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Scott Simon is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
Texas Search And Rescue Operations Halted, Flash Flood Warning Issued
The death toll has now climbed to at least 129, making it America's deadliest rainfall-driven flash flood since 1976.
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Francis Scott Key, the Reluctant Patriot - Smithsonian Magazine
Francis Scott Key, the Reluctant Patriot The Washington lawyer was an unlikely candidate to write the national anthem; he was against America’s entry into the War of 1812 from the outset ...
US Coast Guard-Corpus Christi rescue swimmer saves 169 lives in Texas floods; called an 'American Hero'
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — US Coast Guard-Sector Corpus Christi Rescue Swimmer Scott Ruskan is being called "An American Hero" ...
'American hero': Coast Guard rescue swimmer saves nearly 200 from Texas floods
Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan rescued nearly 200 people during his first mission over the weekend from floods that ...
Who is Scott Ruskan? NJ Coast Guard officer saves kids at Camp Mystic, Texas flooding
Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan from NJ has been hailed an "American hero" for rescuing those in the Texas floods.
'American Hero': US Coast Guard-Corpus Christi rescue swimmer saves 169 lives in Texas floods
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — US Coast Guard-Sector Corpus Christi Rescue Swimmer Scott Ruskan is being called "An American Hero" after helping save more than 169 lives during the devastating Fourth of July ...