Number of missing in deadly Texas floods drops to 3
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Torrential rains transformed the pristine Guadalupe River, unleashing roaring cascades in the predawn hours of Independence Day along 40 miles of Kerr County – claiming at least 106 lives there alone, including 36 children. The confirmed death toll statewide was 133 as of Tuesday morning.
The recent flash floods in central Texas impacted thousands of homes and laid bare the challenges facing local homeowners, including rising insurance rates.
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The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.
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Immigrants in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley are avoiding medical care due to intensified deportation efforts under the Trump administration.
I spoke with Zachary Wasserman, CFO of Huntington Bancshares, a $210 billion regional bank holding company based in Columbus, Ohio, about how their latest Texas expansion fits int
A man accused of killing his wife lived alongside her corpse for more than a month, Texas authorities say. Charles Vandoil Byrd, 49, is charged with tampering with evidence with intent to impair a human corpse after the body of his wife, Angela Byrd, was found concealed in their San Antonio home, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said.
The Texas GOP knows the risk. In the 2010s, the Republican-controlled Legislature drew political lines that helped pad the GOP’s House majority. That lasted until 2018, when a backlash against Trump in his first term led Democrats to flip two seats in Texas that Republicans had thought safe.