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<p>SETH BORENSTEINJuly 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM</p>

<p>1 / 5Texas Floods Extreme WeatherPhotographs of flood victims are displayed on a memorial wall in Kerrville, Texas, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)</p>

<p>Even before the Central Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, the state was by far the leader in U.S. flood deaths due partly to geography that can funnel rainwater into deadly deluges, according to a study spanning decades.</p>

<p>From 1959 to 2019, 1,069 people died in Texas in flooding, which is nearly one-fifth of the total 5,724 flood fatalities in the Lower 48 states in that time, according to a 2021 study in the journal Water. That's about 370 more than the next closest state, Louisiana.</p>

<p>Flooding is the second leading weather cause of death in the country, after heat, both in 2024 and the last 30 years, averaging 145 deaths a year in the last decade, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</p>

<p>Other floods have turned deadly this year: Last month in San Antonio, 13 people died including 11 people who drove into water thinking they could get through, according to study author Hatim Sharif, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio who studies why people die in floods.</p>

<p>For several years Sharif has urged state and local officials to integrate better emergency action programs to use flood forecasts and save lives by alerting people and closing off vulnerable intersections where roads and water meet.</p>

<p>"I think in Kerr County, if they had an integrated warning system that uses rainfall forecasts to forecast real-time impacts on the ground, that could have saved many lives and could have also helped emergency crews to know which location would be flooded, which roads would be impassable," Sharif said. "They could have taken action."</p>

<p>The role of geography and terrain</p>

<p>Texas has so many deaths because of its geography, population and size, experts say. The area where the most recent deadly floods struck is known as flash flood alley because of hills and valleys.</p>

<p>"Steep, hilly terrain produces rapid runoff and quick stream rises, since the water will travel downhill at greater speed into rivers and over land," said Kate Abshire, lead of NOAA's flash flood services. "Rocky terrain can exacerbate the development of flash floods and raging waters, since rocks and clay soils do not allow as much water to infiltrate the ground."</p>

<p>"Urban areas are especially prone to flash floods due to the large amounts of concrete and asphalt surfaces that do not allow water to penetrate into the soil easily," she said.</p>

<p>Along with those hills, "you've got the Gulf of Mexico right there, the largest body of hot water in the entire North Atlantic most of the time," said Jeff Masters a former government meteorologist who co-founded Weather Underground and now is at Yale Climate Connections. "So you've got a ready source of moisture for creating floods."</p>

<p>Preventable driving deaths</p>

<p>Historically, many of the deaths were preventable across the nation and in Texas alike, according to experts. Masters said nothing illustrates that better than one statistic in Sharif's study: 86% of flood deaths since 1959 were people driving or walking into floodwaters.</p>

<p>Nearly 58% of the deaths were people in cars and trucks. It's a problem especially in Texas because of hills and low lying areas that have more than 3,000 places where roads cross streams and waterways without bridges or culverts, Sharif said.</p>

<p>"People in Texas, they like trucks and SUVs, especially trucks," Sharif said. "They think trucks are tough, and that is I think a factor. So sometimes they use their big car or SUV or truck, and they say they can beat the flood on the street ... especially at night. They underestimate the depth and velocity of water."</p>

<p>Abshire said that not only do people ignore the weather service's safety mantra, "Turn around, don't drown," but studies found that a number of these fatalities occur when people actively drive around barricades and barriers blocking flooded roads.</p>

<p>The latest Texas Hill Country flooding was less typical because so many of the deaths were in a camp where the water overtook the victims, not people going into the water, Sharif said. Only about 8% of flood deaths in the last 60 years happened in permanent homes, mobile homes or camping, according to the study.</p>

<p>The July 4th floods happened at night, a common time for flood deaths. More than half of deaths since 1959 have occurred at night, when it's dark and people can't see how much flooding there is or are not awake for the warnings, Sharif's study found.</p>

<p>As far as demographics, about 62% of U.S. flood deaths were male, according to the study.</p>

<p>"Risk-taking behavior is usually associated with men," Sharif said, adding that it's why most fatal victims of car crashes are male.</p>

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<p>Virginia ChamleeJuly 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM</p>

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<p>A woman says her mother-in-law is bringing her chihuahua with her every time she comes over — and the dog isn't potty-trained</p>

<p>In a post shared to Reddit, the woman writes that the dog is making a mess in her baby's play area</p>

<p>Now, she's debating how to speak to her mother-in-law about the situation</p>

<p>A woman says she's had it with her mother-in-law's insistence on bringing her non-potty-trained chihuahua along on her visits.</p>

<p>In a post shared to Reddit, the anonymous woman writes: "My mother-in-law watches our baby once a week and brings her chihuahua with her when she comes. The past couple of months, I've been figuring out that her dog has been peeing on our carpet and also peeing on one of our baby's play mats."</p>

<p>"I've just been putting up with it and washing the mat in the washing machine after each visit," she writes. "Tonight, I decided to take the blue light to our carpet and noticed pee stains in multiple places throughout our home."</p>

<p>On a recent visit, the woman noticed her mother-in-law instructing the dog to use a potty pad, though it's clear to her that isn't what's happening regularly.</p>

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<p>"I am nervous to say anything to her because she is a good person, but she is VERY easily offended and I really need her to continue watching our baby," she writes. "My husband also isn't happy that the dog is peeing, but he has not said anything to his mother. Am I wrong to think that it be his place to say something? Am I blowing this out of proportion?"</p>

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<p>Others on Reddit are now weighing in on the situation, with many arguing the husband is the one who should deal with it.</p>

<p>"Your husband should bring up this issue with his mother," writes one commenter. "Because this is a sanitation issue that could very easily impact your baby (especially with the dog peeing on the baby's mats), I would insist the dog wear a belly band when it comes over for a while. The issue can be revisited when the dog is better trained and your child is older to where they are less likely to roll around in dog waste while playing."</p>

<p>Adds another commenter: "You have every right not to allow the dog in your home. However, I'm sorry to say this, but you are going to have to find a new babysitter."</p>

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<p>Debt Has Dictated Job Choice For Some 37% Of People, According To Zety Survey</p>

<p>Some 37% of people have accepted a job they weren't otherwise interested in or that fell outside of their desired industry because it gave them a better opportunity to repay their debt, a survey from Zety found.</p>

<p>According to the resume builder service, about half of Americans carry $25,000 in debt, and one in five carry over $100,000. These financial obligations are changing the way people think about and prioritize work.</p>

<p>"Debt is a growing force behind why people take certain jobs, stay in roles longer than they'd like, or hesitate to make a career pivot," Indeed career trends expert Priya Rathod told CNBC.</p>

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<p>Zety found that 38% of people had taken on extra work to help tackle their debt, and 17% of people felt trapped in their current positions, unable to pursue other dreams like starting a business or going back to school, because of their debt.</p>

<p>"Their financial status is impacting not just them in terms of their work and their 9-to-5, but also those life goals," Zety Career Expert Jasmine Escalera told CNBC.</p>

<p>Experts like Rathod told the outlet that when people pick up extra work, it's often because wages and cost of living, which includes debt repayment, aren't matching up. "It's driven by necessity," she said.</p>

<p>However, not all 1,000 workers surveyed by Zety said that the cost of living outpacing wages was their only financial concern. A large portion said that current economic uncertainties were adding to their financial fears. Concerns over tariffs are the largest driver, with 78% saying they are worried that the levies will make it harder to repay or avoid debt in the future.</p>

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<p>When it comes to strategies to offset the impacts of tariffs on debt, 38% of those surveyed said that they had reduced non-essential spending. Another 25% had increased minimum payments in an attempt to get rid of the debt faster, while others were employing strategies like consolidating debt, transferring balances, and negotiating with lenders, among other options. Meanwhile, 34% of people have taken no specific action due to limited financial options.</p>

<p>Many experts agree that taking on additional work can be a great short-term solution for tackling debt, but others warn that it shouldn't be your only plan of attack.</p>

<p>"People really need to understand that working more hours is a short-term solution, and growing your main income is a long-term strategy," Rathod told CNBC.</p>

<p>Asking for a raise, negotiating for parts of your compensation package, and applying for new roles with better wages and benefits are all preferred options, according to Rathod. However, if you are confident that a second job is the best option for you, she recommends choosing work that relies on skills you have already mastered and ensuring the additional hours do not interfere with your primary role.</p>

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Nike, Walmart, Shein, and other major brands that say Trump's tariffs are pushing them to raise prices

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<p>Some companies are preparing to raise prices in response to President Donald Trump's tariffs — or already have.Brandon Bell/Getty, Tyler Le/BI -</p>

<p>Trump's tariffs have led some companies to announce that they plan to raise prices.</p>

<p>Even before his so-called "Liberation Day," companies warned they would pass costs on to shoppers.</p>

<p>BI is keeping track of companies that said they'd raise prices due to tariffs — and those who already have.</p>

<p>Prices are expected to go up this year as many companies signal plans to raise them in response to President Donald Trump's slew of tariffs.</p>

<p>While firms raise prices for many reasons, some were blaming price hikes on tariffs long before Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" on April 2, during which he announced a 10% baseline tariff on imports from most countries, except Canada and Mexico, and a host of "reciprocal" tariffs on top of that.</p>

<p>The situation is fluid, as various countries continue to negotiate potential trade deals with the US.</p>

<p>Some economists have said that Trump's tariffs — and the uncertainty with his overall trade policy — could lead companies to raise prices on the goods they produce.</p>

<p>Here are the companies that have implemented or warned of price increases in recent months.</p>

<p>ConAgra</p>

<p>ConAgra —makers of Pam cooking spray, Reddi-wip, and other snack foods — said it will need to take "targeted pricing actions" to account for steel and aluminum tariffs, among other concerns.</p>

<p>"It's really no different from avocados," CEO Sean Connolly told The Wall Street Journal. "We have no choice but to source it elsewhere.</p>

<p>Nike</p>

<p>Nike is planning to raise prices in order to offset an expected $1 billion additional tariff costs in the 2026 fiscal year, the company told investors in a June 26 earnings call.</p>

<p>"These tariffs represent a new and meaningful cost headwind," said CFO Matthew Friend during the analyst call about Nike's 2025 fiscal year.</p>

<p>The company will be implementing a "surgical price increase" starting this fall in the US, with "phased implementation." The company hasn't revealed which products will be affected, or by how much prices will increase.</p>

<p>Macy's</p>

<p>In its Q1 earnings report on May 28, Macy's announced it was reducing its earnings outlook for the year because of several factors, including higher tariffs and consumers' moderating their discretionary spending.</p>

<p>In a post-earnings call, Macy's CEO, Tony Spring, added that the department store chain would be raising prices on some items to account for higher tariffs.</p>

<p>Spring said that higher "pricing is working its way into the system slowly," adding, "That's why we have taken a more cautious approach to our outlook for the year."</p>

<p>The company's COO and CFO, Adrian Mitchell, followed up to Spring's comment. "We are not just broadly increasing price," he said. "We're being incredibly surgical about the situation with tariffs."</p>

<p>He added, "We're making selective price increase in selective brands, selective categories. So some of the impact on our gross margin this year is going to be around the tariffs."</p>

<p>The news comes in the midst of Macy's plan to close around 150 underperforming stores around the country by 2027 as it leans into expanding its luxury brands, including the high-end department store Bloomingdale's and beauty chain Bluemercury.</p>

<p>Shein and Temu</p>

<p>The two Chinese retailers released almost identical notices on April 16, both reading: "Due to recent changes in global trade rules and tariffs, our operating expenses have gone up."</p>

<p>"To keep offering the products you love without compromising on quality, we will be making price adjustments starting April 25, 2025," Shein's statement said.</p>

<p>Shein, a fast-fashion retailer, and Temu, a marketplace for everything from home goods to electronics, promised their US customers eight final days of low-price shopping.</p>

<p>In addition to hiking tariffs on Chinese imports, Trump also cracked down on the de minimis trade loophole that allowed small parcels under $800 to enter the US tax-free. Shein and Temu were large beneficiaries of this loophole.</p>

<p>Ford</p>

<p>Bloomberg reported that the automaker plans to raise prices on new gas and electric cars starting in May unless Trump gives the industry some relief from tariffs.</p>

<p>Ford, in a memo to dealers viewed by Bloomberg, said that the company anticipates "the need to make vehicle pricing adjustments in the future, which is expected to happen with May production." Prices won't change for vehicles in inventory now.</p>

<p>On April 14, Trump told reporters that he was contemplating a temporary tariff exemption for autos to give manufacturers more time to move production to the US — but no blanket exemption has yet been instituted.</p>

<p>Conagra</p>

<p>Conagra Brands CEO Sean Connolly told Reuters on April 3 that the food company may have to hike prices to offset the cost of tariffs on ingredients like cocoa, olive oil, palm oil, and a type of steel used for its canned products.</p>

<p>Connolly said that Conagra, which makes products such as Hunt's ketchup, imports tin plate steel for its canned food and tomatoes from Mexico.</p>

<p>It was too early to tell how big price hikes on the company's food products would be, he added.</p>

<p>Volkswagen</p>

<p>According to a memo first reported by Automotive News, Volkswagen said it would place an import fee on vehicles made outside of the US in response to Trump's 25% tariff on car imports.</p>

<p>Kjell Gruner, Volkswagen's North America chief executive officer, recently said the carmaker would keep prices steady through the end of May but that they could increase in June.</p>

<p>Best Buy</p>

<p>Best Buy CEO Corie Barry said during the company's March earnings call that Trump's tariff plans are likely to increase prices.</p>

<p>"Trade is critically important to our business and industry. The consumer electronic supply chain is highly global, technical and complex," Barry said. "We expect our vendors across our entire assortment will pass along some level of tariff costs to retailers, making price increases for American consumers highly likely."</p>

<p>Target</p>

<p>Target CEO Brian Cornell told CNBC in a March interview that Trump's 25% tariff plan on goods from Mexico and Canada would likely result in price increases on produce.</p>

<p>"Those are categories where we'll try to protect pricing, but the consumer will likely see price increases over the next couple of days," Cornell said.</p>

<p>Some prices at the store have already gone up.</p>

<p>Stanley Black & Decker</p>

<p>Donald Allan, the CEO of the manufacturing company Stanley Black & Decker, said during a February earnings call: "Our approach to any tariff scenario will be to offset the impacts with a mix of supply chain and pricing actions, which might lag the formalization of tariffs by two to three months."</p>

<p>Allan had previously told analysts in an October earnings call that the company had been evaluating "a variety of different scenarios" to plan for new tariffs under Trump.</p>

<p>"And obviously, coming out of the gate, there would be price increases associated with tariffs that we put into the market," Allan said, adding that "there's usually some type of delay given the processes that our customers have around implementing price."</p>

<p>Walmart</p>

<p>On May 15, Walmart executives said price increases were likely to spike even higher, blaming Trump's ongoing trade war.</p>

<p>"Even at the reduced levels, the higher tariffs will result in higher prices," CEO Doug McMillon said during the company's first quarter earnings call.</p>

<p>US sales were boosted by shoppers looking to beat tariff-related price hikes — but despite strong first-quarter results, Walmart's chief financial officer, John David Rainey, said the extra costs are too great for the company to take on without passing part of the burden on to consumers.</p>

<p>"We're wired for everyday low prices, but the magnitude of these increases is more than any retailer can absorb," he said.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Walmart workers have shared photos of price hikes being applied to store products.</p>

<p>Columbia Sportswear</p>

<p>Tim Boyle, the CEO of Columbia Sportswear, told analysts on an October earnings call that the company was "very concerned about the imposition of tariffs. " He said that while he considered Columbia adept at managing tariffs, "trade wars are not good and not easy to win."</p>

<p>Boyle also told The Washington Post in October that the company was "set to raise prices."</p>

<p>"It's going to be very, very difficult to keep products affordable for Americans," he said. He later said in a February interview with CNBC that "we need some surety about what is going to happen" before making price changes.</p>

<p>AutoZone</p>

<p>Philip Daniele, the CEO of the auto-parts company AutoZone, told analysts on a September earnings call that tariff policies had "ebbed and flowed over the years," and if Trump implemented more tariffs, "we will pass those tariff costs back to the consumer."</p>

<p>"We generally raise prices ahead of that," Daniele said, adding that prices would gradually settle over time. "So, that's historically what we've done," he said.</p>

<p>A 25% tariff on car imports is expected to increase manufacturing costs by anywhere from $4,000 to $12,000.</p>

<p>Procter & Gamble</p>

<p>P&G, the consumer goods company behind brands like Tide and Charmin, is looking at raising prices on new and existing products.</p>

<p>CEO Jon Moeller told CNBC that price hikes are "likely."</p>

<p>"We will have to pull every lever we have in our arsenal to mitigate the impact of tariffs within our cost structure and P&L," P&G's CFO, Andre Schulten, said on a call with reporters.</p>

<p>The company is evaluating "exactly what is the right plan by brand, by market, what combination of pricing, over what period of time," Schulten added.</p>

<p>Ferrari</p>

<p>Italian luxury carmaker Ferrari said in March it'd raise prices by up to 10% on certain models imported to the US starting April 2.</p>

<p>The change was made "based on the preliminary information currently available regarding the introduction of import tariffs on EU cars into the USA," the company said.</p>

<p>Hermès</p>

<p>Eric du Halgouët, executive vice president of finance at the company, told analysts on a call in April that Hermès, the luxury retailer known for its iconic Birkin handbags, hadn't yet been impacted by the tariffs, but said the company would raise prices in the US in May.</p>

<p>"The price increase that we're going to implement will be just for the US. Since it's aimed at offsetting the increase in tariffs, that only applies to the American market," du Halgouët said on the call.</p>

<p>Nintendo</p>

<p>While Nintendo's Switch 2 console hasn't seen a price hike over tariffs, Nintendo did raise the price on some of its accessories "due to changes in market conditions."</p>

<p>"Other adjustments to the price of any Nintendo product are also possible in the future depending on market conditions," the company said.</p>

<p>Camera makers Nikon, Canon, and Leica</p>

<p>Several big suppliers of photography equipment have announced their own price hikes.</p>

<p>"Due to the recent tariffs, a necessary price adjustment for products will take effect on June 23, 2025. We will be carefully monitoring any tariff developments and may adjust pricing as necessary to reflect the evolving market conditions," Nikon said in an announcement in May.</p>

<p>In its first-quarter earnings call, Canon said it will raise prices but is still "in the process of estimating the timing and amount of the increase."</p>

<p>At Leica, price increases across some product lines took effect May 1.</p>

<p>"This is not a Leica-initiated price increase, but a result of the newly enacted tariffs that began on April 5 on imported products, which are significantly impacting the cost of imported goods, including photographic equipment and optics," Leica USA Trade Marketing and Product Communications Manager Nathan Kellum-Pathe said in a statement to Digital Camera World in April.</p>

<p>How have prices affected you? Reach out to [email protected].</p>

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We Asked ChatGPT What Would Happen If Everyone in America Got a $10,000 Stimulus Tomorrow — Here's What it Said

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<p>Vance CariagaJuly 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM</p>

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<p>If you were hoping for an economic stimulus check from the federal government, you're likely to be disappointed.</p>

<p>The idea of a stimulus check briefly made the rounds earlier this year when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — formerly led by Elon Musk — promised trillions of dollars in federal budget savings.</p>

<p>As GOBankingRates previously reported, there was talk that the Trump administration would distribute 20% of DOGE's expected tax savings in the form of a stimulus payment or dividend check as high as $5,000 per recipient. But Musk's promised savings were much lower than originally projected, and the stimulus talk came to a halt.</p>

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<p>But suppose the government did issue a stimulus check — not for $5,000, but for $10,000, which is much higher than the $1,400 checks issued by the Biden administration during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>

<p>We asked ChatGPT what would happen if everyone in America were issued a $10,000 stimulus check tomorrow. The first thing it said is that the effects would be "massive and complex" and touch on nearly every aspect of the U.S. economy and society.</p>

<p>Below are a few of the other things you could expect.</p>

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<p>Short-Term Economic Boom</p>

<p>Most Americans would "immediately spend" some or all of the money on items such as cars, electronics, rent, debt and travel. This in turn would provide a major boost to businesses in the retail, travel, hospitality, food and related industries. The stock markets would also rise due to higher consumer confidence and business revenues.</p>

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<p>Inflation Would 'Likely Spike'</p>

<p>A sudden surge in consumer spending would increase demand faster than supply could keep up. One result is that prices would rise for everything from homes and gas to groceries.</p>

<p>Less Debt, More Savings</p>

<p>Many Americans would use their $10,000 checks to pay off credit cards, student loans and medical bills, which would greatly improve the financial situations of millions of households. For those who don't have a lot of debt, such as the wealthy, part or all of the stimulus money would go directly into bank savings.</p>

<p>Lower Income Americans Would Gain the Most</p>

<p>According to ChatGPT, $10,000 is a "life-changing" sum for people who have been living paycheck-to-paycheck, so lower income Americans would enjoy a major financial boost. The checks would temporarily narrow the wealth gap, while also convincing some Americans to leave the workforce or reduce their hours.</p>

<p>Scams Would Increase — and So Would the National Debt</p>

<p>One of the main risks of a massive stimulus program is that it would attract fraudsters and cybercriminals and lead to more financial scams.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, the U.S. government would have to spend about $3.35 trillion to issue $10,000 checks to every American — which is roughly the size of the entire federal budget. This would lead to a "massive" increase in the national debt unless it were offset by higher taxes or spending cuts elsewhere. In addition, the Federal Reserve might have to "aggressively" raise interest rates.</p>

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We Asked ChatGPT What Would Happen If Everyone in America Got a $10,000 Stimulus Tomorrow — Here’s What it Said

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