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Texas Hill Country floods test new warning systems after last year’s deadly disaster 0
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- July 18, 2026
After deadly flooding killed more than 100 people in Texas’ Hill Country last July, officials promised major changes in hopes of preventing the failures that contributed to the high death toll. They promised better flood warning systems, stricter safety standards for children’s camps and improvements to the state’s water infrastructure. That work was far from
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The United States and Iran have crossed red lines as they return to all-out war.0
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- July 18, 2026
A week after the United States and Iran signed a preliminary agreement aimed at ending the war, an Iranian drone crashed into a cargo ship sailing through the Strait of Hormuz. There were no casualties or major damage, but the June 25 attack set off a chain of hostilities that would put the two countries
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Appeals court says 28-year sentence too lenient for militant convicted of attack 0
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- July 18, 2026
A federal appeals court has found that a 28-year prison sentence is too lenient for a Libyan militant who was convicted of terrorism-related charges in the 2012 attacks on U.S. compounds in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and… WASHINGTON– A 28-year prison sentence is too lenient for a Libyan militant who was convicted
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Paul Pelosi charged with misdemeanor hit and run for collision with parked car 0
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- July 18, 2026
LOS ANGELES — Paul Pelosi, husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was charged Friday with misdemeanor hit and run for a collision with a parked car. Pelosi, 86, was driving her brown convertible on July 3 in Yountville, California, a town in the heart of wine country, when she crashed into a car legally
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US cancels automatic protections for endangered animals as critics warn of extinctions 0
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- July 18, 2026
BILLINGS, Mont. — The U.S. Department of the Interior on Friday canceled a rule intended to protect plants and animals considered endangered, the latest step by President Donald Trump’s administration to dismantle key provisions of the landmark Endangered Species Act at the industry’s behest. Instead of receiving automatic protections, endangered species will need individualized protection
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Shomari Figures made history; Then the Supreme Court changed its mind.0
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- July 18, 2026
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says efforts by Republicans in the state to wrest power from Democrats are partisan political battles and are not motivated by race. “I don’t think there’s been a history of direct attacks… in a way that suppresses the participation of minority voters,” he adds. He notes that Democrats have redrawn
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