Frank Morris
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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People from Florida to Washington want a piece of Frank the Liberty Tree, a huge oak between 250 and 300 years old that was struck by lightning years ago and now must come down.
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The Trump administration has hit farmers hard by shattering their export markets with trade wars, gutting USAID, squeezing the farm labor market, and demonizing oil seed crops and a farm herbicide.
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Two of the U.S.'s largest railroad companies, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, say they plan to merge, which would create the country's first coast-to-coast freight railroad.
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People who survived the flash floods that devastated parts of central Texas say they're staying. Texas is lax when it comes to local zoning rules, so they don't think anything will stand in their way.
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Jane Ragsdale ran the Heart O' the Hills camp for girls in Kerr County. The camp was between sessions when the deluge hit. The only person killed there was Ragsdale.
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Jane Ragsdale was killed by the river she loved. She spent almost all her 70 summers attending, and then running camps on the Guadalupe River. She was a beloved community leader in Kerrville.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others have said that seed oils are poisoning Americans. The medical community mostly rejects those claims, but they are causing problems for farmers.
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Many farmers worry the sweeping tariffs announced by President Trump will drive up prices for critical supplies and hurt American exports.
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President Trump said that he is standing up for skilled workers and farmers by slapping tariffs on imports, but farmers aren't happy.
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Twisters that tore through Union County, Missouri killed 6 people. One couple survived against incomprehensible odds in a trailer obliterated by the storm.