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Crews in East Texas rescued two people stranded hundreds of feet in the air after a hot air balloon hit a communications tower.
The balloon was entangled more than 900 feet above the ground.
Officials say it took rescuers about an hour to climb up to the man and woman in the balloon's basket, and it was another hour before the pair was secured and could begin their descent, and then two more hours before they could reach the ground.
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President Trump traveled to South Texas to tout his economic agenda.
NPR's Franco Ordonez reports the visit comes days ahead of a critical Republican primary election.
The Pentagon has made a deal with Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts, that Defense Secretary Pete Hagseth says would maintain their century-old partnership but refocus the organization away what he calls woke policies.
Hagseth has criticized Scouting America's acceptance of transgender youth, but Scouting America says the agreement doesn't change existing policies regarding transgender youth and that they're welcome to
The changes include adding or losing some badges and waiving registration fees for the children of military personnel.
The Trump administration is ordering all non-emergency personnel and their family to leave Israel, citing safety risks.
The directive comes as President Trump continues to move U.S.
fighter jets and warships into the Middle East in an effort to pressure Iran into nuclear talks.
President Trump raised the possibility of what he calls a friendly takeover of Cuba without explaining what that means.
The island nation is experiencing an energy crisis after the U.S.
cut off oil from its main supplier, Venezuela.
Trump says Secretary of State Marco Rubio is speaking with Cuban leaders at a very high level, but the White House offered no further details.