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Flooding across Houston has left many people Stranded. Houston Public Media reporter Andrew Schneider gives an update from inside a building cut off by the water.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to meteorologist Eric Berger about the forecast for the city of Houston over the next few days.

While Houston is experiencing record-breaking flooding, cities across East Texas are taking stock of the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey and bracing for more rain. NPR's Debbie Elliot reports from Beaumont, Texas.

Michel Martin talks to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner about the storm pummeling the region.

A recent study suggests that when people spend their extra cash to get help with time-consuming chores, they're likelier to feel better than if they use the money to buy more things.

Despite legal requirements, more than one-quarter of cases of severe abuse that were uncovered by government investigators were not reported to the police. The majority involved sexual assault.

King is the first African-American to be memorialized on the state Capitol grounds, where monuments to Confederate generals and segregationists stand.

Rockport, Texas, was among the hardest hit towns when Hurricane Harvey made landfall. Rachel Martin talks to Mashon Hunt, who is staying in a shelter in Austin after being evacuated from Rockport.

Officials now call Tropical Storm Harvey, which was a hurricane, an "unprecedented" weather event that has left thousands of homes flooded, stranding some people and overwhelming rescue workers.

Unsuspecting attendants at a Hungarian music festival got a surprise when they tried to use a certain portable toilet. Instead of being a real bathroom, it led to a secret rave.