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Rural Texas county’s top leaders were asleep, out of town during initial hours of flood crisis
Associated Press
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July 31, 2025
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood that came barreling through the region, causing widespread destruction and killing more than 130...
World Aquatics: Summer Mcintosh Nearly Breaks World Record In Women's 200M Butterfly China's Yu Zidi, 12, Finishes 4Th
MENAFN
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July 31, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Singapore, July 31 (IANS) The World Aquatics Championship nearly saw a second World Record being made in two days as Canada's Summer McIntosh came up with a brilliant performance to get closer than anyone had been before to breaking...
Texas’ Civilian Labor Force Sets New Record as Annual Growth Rate Continues to Outpace the Nation
Lamb County Leader News - Texas
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July 30, 2025
AUSTIN - Texas’ civilian labor force achieved another new record high of 15,850,100 after adding 10,800 people over the month and marking 60 of 62 months of growth. Over the year, Texas’ civilian labor force has added 237,800 people. Lamb County...
Mother of Joel Osteen and Lakewood Church Co‑founder Dies
The News Chronicle
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July 31, 2025
“Dodie” Osteen, co-founder of Lakewood Church and mother of Pastor Joel Osteen, passed away peacefully at her home at the age of 91. The announcement was made on Wednesday, July 31, 2025, by Joel Osteen through a message shared on social media. An...
An Arkansas teacher is charged in the killing of a couple who were hiking with their children
Santa Maria Times - California
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas police have charged a 28-year-old schoolteacher in the killing of a married couple who were hiking with their children at Devil’s Den State Park, arresting him in a nearby city after a five-day search and public...
Texans and Mexicans gang up on Apaches
Mount Pleasant Tribune - Texas
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July 30, 2025
Victorio was beaten in a Big Bend battle on Jul. 30, 1880, but the Chiricahua Apache still had plenty of fight left in him. Three months later, several companies of West Texas cavalry reinforced the international expedition against the Apaches...
NYU Langone, Cincinnati Children’s Top Lists of Best Adult/Pediatric Pulmonology Hospitals
RT Magazine
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July 31, 2025
For the second straight year, the NYU Langone Hospitals has been ranked as the No 1 hospital for Pulmonology & Lung Surgery nationwide, according to US News & World Report’s annual best hospitals rankings.* In the pediatric category, Cincinnati...
Houston’s CURVchella empowers plus-size women to thrive in fashion, business
Defender Network - Texas
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July 30, 2025
Houston-based stylist Kimberly Williams was quietly battling stage 4 breast cancer in 2022. Instead of going public, she kept the diagnosis within a tight inner circle. But before stepping away from the spotlight, she wanted to leave the city she...
OPINION: Goodbye, Education Department. I'm so glad to see you go.
El Paso Times - Texas
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The federal government is the largest employer in the U.S., and the Trump administration is reducing its size. Layoffs have occurred at the State and Education Departments, the latter of which has a $268 billion budget despite declining student...
Texas Redistricting: How we got here and where we are headed
Defender Network - Texas
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July 30, 2025
Everything truly is bigger in Texas — including redistricting drama. According to state lawmakers and community leaders, the current GOP-led effort to redraw Texas’ congressional voting maps—five years ahead of schedule—threatens to silence the...
Texas Gun Shows Embrace The Growing Female Customer Base
105.1 KEAN Radio - Texas
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July 29, 2025
Texas Women Are Changing the Gun Industry, One Caliber at a Time For the past few years, more women in Texas have been stepping up to the firing line, literally. According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), women are now outpacing...
Catholic immigration advocates praise bipartisan attempt at reform: ‘It’s absolutely necessary’
Dialog - Delaware
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July 31, 2025
WASHINGTON — Catholic immigration advocates praised the bipartisan effort behind the reintroduction of legislation in Congress that would give legal status to some eligible immigrants who currently lack legal authorization to be in the U.S. The...
'Found on the Guadalupe River': Dondi Persyn reunites lost mementoes with owners after Texas floods
AOL
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Dondi Perysn recovered a purse from the Guadalupe River after the devastating floods that recently swept through central Texas.Photograph: Courtesy of Dondi PerysnA child’s lifejacket, a small pink and blue swimming suit top, a delicate pearl and...
Local officials in the epicenter of Texas floods missed state emergency planning briefings
Apple Valley News Now (KAPP) - Washington State
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(CNN) — All key leading officials from the Texas county hardest hit by the July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 136 people, were absent from an emergency briefing call ahead of the flash flooding incident, questioning from state lawmakers on...
A century later, Rep. Gabe Evans echoes anti-immigrant attitudes his grandfather’s family overcame
Colorado Newsline
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July 31, 2025
During his whirlwind rise to Congress, U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans has on countless occasions told an abridged version of the story of his “abuelito Chavez,” who earned his citizenship through Army service in World War II. “In 1929, my grandfather,...
Help pours into Central Texas as cleanup continues from devastating flood
NBC 5 DFW - Texas
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July 30, 2025
On Thursday, Texas state lawmakers will convene in Kerr County to allow the public to share feedback on the response to the catastrophic July 4 flood. It comes as the search and recovery mission continues and cleanup begins. Taking us on a tour of...
Jasmine Crockett addresses ICE facility allegations and Texas redistricting proposals
Dallas City Wire - Texas
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July 30, 2025
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has recently used her social media platform to address several pressing issues, including alleged abuses at an immigration facility, environmental policy changes by the Trump administration, and proposed...
WWREST: Texas Wesleyan Joins KCAC/SAC Women’s Wrestling Merger for 2025-26 Season
BVM Sports
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July 31, 2025
KANSAS — Texas Wesleyan University will join a new women's wrestling qualifying group for the 2025-26 season, as the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) and the Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) merge their women's wrestling programs, both...
Central Christian Women’s Wrestling To Join KCAC/SAC Women’s Wrestling Merger for 2025-26 Season
BVM Sports
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July 31, 2025
McPherson, Kan. – Central Christian College Women's Wrestling will join a new qualifying group for the 2025-26 season as the Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) and Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) will merge their women's wrestling...
As Non-Profits, Religious Institutions Can Now Endorse Candidates
Consortium News
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July 31, 2025
Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer comments on the Internal Revenue Service’s move to change how it enforces the Johnson Amendment, which for more than 70 years has restricted charities from endorsing political candidates. President Donald Trump with religious...