Nearly a week after deadly floods struck Central Texas, search and rescue teams are continuing to probe debris for those still missing.

NASA’s high-altitude WB-57 aircraft took off from Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston on Tuesday, and will conduct aerial surveys using its DyNAMITE (Day/Night Airborne Motion Imager for Terrestrial Environments) sensor.

Rescuers pulled off a “one in a million miracle” early Thursday when they found a teenage surfer alive on a remote and uninhabited island miles offshore. Australian Darcy Deefholts, 19, had vanished after heading out for an afternoon session Wednesday,

Leigh Stephens told Newsweek it's "hilarious that I learned dog commands before I learned basic future tense verbs or how to schedule a doctor's appointment!"

"Insured to Death" argues that the U.S. health care system is failing due to profit-driven insurance companies and their opaque algorithmic denial of care, citing recent alarming cases of UnitedHealth's practices.

Recent flash flooding in Texas​, New Mexico​ and North Carolina​ is highlighting the extreme danger of these natural disasters and the need to be prepared.

Fire crews and trained search dogs from the Bay Area have been deployed to Texas to assist in ongoing rescue efforts as catastrophic flooding continues across the state. As of Wednesday, more than 160 people were missing and at least 100 have died, according to the Associated Press.

A remarkable rescue cat named Spud has achieved the impossible dream of transforming from abandoned stray to international television celebrity, starring alongside major actors like Martin Freeman and Sue Johnson in hit BBC dramas.