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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Nearly six weeks after historic floods killed at least 108 people in Kerr County, including 37 children, the Texas Senate passed several key bills Tuesday aimed at preventing that kind of death toll the next time a major storm strikes. “It will save lives today and it didn’t cost a dime to do it,” said Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding, adding if these policies are implemented and followed “odds are you would have no fatalities.” The three flood-related bills voted out of the Senate address warning sirens,…

Watch CBS News Nancy Chen reports on what new inflation data tells us about the state of the economy, and the dangers of a flesh-eating bacteria. Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – Deputies in Georgetown County have obtained arrest warrants for a 19-year-old they say is a threat to the community. Savion Grimmage is accused in the shooting death of Ricky Dixon, 23, that happened on Saturday, Aug. 9 in the Oatland community, according to the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office. Grimmage is charged for murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, although he is not in custody. “He should be considered armed and dangerous and poses a serious threat to the community. Do not approach him,” a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said. Anyone…

We’re keeping an eye on a tropical wave currently moving through the northwestern Caribbean Sea. At the moment, it’s generating disorganized showers and thunderstorms, affecting parts of eastern Honduras, northeastern Nicaragua, and nearby marine areas. The system is expected to continue on a west-northwestward path, crossing the Yucatán Peninsula by Wednesday. As it makes this move, no significant development is anticipated. However, once the system enters the southwestern Gulf of Mexico—likely beginning Thursday—there is a slight chance it could become more organized. It’s expected to move west-northwest or northwest at about 10 to 15 mph during that time. Here are…

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump urged homeless people living in Washington, D.C., to move out “IMMEDIATELY” and claimed “we will give you places to stay” that are “FAR” from the nation’s capital. On Monday, he announced that he was federalizing Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department and deploying the National Guard, saying the federal government will be “removing homeless encampments from all over our parks” in order to “rescue” Washington “from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse.” There were “many places” homeless people could go, Trump continued. As of Tuesday, the administration had provided few details on how that would…

When Marion Rarick saw who Gov. Tim Walz picked to join the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, she did not recognize two of the four names.  “It was nobody we ever saw who came through the process,” said Rarick, R-Maple Lake, and co-chair of the House Higher Education and Finance Policy Committee.  The process Rarick refers to is the state legislature’s duty to pick who is on the 12-person U of M Board, a body that’s responsible for everything from the school’s multibillion dollar annual budget to policing campus speech and determining the institution’s level of cooperation with the…

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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — National Guard troops repeatedly rehearsed their role in an operation at a Los Angeles park intended as a show of force against undocumented people and those protesting the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, a deputy commanding general testified Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, who commanded Guard troops in Los Angeles, was testifying at a trial to determine whether the Trump administration violated the Posse Comitatus Act when it deployed the soldiers and U.S. Marines to Southern California this summer. The 1878 law generally prohibits a president from using the military to police domestic affairs. Sherman said the…

DENVER (KDVR) — On Tuesday, the city of Boulder announced that a cyclist died following a crash that occurred earlier this month. In a press release, the city said that Daniel Bench, 88, died on Monday night after being involved in a crash that happened on Edgewood Street and 24th Street on Aug. 4. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox At around 9 a.m., the Boulder police received a report of a crash between a cyclist and a Chevrolet Silverado. After the initial investigation, the city said that Bench allegedly “did not yield at…

Emergency managers are urging many residents of Alaska’s capital city of Juneau to evacuate as summer glacial flooding driven by climate change threatens to inundate the area.Authorities say flooding from the Mendenhall River will likely crest around 4 p.m. Alaska time on Aug. 13, or 8 p.m. Eastern. They hope two miles worth of emergency flood barriers they finished intalling last month will hold back the waters from Mendenhall Valley, where a majority of Juneau’s 32,000 full-time residents live.”Residents are advised to evacuate the potential flood inundation area,” City and Borough of Juneau officials said in a message Aug. 12.…