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After historic Hill Country flooding, is South Texas still technically in a drought?
The Fourth of July flooding had an outsized effect not just on the Hill Country but also on rain-starved Texas cities like ...
Map Shows Most Boring Cities in the US
Its almost 1 million residents are likely to take offense, but Jacksonville, Florida, has been crowned the most boring city ...
Invasive tree-killing emerald ash borer now further south, confirmed in new Texas counties
The invasive emerald ash borer beetle is confirmed to be in five new Texas counties, the Texas A&M Forest Service says.
Map Shows 10 US Cities With Rising House Prices
In the slowly cooling U.S. housing market, the Northeast and the Midwest currently represent burning hotspots.
Tesla's new Austin robotaxi service area map raises questions — and eyebrows
An upside-down Tesla “T”? An upraised middle finger? Something else? The geofenced boundaries of the EV maker’s new Austin ...
A tale of two border economies
Tariffs are threatening the regional economy and the jobs built on trade. Some say it's never been a better time to invest.
Nieman Journalism Lab5d
New report maps a “severe” shortage of local journalists in the U.S.
The report from Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack finds that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do ...
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These graphics show the scope of Texas’ Hill Country floods
Over the July Fourth weekend, the Texas Hill Country experienced catastrophic flooding that killed more than 100 people, left ...
Families Wait for Word of Missing as Texas Floods Death Toll Hits 120
Officials defended their actions in the hardest-hit county, where no survivors have been found since Friday. Statewide, 173 ...
FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from flood insurance map in 2014, records show
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp expanded.