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PHOTO: Officials comb through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. — Julio Cortez/AP

Texas flash flooding disaster raises questions about rescue and recovery efforts

PHOTO: The beams of light that comprise the annual Tribute in Light are tested as New York City prepares to mark 23 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks which brought down the World Trade Center Twin Towers in 2001, on Sept. 5, 2024, in New York City. — Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The other 9/11 investigation: ANALYSIS

PHOTO: A pedestrian passes police barricades surrounding the United Nations headquarters as 1st Avenue is partially shut down to unofficial traffic, Sept. 22, 2021, during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. — John Minchillo/AP

How threats at the United Nations General Assembly are handled: ANALYSIS

PHOTO: U.S. Secret Service agents guard President Donald Trump as he boards Air Force One to return to Washington from Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, Aug. 18, 2019. — Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Protecting US government leaders: Who gets security and why: ANALYSIS

PHOTO: Authorities retrieve evidence markers at the scene of a mass shooting, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. — John Minchillo/AP

How the NICS gun background check system works: Analysis

PHOTO: A police officer looks at his phone in a squad car. — STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images

The dangers of social media for law enforcement take center stage amid series of scandals: Analysis

PHOTO: A man is seen typing on a laptop computer in this undated stock photo. — STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images

Cyberspace is the new Cold War: ANALYSIS

How the president granted the AG power to declassify documents: Analysis

PHOTO: The interior of the lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. — Eric Risberg/AP, FILE

Why we need the federal death penalty for cop killers: Opinion

PHOTO:President Donald Trump speaks during the presentation of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point football team, in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 6, 2019. — Evan Vucci/AP

‘Spying’ -- what it is, what it isn’t and how espionage is evolving around the globe: ANALYSIS

PHOTO: Charlotte-Mecklenburg crime scene investigators talk in front of the Kennedy building where a gunman killed two people and injured four students at UNC Charlotte, May 1, 2019, in Charlotte, North Carolina. — Sean Rayford/Getty Images

The active shooter threat, and how law enforcement is responding: Analysis

PHOTO: Sri Lankan Navy soldiers stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine a day after the series of blasts, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 22, 2019. — Eranga Jayawardena/AP

What the terrorist threat from Sri Lanka may really mean: ANALYSIS

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