Texas City Racked by Floods Becomes a Hub for Search and Recovery

Most summers, Kerrville, Texas, draws crowds for its July 4 celebration. This year, the streets are filled with emergency responders.

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The Things College Students Leave Behind

Readers reflect on salvaging what college students don’t take home. Also: Poetry that questions; the risks of self-driving trucks.

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Brad Lander Tried to Escort Immigrants Facing Arrest. He’s Not Alone.

A growing army of volunteers has mustered at immigration courts during a month-old campaign to detain people showing up for routine hearings.

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Judge Orders Reinstatement of AmeriCorps Programs in 24 States

Elon Musk’s DOGE associates had descended upon the independent agency, which facilitates volunteer services nationwide, with an eye toward rapidly dismantling it.

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Alaska Man Survives Being Pinned Face Down by a 700-Pound Boulder

Rescuers found Kell Morris with hypothermia, wavering in and out of consciousness, face first in a creek as his wife held his head out of the water.

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States Sue After AmeriCorps Cuts Leave Communities Scrambling

The termination of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants from the agency has left its programs, which address an array of needs, in turmoil.

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The Peace Corps, under review by DOGE, is said to plan ‘significant’ staff cuts.

The head of a Peace Corps alumni group said he was told the cuts would affect full-time employees, not the volunteers working overseas.

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DOGE Guts AmeriCorps, Agency That Organizes Community Service Programs

Employees of AmeriCorps who were put on administrative leave include all those who work for a national disaster response program.

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She Wrote Last Summer’s Hit Thriller. Naturally, TV Was Next.

Suddenly Liz Moore blazed, comet-like, onto small screens and best-seller lists. But her writing career has been a slow burn.

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Volunteer ‘Puppy Raisers’ Train Service Dogs to Tackle Shortage

Volunteer “puppy raisers” are chipping away at a shortage of service dogs, one short-term adoption at a time.

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