NPR speaks with former Kerr County Commissioner Tom Moser about abandoned plans for a warning system in the part of central Texas that has now been devastated by floods. Moser pushed for the system.

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In Kerr County, Texas, Thad Heartfield is leading nearly 100 volunteers searching for flood victims. For him, this mission is ...

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The search for missing people in central Texas continues. Volunteers from the United Cajun Navy have traveled from the state of Louisiana to help.

Early last month, federal immigration authorities detained dozens of farmworkers on or near farmland in Southern California.

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Prince, long a haven for artists and writers, poets and presidents, a symbol of Haiti's troubled politics and its storied ...

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