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Alabama teen helps secure gold medal for Team USA basketball
AL.com - Alabama
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July 4, 2025
Cameron Blankenship has toured Spain and France to represent the U.S. on the international athletic stage. In the end, he helped Team USA bring back top basketball honors, solidified lifetime memories and prospects for the future. And he’s just...
Therapist offers guidance to parents anxious about sending kids to summer camp after deadly Texas floods
WAAY31 - Alabama
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July 8, 2025
Recent floods in Texas have claimed the lives of more than 100 people, including 28 children. Many of those children were young girls attending a Christian summer camp. As summer continues and children across North Alabama attend similar camps,...
Birmingham Salvation Army mobilizes to aid Texas flood victims
WJSU - Alabama
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — The Salvation Army announced launched a comprehensive response to the catastrophic flooding that struck Central Texas over the weekend. Major Robert Lyle, Command Officer of the Birmingham Central Area Command, emphasized...
Ivey selects Hal Nash to serve as new Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles chair
1819 News
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Governor Kay Ivey on Monday announced she had selected Hal Nash as the new chair of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. By law, Ivey selected the candidate from a list of five qualified persons nominated by a board consisting of Lt. Gov....
Mobile couple, daughter-in-law and granddaughter among dozens still missing after Texas floods
WVTM 13 - Alabama
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July 8, 2025
COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. NEW THIS AFTERNOON. WE’VE LEARNED THAT A FAMILY FROM SOUTH ALABAMA IS AMONG THE DOZENS MISSING IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FATAL FLOODING IN TEXAS. JOE BULLARD AUTOMOTIVE AND MOBILE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY, SAYING...
The 5 most destructive floods in Alabama’s history
The Montgomery Advertiser - Alabama
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Torrential flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in Texas has killed at least 80 people and left dozens missing, including children and counselors from a Christian summer camp. The river surged more than 26 feet in under an hour early July 4,...
Lauderdale EMA warns: Know your flood risk, get to higher ground
WAAY31 - Alabama
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THE SHOALS - In light of the recent devastation in Texas, local emergency management officials are emphasizing the importance of understanding flood risks in North Alabama. Brad Holmes, director of the Lauderdale County EMA, highlighted the...
Death toll surpasses 80 in catastrophic Texas flooding
Tribune Chronicle - Ohio
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KERRVILLE, Texas — Crews trudged through debris and waded into swollen riverbanks today in the search for victims of catastrophic flooding over the July Fourth weekend that killed more than 80 people in Texas, including more than two dozen campers...
Experts weigh in on Texas floods and the impact to Children’s mental health
WSFA 12 - Alabama
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July 7, 2025
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - With many children going away to summer camp over the next few weeks, parents may naturally be worried after the devastating floods in Texas this week that killed at least 82 people, including children attending summer...
Twin girls, beloved coach among those killed in Texas floods
1News
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Two 8-year-old sisters from Dallas who had just completed 2nd grade. A beloved football coach and teacher. An Alabama elementary school student away from home. These are a few of the dozens of victims lost in devastating flash floods in central...
Twin 8-year-old girls among those mourned after Texas floods
The Globe and Mail
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July 7, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:8-year-old twin sisters Hanna and Rebecca Lawrence were among the victims killed by the flooding at Camp Mystic.John Lawrence/The Associated Press Two 8-year-old sisters from Dallas who had just completed 2nd grade. A...
Death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over Fourth of July weekend surpasses 100
KADN News 15 - Louisiana
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July 7, 2025
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth weekend has surpassed 100 as the massive search continues for missing people. The number of deaths reached 104 on Monday. In hard-hit Kerr County, home...
Death toll surpasses 100 in Texas floods, girls camp grieves loss
1News
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The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July 4th weekend has surpassed 100 as the massive search continues for missing people. The number of deaths reached 104 today. In hard-hit Kerr County, home to Camp Mystic and several...
LIVE: Nearly 90 dead, dozens missing after Hill Country Flood Disaster, officials confirm
Amarillo KVII - Texas
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KERRVILLE, Texas - Crews trudged through debris and waded into swollen riverbanks Monday in the search for victims of catastrophic flooding over the July Fourth weekend that has killed nearly 90 people in Texas, including more than two dozen...
The number of dead in Texas flooding passes 100
13 WMAZ - Georgia
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July 7, 2025
Dozens of people remain missing after Friday and Saturday's devastating floods. TEXAS, USA — A July Fourth weekend deluge in Texas caused catastrophic flash flooding that has killed at least 102 people. Camp Mystic in Hunt said Monday morning that...
These states are America’s worst for quality of life in 2025
CNBC
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July 14, 2025
American business is in the grips of a serious labor shortage, even though hiring has slowed and artificial intelligence is picking up more of the slack. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says that for every 100 job openings, only 92 workers are...
How much Trump's ‘big beautiful' bill could raise electricity costs in every U.S. state over the next 10 years
NBC Connecticut
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July 14, 2025
Electricity prices are expected to surge higher throughout the next decade due to energy policy changes in President Donald Trump's "big beautiful" bill, according to a new analysis from Energy Innovation, a non-partisan energy and climate think...
Death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth weekend surpasses 100
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Authorities overseeing the search for flood victims in Texas said Monday that they will wait to address questions about weather warnings and why some summer camps did not evacuate ahead of the catastrophic flooding that...
Latest news on Texas flooding: Death toll continues to rise, Baptists responding
Alabama Baptist
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July 7, 2025
To read a quick recap of some of the latest news reports from The Baptist Paper this week, see below. Check out video updates on the central Texas flooding on our Facebook pages for The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. 1. Camp Mystic — an...
Mental health experts weigh in on Texas floods and the impact to Children’s mental health
WTVY - Alabama
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July 7, 2025
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - With many children going away to summer camp over the next few weeks, parents may naturally be worried after the devastating floods in Texas this week that killed at least 82 people, including children attending summer...