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What is Texas doing in its 30‑day special session to address flood relief and emergency alerts?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. Texas lawmakers start a thirty day special session later today. They'll address a number of topics, including disaster relief and preparedness, which comes after flash floods earlier this month that left at least one hundred thirty five people dead. The Texas newsroom's Blaze
Gaini has more. Kerr County suffered the most devastating effects of the flooding, but Texas has more than fifty billion dollars worth of flood related plans all around the state. As lawmakers try to find a way forward, a new flood committee will look over dozens of bills. Republican State Senator Drew Darby is on the committee and says problems with the state's emergency alert system are not new.
This disaster has reinforced the critical need to address this problem.
One bill would increase flood safety standards at youth camps. Thirty girls and counselors died at Camp Mystic in Kerr County. For NPR News, I'm Blaze Ganey in Austin. Texas
Republicans will also be trying to redraw the state's congressional map to help the GOP retain control of the U.S. House in next year's elections. Democrats, meanwhile, are hoping that anger at President Trump could help them again regain control of the U.S.
How is the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown affecting Los Angeles residents?
House in those same elections. The city of Los Angeles continues to be a focus of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Massed ICE agents are continuing to take people off the city streets and taking them to deportation centers there. LA Mayor Karen Bass says she blames the administration for causing chaos and panic in her city.
Why are environmentalists warning that Brazil’s new fast‑track law could trigger massive Amazon deforestation?
The masked men in unmarked cars, no license plate, no real uniforms, jumping out of cars with rifles and snatching people off the street, leading a lot of people to think maybe kidnappings were taking place.
Bass was speaking on ABC's this week on Sunday. Environmentalists say a new law passed by Brazil's Congress will lead to widespread deforestation in the Amazon. MPR's Carrie Khan has more on our story.
Brazil's influential environment minister has spoken out against the bill that allows fast tracking of some infrastructure projects. But Maurício Goeta of the rights group Ava says if the president signs it or Congress overrides a veto, Brazil's environmental reputation will be damaged just before it hosts this year's United Nations International Climate Conference.
What caused Alaska Airlines to ground all flights and how did the FAA respond?
We will no longer be able to be a climate leader, not only this year, but forever, I could say, because this is really the worst bill for us in our history.
Under the bill, small and medium projects with potentially harmful effects could get licenses fast after self declaring they do not cause harm.
Alaska Airlines grounded all its flights for a short period overnight. The airline blames the ground stop on an undisclosed IT outage that affects its entire system. Posting on social media the company said they requested the ground stop until the issue is resolved. The FAA says the flight stoppage has now ended. You're listening to NPR News. The ruling coalition that's kept Japan's prime minister in power lost its majority in the upper house of parliament in Sunday's election. The coalition needed to win fifty seats to maintain its majority in the two hundred forty eight seat chamber. The coalition also lost a majority in the lower house back in October. State police in upstate New York are investigating the death of a nine year old girl after her family reported the child abducted on Saturday.
The case triggered an amber alert and a regional search, but it's now unclear whether the girl was actually abducted, NPR's Brian Mann reports.
What are the details of the New York amber‑alert case involving the missing nine‑year‑old girl?
Amber alerts were issued late Saturday after the father of nine-year-old Melina Fradlin reported she'd been taken in the resort town of Lake George, New York, possibly by someone driving a white van. A massive search was launched, including state forest rangers and canine units. The child was found dead Sunday in Ticonderoga, New York. Officials now say they identified inconsistencies in the father's account of events and the timeline he provided at this time.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is Texas doing in its 30‑day special session to address flood relief and emergency alerts?
0:01–1:08
2
How is the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown affecting Los Angeles residents?
1:08–1:29
3
Why are environmentalists warning that Brazil’s new fast‑track law could trigger massive Amazon deforestation?
1:29–2:19
4
What caused Alaska Airlines to ground all flights and how did the FAA respond?
2:19–3:34
5
What are the details of the New York amber‑alert case involving the missing nine‑year‑old girl?
3:34–4:39