More than two dozen Texas counties are in the process of mapping out where outdoor warning signs would be most effective during flash floods. The work is the result of the deadly 2025 Hill Country floods.

Citing federal studies, Bettencourt worries alerts on cell phones can be ignored. A study of the effectiveness of the 2023 Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) national test alert showed, 17.5 percent of adults opted out of one or more WEA alerts.

Workers at three Starbucks stores in Buffalo, New York, will hold union elections next month after winning a case before the National Labor Relations Board.

Starbucks is raising its U.S. employees’ pay and making other changes to improve working conditions in its stores.