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Experts weigh in on Texas floods and the impact to Children’s mental health
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 8-year-old girls among those mourned after Texas floods
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...

Alabama Republicans help House gives final approval to Trump’s big tax bill
WASHINGTON — House Republicans propelled President Donald Trump’s big trillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final passage Thursday in Congress, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before...

Death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over Fourth of July weekend surpasses 100
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
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
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
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...

Death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth weekend surpasses 100
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...

Tears and Rubble: Families Return to Devastated Camp Mystic as Texas Flood Death Toll Climbs to 82”
By Gloria Ogbonna The heart-wrenching aftermath of the catastrophic flash floods that swept through central Texas continues to unfold as grieving families, rescue crews, and officials confront the magnitude of one of the deadliest natural...
Latest news on Texas flooding: Death toll continues to rise, Baptists responding
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...

Authorities will wait to address questions about Texas floods, as search for the dead...
With additional rain on the way, more flooding still threatened in saturated parts of central Texas. Authorities said the death toll was sure to rise. The announcement by Camp Mystic confirmed the worst fears after a wall of water slammed into...

Mental health experts weigh in on Texas floods and the impact to Children’s mental health
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 eight-year-old girls, a beloved soccer coach and camp director among those killed in Texas floods as death toll climbs to 95
LATEST | At least 95 people have died in the flooding across the state, according to local officialsA Christian summer camp said 27 girls and staff members had been killed in the disasterIn Hill Country, where the worst flooding occurred, up to...

Four members of Mobile family missing in Texas flood, one rescued
Longtime Mobile residents Eddie Santana. Sr., 69, and wife Ileana, 66, are missing in the Texas hill country flood, along with their daughter-in-law Camille Santana, 38, and granddaughter Mila Santana, 5. The two Santana grandparents went to...

A father, a grandmother, children: The faces of the Texas flooding tragedy
Julian Ryan’s final words to his mother as floodwaters quickly engulfed their trailer home were simply, “I love you.” He had made a split-second decision to thrust his arm through a window to help his fiancée, two young kids and mom escape the...

Top Museum Exhibitions During Frieze Week London
‘Kerry James Marshall: The Histories’ | Royal Academy | 20 September 2025 – 18 January 2026 Kerry James Marshall, Untitled, 2009. Acrylic on PVC panel, 155.3 x 185.1 cm. © Kerry James Marshall. Courtesy: Yale University Art Gallery More than 70...

Alabama law prohibits student phones at school
Published 10:15 am Thursday, July 3, 2025 Starting this fall, students in Alabama’s public schools will need to keep their phones out of sight and powered off during class time. The new statewide rule, part of the FOCUS Act signed into law by Gov....

Texas Flood Death Toll Rises to 87, Including 27 Children
Churches across central Texas came together to pray Sunday as the region continues to search for survivors from a catastrophic flood that devastated the region and left at least 87 dead, marking one of the worst natural disasters in American...

At least 90 dead following flooding in Texas, officials searching for survivors
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Crews picked through mountains of debris and waded into swollen rivers Monday in the search for victims of catastrophic flooding that killed nearly 90 people over the July Fourth weekend in Texas, including more than two...

Camp 'grieving the loss of 27 campers and counselors' in Texas floods
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Camp Mystic says it is “grieving the loss” the loss of 27 campers and counselors as the search continued Monday for victims of catastrophic Texas flooding over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The statement adds another...