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Some of the levees in New Orleans patched up after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city were unable to hold back surging waters from Hurricane Rita. Parts of the city that had been mostly drained of standing water are flooded again.

The pedestrian and cyclist path would make use of a one-mile stretch of abandoned, elevated concrete track. "You are still in the city ... but you are flying above the city," Piano says.

So, you've grown a pumpkin that weighs over 1,000 pounds. What now? For Rick Swenson, competitive pumpkin grower, the answer was clear: Get in and paddle it down the river as far as it'll go.

The missing submersible is equipped with several mechanisms that can bring it back to the surface during an emergency, according to a former passenger.

The housewife and superstar — a creation of Australian comedian Barry Humphries — says it's not entirely clear what her retirement will look like. "I'm a restless spirit," she says.

Twelve members of a boys soccer team and their coach were trapped in the cave by rising floodwaters more than a week ago. "We found them safe," Chiang Rai Gov. Narongsak Osotthanakorn says.

Travis Kauffman, 31, was halfway through his run in the foothills outside Fort Collins, Colo., when he heard rustling behind him. He soon found himself in a struggle to survive.

The plane crashed on Oahu's North Shore on Friday evening, killing everyone on board, authorities said. NTSB records show the plane was damaged in a 2016 incident.

It came ashore as a Category 2 storm with winds of 100 mph. The winds quickly dropped to Category 1 level.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Tammy Patrick, senior adviser to the Democracy Fund, about the integrity of state ballot counting.