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Giles Snyder
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing after severe Independence Day flooding in the Texas Hill Country. The focus is on the search for some two dozen girls at a summer camp along the flooded Guadalupe River. Texas Public Radio's Jack Morgan Officials there.
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Jack Morgan
Tell us there's about 500 booths on the ground and 14 helicopters searching the skies. I saw a couple of those pontoon style boats going at full speed up the Guadalupe looking for people stranded in trees. First responders set up three separate points where people who had lost or damaged homes to come for meals and for help.
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Giles Snyder
Texas Governor Greg Abbott says the search will continue through the night. While parents post photos of their daughters on social media asking for any information. Authorities say the number of those confirmed dead in the flooding has increased to at least 24. The Dutch government says it has proof that Russia is increasing its use of banned chemical weapons in its war against Ukraine. Terry Scholz reports the Dutch defense minister is calling for new sanctions against Moscow for breaking its obligations.
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Terry Schultz
Dutch and German intellig intelligence authorities say they have evidence Russia is intensifying the use of banned chemical weapons against Ukraine, using not just tear gas, but the banned chemical agent chloropicrin. Use of chloropicrin is prohibited by the Chemical Weapons Convention. Dutch Defense Minister Reuben Breckelmann says Russia drops chloropicrin from drones to force Ukrainian soldiers out of trenches so they can be more easily killed. There have been such accusations before, including from the U.S. but Breckermann says the Netherlands can now corroborate this based on its investigation conducted with Germany. Breckermann says lowering the threshold for the use of this type of weapon poses a danger to the entire world, and he's calling for more sanctions on Russia and support for Ukraine. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.
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Giles Snyder
Many Americans celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with barbecues, parades and fireworks. But in the western United States, officials are warning residents about the wildfire risks of lighting up the sky. Here's NPR's Julia Simon.
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Julia Simon
How dry is the US across the west and the Great Plains, there is abnormally dry conditions and drought. Scientists have found that recent droughts in the American west are caused by fossil fuel driven climate change. Because it's dry and hot this Fourth of July season, officials in Idaho, Montana Washington, Colorado and California are warning about using fireworks or they're banning them altogether. Just last week, Montana saw a fire started by fireworks. According to officials, fireworks also increase toxic metals, ash and soot in the air, which can be risky for children and other vulnerable groups. That's why some places like Bakersfield, California, are entertaining crowds with drone shows. Julia Simon, NPR News.
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Giles Snyder
This is NPR News. President Trump is taking a victory lap, saying the tax and spending plan Congress sent to his desk will move the country forward. He signed the legislation at the White House Fourth of July picnic. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects at nearly nearly 12 million people could lose health insurance under the plan. Most Americans do not think a civil war is likely anytime soon. That's result of a large peer reviewed study. Sempierre's Martin Costi reports. The researchers say they were surprised by how low and stable the numbers are.
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Martin Kosti
In a survey of more than 8,000 people, the vast majority did not agree that a civil war is imminent. Researcher Garen Wintermute says the positive results seem to run contrary to the frequent discussion of political polarization and violence in the media.
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Garen Wintermute
Only about 6% of our respondents thought that civil war was likely, basically the same numbers we got in 2023. We expected an increase because 2024 was an election year. So the good news surprise was we didn't see one.
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Martin Kosti
He adds that of the 4% of respondents who said civil war is needed, half also said that they could be dissuaded from taking part. The study was done by the Centers for Violence Prevention at UC Davis and published in the journal Injury Epidemiology. Martin Kosti, NPR News.
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Giles Snyder
The British rock band Oasis has ended a 16 year hiatus. The band kicked off its reunion tour Friday with the first of two shows in Cardiff, Wales. Tour dates include other stops in Britain and Ireland before moving on to shows across the Americas, Asia and Australia. The band led by the Gallagher brothers, Noel and Liam, acrimony between them led to the band's 2009 breakup. This is NPR News.
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