59 m. ago Texas floods latest: Death toll rises to 120 as Camp Mystic cabins ‘built on extremely hazardous flood zone’

At least 173 people remain missing in the state, with Governor Greg Abbott fearing more could soon be ‘added to that list’

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20 h. ago Country singer Pat Green confirms ‘multiple family members’ died in Texas flooding

In Kerr County alone, 94 victims, roughly a third of whom are children, have been recovered as of Tuesday – at least 161 people remain unaccounted for, say officials

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22 h. ago Texas floods latest: Death toll surpasses 110 and 173 still missing as governor fears ‘more could be added to list’

At least 161 people remain missing in Kerr County alone, which has seen no rescues since Friday

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25 h. ago Texas floods latest: Over 110 dead and 173 still missing as Camp Mystic’s disaster plan ‘approved days before flood’

At least 161 people remain missing in Kerr County alone, which has seen no rescues since Friday

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29 h. ago Flood victim's 30 minutes of terror on phone to 911 as waters rose but they still couldn't save her

At least 173 people remain missing five days after a '30-foot tsunami wall of water' wiped out cabins along the Guadalupe River and destroyed everything in its path.

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32 h. ago Floods death toll set to soar FAR higher than feared as sheer terror of victim who couldn't be saved emerges

At least 173 people remain missing five days after a '30-foot tsunami wall of water' wiped out cabins along the Guadalupe River and destroyed everything in its path.

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60 h. ago Texas flooding kills more than 90 people as 5 million remain under flood watch – latest updates

Donald Trump will travel to Texas later this week as Texas senator Ted Cruz defends response to floodingCamp Mystic confirms 27 children and counsellors died in floodsTexas flood survivors question planning and responseResidents of Kerr County began clearing mud and salvaging what they could from their demolished properties as they recounted harrowing escapes from rapidly rising floodwaters late Friday.Reagan Brown said his parents, in their 80s, managed to escape uphill as water inundated their home in the town of Hunt. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide, justice department and FBI review confirms

Memo says investigators didn’t find evidence to ‘predicate an investigations against uncharged third parties’A review of files held by the US government on the financier Jeffrey Epstein has said there is no secret client list to be released, and confirmed his August 2019 death by suicide while in federal custody, both of which contradict conspiracy theories.A memo said that a Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) review of the files – which has for years been teased as a treasure trove of information about a larger network of wrongdoing – concluded that no further charges are expected, as investigators “did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties”. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Spaceship carrying human remains of more than 160 people crashes into the sea

A space capsule carrying human ashes on a memorial mission was meant to return safely to Earth – but instead met a very different fate

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68 h. ago Texas’s Camp Mystic confirms 27 children and counsellors died in floods

Camp says the search continues for missing people while life-threatening flooding still remains a threat Texas floods – latest updatesCamp Mystic, the girls summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Texas, has confirmed that 27 children and counsellors died in the flash floods that have wreaked devastation on the area since Friday.“Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy. We are praying for them constantly,” a statement on the camp website read.Associated Press contributed reporting Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Frightened boy, 5, filmed being rescued from Arizona desert after wandering off with his dog

According to a dispatcher heard in body cam footage shared by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Zayden had chased the pooch after it fled his grandmother's home.

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6 d. ago 8 remain hospitalized from skydiving plane's crash shortly after takeoff from New Jersey airport

Eight people remain hospitalized after a skydiving plane crashed at Cross Keys Airport in southern New Jersey on Wednesday evening

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7 d. ago A Tohono O'odham family integrates Catholic and Native beliefs in the Arizona desert

The history of encounters between Catholicism and Native spirituality has often been marred by violence and oppression

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9 d. ago 'Shambolic' nationwide meter replacement 'could leave households without hot water'

Energy bosses insist they are doing all they can to prepare households for a meter switch-over but concerns remains that people could be caught out

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2 w. ago ‘A dog cemetery would not be treated like this’: the fight to preserve Black burial grounds in the US

In the absence of federal oversight, Black communities band together to stave off development on historic resting placesA large puddle of water and thickets of weeds cover a vacant lot in Bethesda, Maryland. A towering apartment complex overshadows the cracked asphalt, but Marsha Coleman-Adebayo is most concerned about what – and who – lies beneath.The nearly two-acre site in the Washington DC suburb covers the historic Moses Macedonia African Cemetery and another burial ground for enslaved people, with the oldest portion dating back to at least the mid-1800s. Hundreds of bones found there may be the remains of enslaved people and their descendants, while more bodies may lie under the parking lot of the Westwood Tower apartment complex. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tobacco exposure killed more than 7m people in 2023, study finds

Researchers say tobacco linked to about one in eight deaths worldwide and numbers rising sharply in some countries Exposure to tobacco killed more than 7 million people worldwide in 2023, according to estimates.It remains the leading risk factor for deaths in men, among whom there were 5.59m deaths, and ranks seventh for women, among whom there were 1.77m deaths. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Police were stumped when my son vanished in the Arizona desert... now my investigation has uncovered the remains of at least seven people

Daniel Robinson had just graduated from college and moved to the Arizona desert to be a geologist - but disappeared just a few weeks into his new life.

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on extreme weather: build national readiness – or let everyday life keep breaking down | Editorial

Britain faces rising climate threats, yet lacks a country adaptation plan. Urgent, coordinated investment is needed to protect lives and infrastructureBritain’s four-day heatwave – made 100 times more likely by the climate crisis – is expected to claim about 600 lives. Researchers say high temperatures from Thursday to Sunday would lead to a sharp rise in excess mortality, especially among older people in cities such as London and Birmingham. They forecast the deadliest day as Saturday, with temperatures above 32C and about 266 deaths. These are not abstract figures, but lives cut short by a threat we understand, yet remain unprepared for.Young people seem to grasp this. In a YouGov poll last week, roughly a quarter of 18- to 24-year-olds said they hoped there wouldn’t be a heatwave – while more than two-fifths of older people welcomed the sunshine. That generational split isn’t just cultural. It reflects an entirely rational anxiety: younger people face a future living in a climate...

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2 w. ago 6 people dead and 2 missing after boat capsizes on Lake Tahoe during summer storm

Six people are dead and two remain missing after a luxury powerboat capsized on Lake Tahoe, authorities said.

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2 w. ago Six people hospitalized in California mass shooting as suspect remains at large

Six people are in critical condition after gunfire broke out in a residential neighborhood in California, as police frantically search for the suspect.

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