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  • FILE – Debris covers the area of Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, Monday, July 7, 2025, after a flash flood swept through the area. (AP Photo/Eli Hartman, File)Environment

    FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show

    By Ryan J. Foley, Christopher L. Keller, and others
  • A Camp Mystic sign is seen near the entrance to the establishment along the banks of the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, Saturday, July 5, 2025, after a flash flood swept through the area. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Politics

    Texas approved Camp Mystic’s disaster plans just 2 days before deadly flooding killed more than 2 dozen people there

    By Jim Mustian, Christopher L. Keller, and others
  • Workers enter the Bureau of Reclamation office Thursday, March 13, 2025, in Boise, Idaho. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone)Politics

    DOGE’s frenetic rush to cancel government leases will hit dozens of federal offices by June and hundreds more over coming months: ‘It’s like a blitzkrieg’

    By Ryan J. Foley, Joshua Goodman, and others
  • FILE – Megan Mantia, left, and her boyfriend Thomas, only first game given, return to Mantia’s fire-damaged home after the Eaton Fire swept through the area, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)Environment

    Flawed emergency alert systems meant to warn residents lagged during Los Angeles wildfires

    By Christopher L. Keller, Claudia Lauer, and others
  • Pro-Palestinian demonstrators embrace while charging devices at an encampment on the UCLA campus Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)Politics

    Almost 2,200 have been arrested during pro-Palestinian college protests as police use riot gear, tactical vehicles and flash-bang devices

    By Julie Watson, Christopher L. Keller, and others
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 1: NYPD officers talk to the driver of a car who sped past a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside The City College Of New York (CUNY) one day after police cracked down on protest camps at both Columbia University and CCNY on May 1, 2024 in New York City. A heavy police presence surrounded both campuses on Tuesday and cleared the tent encampments set up by pro-Palestinian protesters. Classes at both schools have been moved virtually to online learning in response to the recent campus unrest. (Photo by Alex Kent/Getty Images)Politics

    NYPD officer fired a gun while removing barricaded college students from hall, prosecutors confirmed

    By Ryan Pearson, Julie Watson, and others
  • Anne LopezEnvironment

    Wildfire that caused $5.5 billion in damage ripped through Maui at a rate of a mile per 90 minutes

    By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Rebecca Boone, and others