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Producer Brandee Weber (from left) and Ian Vosburg, director of annual giving, rehearse for a membership pledge taking place during "PBS News Hour" at Nebraska Public Media in Lincoln on June 6.

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Mike Binder (left) and Jamie Bray look over radios before checking them out to Nebraska Task Force One members at the Municipal Services Center in Lincoln on Monday. Gov. Jim Pillen is deploying the task force to areas of Texas affected by devastating flash flooding late last week.

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Zac Halley plants flowers on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at the Sunken Gardens in Lincoln.

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Judah Bornschlegl and Bella Miron carry fireworks out of trucks as they restock the shelves at Kracklin Kirk's Firework Stand on Monday, June 30, 2025, in Denton.

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