance systems in American schools increasingly monitor everything students write on school accounts and devices.
Trump's push for drilling, mining sharpens debate for Alaska Natives about land they view as sacred
Read full article: Trump's push for drilling, mining sharpens debate for Alaska Natives about land they view as sacredWhen Alaska Natives debate proposals to drill and mine the landscape of the nation’s largest state, it involves more than an environmental or economic question.
Independent candidate for Michigan governor is betting on partisan fatigue in the midterms
Read full article: Independent candidate for Michigan governor is betting on partisan fatigue in the midtermsDetroit Mayor Mike Duggan has been a career Democrat in the battleground state of Michigan but is now planning to run for governor as an independent.
Victims feeling exhausted and anxious about wrangling over Epstein files
Read full article: Victims feeling exhausted and anxious about wrangling over Epstein filesWomen who say they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein are feeling skeptical and anxious after the Justice Department requested a court take the rare step of unsealing transcripts of secret testimony related to the sex-offending millionaire’s case.
Trump moves to shut down NASA missions that measure carbon dioxide and plant health
Read full article: Trump moves to shut down NASA missions that measure carbon dioxide and plant healthThe Trump administration wants to end two NASA missions that monitor a potent greenhouse gas and plant health.
Trump plans 100% tariff on computer chips, unless companies build in US
Read full article: Trump plans 100% tariff on computer chips, unless companies build in USPresident Donald Trump says he's imposing a 100% tariff on computer chips— a move that raises the specter of higher prices for electronics, autos, household appliances and other essential goods that depend on the processors.
A new immigrant detention partnership nicknamed after Indiana's iconic racetrack inspires backlash
Read full article: A new immigrant detention partnership nicknamed after Indiana's iconic racetrack inspires backlashTop Trump administration officials boast that a new partnership to expand immigrant detention in Indiana will be the next so-called “Alligator Alcatraz.”.
UCLA says Trump administration has suspended $584 million in grants, threatening research
Read full article: UCLA says Trump administration has suspended $584 million in grants, threatening researchThe Trump administration has suspended $584 million in federal grants for the University of California, Los Angeles.
Massive central California wildfire keeps growing and becomes state's largest blaze of the year
Read full article: Massive central California wildfire keeps growing and becomes state's largest blaze of the yearRising temperatures pose new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in central California that has injured four people as it has become the biggest blaze in the state so far this year.
Boyfriend charged with killing police officer in their Maryland home nearly 30 years ago
Read full article: Boyfriend charged with killing police officer in their Maryland home nearly 30 years agoAuthorities say a man charged this week with fatally shooting a police officer in her Maryland home nearly 30 years ago was the officer’s live-in boyfriend and had blamed her 1995 killing on a burglary.
Military base shootings have ranged from altercations to workplace violence and terrorism
Read full article: Military base shootings have ranged from altercations to workplace violence and terrorismThe shooting of five U.S. Army soldiers at a base in Georgia is the latest in a list of violent occurrences at American military installations over the years.
Homeland Security removes age limits for ICE recruits to boost hiring for Trump deportations
Read full article: Homeland Security removes age limits for ICE recruits to boost hiring for Trump deportationsThe Department of Homeland Security has removed age limits for new hires at the agency responsible for immigration enforcement.
‘Back in China?’ Texas lawmaker’s post about Houston Rep. Gene Wu draws fire during Democratic quorum break
Read full article: ‘Back in China?’ Texas lawmaker’s post about Houston Rep. Gene Wu draws fire during Democratic quorum breakA tweet by Sen. Mayes Middleton questioning if Houston lawmaker Gene Wu was "back in China" sparked backlash amid a Democratic walkout to block GOP redistricting plans.
Things to know about the Voting Rights Act and the cases that could unravel it
Read full article: Things to know about the Voting Rights Act and the cases that could unravel itThe Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states.
Protections of the Voting Rights Act are under threat as the law marks its 60th anniversary
Read full article: Protections of the Voting Rights Act are under threat as the law marks its 60th anniversaryThe Voting Rights Act was signed into law 60 years ago but has been slowly eroding for more than a decade.
Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts amid federal efforts to downplay Black history
Read full article: Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts amid federal efforts to downplay Black historyAn Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in the 1960s calling for Black voting rights has been reconstructed in its entirety at a museum near Detroit.
Judge considers whether Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center violates environmental law
Read full article: Judge considers whether Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center violates environmental lawA federal judge heard arguments about an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”.
NYC gunman who blamed NFL for hiding brain injury dangers suffered from sports concussion, mom said
Read full article: NYC gunman who blamed NFL for hiding brain injury dangers suffered from sports concussion, mom saidThe mother of the man who killed four people at a Manhattan office tower home to the NFL told 911 dispatchers during a 2022 incident when he threatened to kill himself that he suffered from a sports-related concussion and other issues.
Several states threaten to redraw congressional maps after Texas kicks off fight
Read full article: Several states threaten to redraw congressional maps after Texas kicks off fightTexas Republicans have launched efforts to redraw congressional maps to secure more GOP seats in the U.S. House.
4 people die in crash of medical transport plane on Navajo Nation in northern Arizona
Read full article: 4 people die in crash of medical transport plane on Navajo Nation in northern ArizonaA small medical transport plane crashed and caught fire on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people.
US won't seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero
Read full article: US won't seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Rafael Caro QuinteroU.S. prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty in their cases against Mexican drug lords Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero.
Mother of 2 missing children held without bail after previous case dropped for mental health reasons
Read full article: Mother of 2 missing children held without bail after previous case dropped for mental health reasonsA Maryland woman with a long history of severe mental illness has been held without bail and ordered to receive psychiatric treatment behind bars after she was recently rearrested and charged with murder in the 2014 disappearance of her two children.
Florida prepares to build a second immigration detention center to join 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Read full article: Florida prepares to build a second immigration detention center to join 'Alligator Alcatraz'Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis’ administration is apparently preparing to build a second immigration detention center, awarding at least one contract for what’s labeled in state records as the “North Detention Facility.”.
Texas governor asks court to remove House Democratic leader from office over walkout
Read full article: Texas governor asks court to remove House Democratic leader from office over walkoutTexas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to remove from office a top state lawmaker he called the “ringleader” of Democrats who left the state to block a vote on a new congressional voting map pushed by President Donald Trump.
Man accused in Tennessee family's killings captured, but motive and why he spared a baby unknown
Read full article: Man accused in Tennessee family's killings captured, but motive and why he spared a baby unknownPolice say the man facing charges that he killed the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found left in a western Tennessee yard last week has been arrested.
'Ketamine Queen' accused of selling Matthew Perry fatal dose gets September trial date
Read full article: 'Ketamine Queen' accused of selling Matthew Perry fatal dose gets September trial dateA woman charged with selling Matthew Perry the ketamine dose that killed him is headed for trial in September.
Epstein's ex, Ghislaine Maxwell, doesn't want grand jury transcripts released
Read full article: Epstein's ex, Ghislaine Maxwell, doesn't want grand jury transcripts releasedJeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend wants to keep grand jury records secret in the sex trafficking case that sent her to prison.
Trump creates task force to prepare for 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles
Read full article: Trump creates task force to prepare for 2028 Olympic Games in Los AngelesPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday established a task force on the 2028 Olympic Games being held in Los Angeles that he said would ensure the event is “safe, seamless and historically successful.”.