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How is the recent Texas Hill Country rain affecting local communities?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. More rain in the Texas Hill country is leading to more concern about flooding. The National Weather Service in Austin says up to five inches fell in a few hours overnight, leading to flood warnings and watches. James Hartley of Member Station K E R A reports that many in the faith community in hard-hit Kerville are preparing for a lengthy recovery.
Parishioners at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Kerrville huddled together under umbrellas and stepped through puddles on their way inside as a downpour drenched the Texas Hill Country Sunday. Just nine days earlier, another storm assaulted this region of central Texas and led the Guadalupe River to overflow. Reverend Bert Betts is the rector at St. Peter's.
What role is St. Peter’s Episcopal Church playing in Kerrville’s flood recovery?
He said his parish is here to support the community for the long haul. We're not leaving. We're committed to the emotional, spiritual, material, mental needs that will arise. We're not leaving. Betts said the people of Kerrville will need to support each other for months. months and his parish will provide anything it can. For NPR News, I'm James Hartley, Inkerville.
War in Ukraine on the agenda at the White House President Trump meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Ruto. The meeting comes after Trump said last night that he will send Ukraine through NATO patriot air defense missiles.
How are American attitudes toward immigration shifting after Trump’s presidency?
Immigration was one of the issues that won President Trump a second term, but fresh polling shows some American attitudes are changing. Here's NPR's Domenico Martinaro.
When Trump first took office, immigration was one of his strengths. And a year ago in Gallup's polling, fifty-five percent of people said that they wanted immigration decreased, but that trend toward a harder line on immigration has sharply reversed. Our polling with PBS News Hour and Marist, for example, showed Trump with just a forty-three percent approval rating for his handling of immigration. People said that they believed America's openness to immigration is essential to what the country is. And that question about whether people wanted immigration decreased, Gallup now finds that just thirty percent say that they want to do that.
The Trump administration is defending its deportation efforts, and Homeland Security Secretary Christy Gnome denies racial profiling, says the administration will appeal a judge's ruling that halts more aggressive tactics. Joel Rose reports a case stems from a crash that happened in Florida in twenty nineteen.
What legal challenges is Tesla facing over its Autopilot technology in the Florida crash?
Tesla has been sued before when its cars are involved in crashes, but it's rare for a jury to consider arguments about the driver assistance technology that the company calls autopilot. The case centers on a crash near Key Largo, Florida, more than six years ago, when a Tesla slammed into a parked SUV, killing a twenty two year old woman and critically injuring her companion. The driver of the Tesla had engaged autopilot, which can steer and brake the car on its own, but in the case. In this case, it did not. Lawyers for the victims accuse Tesla of exaggerating what the technology can do. Tesla is expected to argue that the driver is at fault because he wasn't paying attention to the road. Joel Rose, NPR News.
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Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs is questioning the National Park Service's response to wildfires at the Grand Canyon.
Why is Arizona’s governor questioning the National Park Service’s wildfire response at the Grand Canyon?
She's calling for an investigation. Park officials say public access to an area around the north rim is closed for the season because of two wildfires. Flame destroyed a historic lodge and dozens of other structures, including notable cabins. An important protection for Afghans in the U.S. ends today. The Department of Homeland Security has terminated temporary protected status or TPS. program that allowed people fleeing persecution to Afghanistans to stay and work in the US legally. As they applied for asylum, MPR's Monogestautieva reports.
DHS estimates there are approximately twelve thousand Afghans on TPS in the United States.
What impact does ending TPS have on Afghans who assisted the U.S. after 9/11?
Many of them are part of a group that helped the US after nine eleven and are now being hunted by the Taliban.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How is the recent Texas Hill Country rain affecting local communities?
0:00–0:44
2
What role is St. Peter’s Episcopal Church playing in Kerrville’s flood recovery?
0:44–1:18
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How are American attitudes toward immigration shifting after Trump’s presidency?
1:18–2:20
4
What legal challenges is Tesla facing over its Autopilot technology in the Florida crash?
2:20–3:06
5
Why is Arizona’s governor questioning the National Park Service’s wildfire response at the Grand Canyon?
3:06–3:46
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What impact does ending TPS have on Afghans who assisted the U.S. after 9/11?
3:46–4:38