• Quick action by one Texas summer camp leads to timely evacuations ahead of deadly flood
    It was about 1 a.m. on the Fourth of July when the facilities manager at a central Texas summer camp saw water from the Guadalupe River steadily rising amid a deluge of rain. Aroldo Barrera notified his boss, who had been monitoring reports of the storms approaching Presbyterian Mo-Ranch Assembly, a recreation destination where an […]
  • Death toll in central Texas flash floods rises to 78 as sheriff says 10 campers remain missing
    KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Families sifted through waterlogged debris Sunday and stepped inside empty cabins at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp ripped apart by flash floods that washed homes off their foundations and killed at least 78 people in central Texas. Rescuers maneuvering through challenging terrain continued their desperate search for the missing, including […]
  • Trump says it’s ridiculous for Musk to start a political party
    MORRISTOWN, New Jersey (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Sunday that billionaire Elon Musk’s move to start a new U.S. political party is ridiculous and could add to confusion. “I think it’s ridiculous to start a third party,” Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey. “Starting a third party just […]
  • The places where deadly Texas floodwaters have killed at least 70 people
    Search teams are using helicopters, boats and drones to look for victims in flash floods that have torn across central Texas since the at the start of the July Fourth weekend. At least 70 people have died and many more are still missing, including at least 11 girls from a summer camp. At the center […]
  • Bodies of all 7 missing people found at a California fireworks warehouse that exploded
    ESPARTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Northern California have found the bodies of all seven people missing since an explosion last week at a fireworks warehouse that caused a wildfire and shook a tiny farming community. The barrage of fireworks that exploded Tuesday caused a massive blaze that led to other spot fires and collapsed […]