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Resident Engineer Steve Sherrill, with the US Army Corps of Engineers, talks about the project to raise some of the levees and seawalls in the area Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Port Arthur, Texas. As the nation plans new defenses against the more powerful storms and higher tides expected from climate change, one project stands out: an ambitious proposal to build a nearly 60-mile “spine” of concrete seawalls, earthen barriers, floating gates and steel levees on the Texas Gulf Coast.(AP...

Big oil wants government protection from climate change

by Will Weissert Associated PressAugust 23, 2018

Members of a group of clergy hold hands and sing in the middle of the street during a civil disobedience protest in front of Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Immigrant-rights advocates asked a federal judge to order the release of parents separated from their children at the border, as demonstrators decrying the Trump administration's immigration crackdown were arrested Tuesday at a rally ahead of a Los Angeles appearance by Attorney General Jeff Sessions....

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States demand reunion of families

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, Will Weissert Associated Press, and Gene Johnson Associated PressJune 26, 2018

Immigrant families arrive at the Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley on Saturday, June 23, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. Families, who have been processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, wait inside the facility before continuing their journey to cities across the United States. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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At hub for border crossings, families spread throughout US

by Will Weissert Associated Press, and Elliot Spagat Associated PressJune 24, 2018

Immigrants listen to instructions from a volunteer inside the bus station after they were processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Friday, June 22, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Immigrants await word on reunion

by Will Weissert Associated Press, Amy Taxin Associated Press, and Colleen Long Associated PressJune 22, 2018

An FBI agent investigates at a FedEx distribution center where a package exploded, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Schertz, Texas. Authorities believe the package bomb is linked to the recent string of Austin bombings. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Can Austin stay weird amid blasts?

by Will Weissert Associated Press, and Jim Vertuno Associated PressMarch 20, 2018

An Austin police officer talks with a woman at a barrier near the site of Sunday's explosion, Monday, March 19, 2018, in Austin, Texas. Multiple people were injured in the explosion Sunday night, and police warned nearby residents to remain indoors overnight as investigators looked for possible links to other package bombings elsewhere in the city this month.

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Updated: FedEx explosion tied to Austin bombings; second bomb found at distribution center

by Paul J. Weber Associated Press, and Will Weissert Associated PressMarch 20, 2018

An agent the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives works with his dog near the site of Sunday's explosion, Monday, March 19, 2018, in Austin, Texas. Fear escalated across Austin on Monday after the fourth bombing this month — this time, a blast that was triggered by a tripwire and demonstrated what police said was a "higher level of sophistication" than the package bombs used in the previous attacks. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Tripwire used in Austin’s latest bombing

by Paul J. Weber Associated Press, and Will Weissert Associated PressMarch 19, 2018

Interim Austin police Chief Brian Manley, center, talks to the media after an explosion, early Monday, March 19, 2018, in Austin, Texas. The area around the explosion site has been blocked off and authorities are interviewing neighbors and searching for possible witnesses.

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Updated: 2 injured in 4th recent explosion in Texas capital

by Paul J. Weber Associated Press, and Will Weissert Associated PressMarch 19, 2018

Authorities work on the scene of an explosion in Austin on Monday, March 12, 2018. Two package bomb blasts a few miles apart killed a teenager and wounded two women in Austin on Monday, less than two weeks after a similar attack left a man dead in another part of the Texas capital. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Austin package bomb victims acquainted

by Will Weissert Associated Press, and Paul J. Weber Associated PressMarch 13, 2018

Authorities are investigating the scene in East Austin, Texas, after a teenager was killed and a woman was injured in the second Austin package explosion in the past two weeks Monday, March 12, 2018. Authorities say a package that exploded inside of an Austin home on Monday is believed to be linked to a deadly package sent to another home in Texas' capital city earlier this month.

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Package bomb kills teenager in Texas capital; may be linked to another bomb

by Will Weissert Associated Press, and Paul J. Weber Associated PressMarch 12, 2018