By Darlene McCormick Sanchez President Donald Trump visited Central Texas on July 11 for a first-hand look at damage from a devastating flood that claimed the lives of more than 120 people statewide, including more than 35 children. A handful of people gathered at various points along the presidential motorcade’s route, waving and recording Trump’s […]
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Death Toll From Texas Floods Rises to 119 as at Least 170 Remain Missing
By Katabella Roberts The number of people who have died from the catastrophic flooding in central Texas over the Fourth of July weekend continues to rise, with at least 119 dead throughout the state, officials said on July 9. The death toll in Kerr County, the area that was hardest hit by the flooding, was […]
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Death Toll in Texas Floods Tops 100
By Savannah Hulsey Pointer The number of deaths from flooding in central Texas over the July Fourth weekend reached 104 on Monday. In hard-hit Kerr County, officials said searchers have found the bodies of 84 people, including 28 children. Nineteen deaths were reported in Travis, Burnet, Kendall, Tom Green, and Williamson counties. Officials have said […]
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Death Toll From Texas Floods Rises to 82, Including 28 Children; Trump Plans Visit
By Jacob Burg and T.J. Muscaro Two days after catastrophic flash floods raged through central Texas, at least 82 people, including 28 children, have been confirmed dead, more than 40 remain missing, and rescuers continue to search through a devastating landscape of overturned cars and mud-filled debris for potential survivors. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on […]
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Rescuers Search for 11 Missing Girls After Devastating Texas Floods Killed at Least 70
By Jacob Burg Just two days after catastrophic flash floods in central Texas washed away homes and vehicles and left at least 70 people dead, rescuers on July 6 are searching through a devastating landscape of overturned cars and mud-filled debris to search for potential survivors, including 11 girls who went missing when their camp […]
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24 Dead, 20 Girls Missing as Flooding Ravages Central Texas
By Tom Ozimek Catastrophic flash flooding triggered by torrential rainfall has left 24 people dead, others missing, and extensive damage across parts of central Texas, prompting urgent rescue operations and widespread power outages on Independence Day. At a news conference late Friday, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said “about 24” people were dead after at […]
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Texas Company Unveils Plans to Build World’s Largest Data Center Complex
By John Haughey A Texas company co-founded by former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry says it will build “the world’s largest Artificial Intelligence complex” in a “first-of-its-kind, behind-the-meter ‘HyperGrid’ campus” near Amarillo. Dallas-based Fermi America on June 26 announced that it will formally begin work July 4 on a proposed 5,770-acre project that will house […]
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SpaceX Says No One Injured After Starship Explosion in Texas
By Katabella Roberts A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded into a fireball during testing at a Starbase facility in southern Texas on Wednesday while on a stand preparing for its tenth flight, the Elon Musk-led company said in a statement on the social platform X. SpaceX said Starship experienced a “major anomaly,” while on the test […]
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Key Vote Puts Texas Closer to Displaying Ten Commandments in Classrooms
By Jacob Burg The Texas Legislature cleared a major vote on May 24 on a measure that would require the state’s public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. The state’s Republican-majority House of Representatives offered preliminary approval of the measure on May 24, with a final vote to be held in the next few […]
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Google to Pay $1.4 Billion to Texas, Settle Data Privacy Case
By Naveen Athrappully Google has agreed to settle multiple data privacy lawsuits brought by Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton by paying $1.375 billion, the AG’s office said in a May 9 statement. This is the “highest recovery nationwide against Google for any attorney general’s enforcement of state privacy laws,” said the statement. “To date, […]
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Trump Says He’ll Choose Between Ken Paxton and John Cornyn in Texas US Senate Race
By Arjun Singh WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has said that he will endorse a candidate in the U.S. Senate election in Texas in 2026, in which two of his political associates are running against each other. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who has held the seat since 2002, is running for reelection to a fifth term in […]
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Siemens Building $285 Million Manufacturing Facilities in California, Texas
By Katabella Roberts Siemens unveiled two new state-of-the-art facilities for electrical products in California and Texas this week as part of a $285 million investment in manufacturing in the United States, the tech giant announced on March 7. The German technology company said in a statement that the new factories in Pomona, California, and Fort […]
