WILLIAM BRANGHAM: The day's other headlines start in New Jersey, where authorities say a severe storm killed two people when their vehicle was swept away in floodwaters.

Rain and wind blasted the Northeast overnight, soaking streets and stranding passengers.

Parts of New Jersey recorded at least six inches of rain, while, in New York City: MAN: Attention, passengers, I'm going to call this one in.

I can't open the doors.

It's not safe.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Water overwhelmed the sewer system and gushed into subway stations.

Some riders stood on their seats as train cars flooded.

New York City's chief climate officer says these types of storms are becoming more frequent.

ROHIT AGGARWALA, Chief Climate Officer of New York City: It is now the case that five of the most intense rainstorms New York City's history have taken place in the last four years.

We have an infrastructure that was designed for an environment we no longer live in.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: As residents clean up from the storms, forecasters say the weather is set to improve across much of the region, though more storms are possible in parts of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic through the end of the week.

In Texas, search efforts are ongoing for those still missing after the deadly Fourth of July flooding.

At least 132 people are known to have died, with the vast majority of those in Kerr County.

Officials say 101 people are still unaccounted for as officials look to drain reservoirs to search for victims.

Rainfall this week has hampered recovery operations and a flood watch remains in effect for parts of South Central Texas, which includes Kerr County.

Turning to Gaza, health officials say Israeli airstrikes overnight killed at least 93 people, including dozens of women and children.

One strike hit the Shati refugee camp in the north.

Hospital officials there say a Hamas politician was killed along with a couple and their six children.

Israel did not comment on that attack, but it frequently blames Hamas for civilian deaths, saying its militants hide in populated areas.

Syria's defense minister announced a cease-fire today after sectarian clashes killed dozens of people in the country's south.

The truce came shortly after government forces entered a vital city in the southern Suwayda province.

The fighting began with kidnappings and attacks between local bedouin tribes and fighters from the Druze minority group.

Officials say more than 30 people were killed yesterday.

A U.K.-based monitor says at least 135 people died over two days.

Neighboring Israel had launched strikes on the area, saying they were aimed at supporting the Druze and preventing further fighting near its own border.

A judge in the U.K. sentenced two men today to more than four years in prison for cutting down England's iconic Sycamore Gap Tree.

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were convicted of two counts each of criminal damage, one for cutting down the tree, as seen in this grainy video that was used as evidence, and the other for damaging the ancient Hadrian's Wall, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The tree stood for nearly 150 years before it was chopped down in 2023 in what prosecutors called a moronic mission.

A team of private astronauts is safely back on earth after a nearly three-week visit to the International Space Station.

WOMAN: And we have splashdown of the AX-4 crew back on planet Earth.

MAN: Welcome home.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Nighttime footage shows the SpaceX capsule landing in the Pacific Ocean in the early hours of this morning.

The crew included the first astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary in more than four decades.

Each country paid more than $65 million for the trip.

And mission lead Peggy Whitson broke her own record for time spent in space, now at 695 days over five missions.

That's more than any other American or woman from any nation.

On Wall Street today, stocks largely dipped after that report showing a rise in inflation.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 400 points on the day.

The Nasdaq managed a slight gain, thanks largely to A.I.

giant Nvidia, but the S&P 500 eased back from its recent highs.

And the man believed to be the oldest marathon runner has died.

Fauja Singh was known as the Turbaned Torpedo.

He began running at age 89 after losing his wife and son.

Singh became the oldest man to run a full marathon at age 100, though his feat was not recognized by Guinness World Records because they could not certify his age.

Local media says Singh died from injuries after being hit by a car in his native village in Punjab.

Fauja Singh was believed to be 114 years old.

Still to come on the "News Hour": why a highly successful HIV/AIDS program the president wants to cut may be off the chopping block; a preliminary report into last month's deadly Air India crash raises new questions; and a Palestinian comedian uses humor to process the ongoing war in Gaza.