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World Central Kitchen, the nonprofit disaster relief group, is in the Texas Hill Country, bringing meals to families who are awaiting word about missing family or who have learned the worst.Revonda Kirby, who handles community outreach for the disaster response group, said the organization often responds to large geographic disasters and responded to the central Texas flooding because of the “tragedy of the loss of life, even if you don’t have the displaced number of individuals that you might have from a hurricane or a tornado.”Kirby said increasingly the group is responding to rural areas in addition to large disasters…

Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States over the past few decades, according to the National Weather Service, and flash floods are the nation’s top storm-related killer.Here’s a look at some of the most deadly flooding nationwide in the past 25 years.Searchers used helicopters, boats and drones to look for victims and to rescue stranded people in trees and from camps isolated by washed-out roads.Hurricane Helene, 2024Hurricane Helene struck Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia in September 2024. The storm caused about 250 deaths, according to the National Weather Service.Many of those who…

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ShareFamilies of victims were emotional during hearingShanshan Dong and Liz KreutzSeveral family members seated in the gallery were crying as the hearing went on.Kristi Goncalves silently sobbed as the judge read Kaylee’s name. An aunt of Kaylee’s had her head down, holding her forehead and was also weeping. The aunt also sobbed when prosecutors spoke about blood on the murder weapon.Madison Mogen’s father, Ben, looked agitated and was breathing heavily, rubbing his eyes with a handkerchief. He did not look at Kohberger while he answered the judge’s questions.ShareJudge sets sentencing dateKohberger will be sentenced on July 23 at 9 a.m.…

Pioneering televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, one of the first preachers to bring his ministry to a massive TV audience before being embroiled in a damaging sex scandal, died in Louisiana following a two-week hospitalization, a family representative said Tuesday.He was 90.”Today, our hearts are heavy as we share that Brother Swaggart has finished his earthly race and entered into the presence of His Savior, Jesus Christ,” according to a statement posted on his Facebook page. “He met his beloved Savior and entered the portals of glory. At the same time, we rejoice knowing that we will see him again one day.”Swaggart…

Deliberations appear to be off to a rocky start in the sex trafficking and racketeering case against Sean “Diddy” Combs on Monday, just hours after the judge turned the case over to the jury.Combs has spent the last six weeks on trial in the Southern District of New York as the government seeks to prove that he was at the helm of a “criminal enterprise,” using his employees to help commit several crimes. Within about two hours of deliberations, however, the jury sent a note to the judge expressing a concern over one of its members. The note to U.S.…

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The president of the University of Virginia is resigning following pressure from the Trump administration to step aside amid a Justice Department probe into the school’s diversity practices. James E. Ryan convened a meeting with his senior leadership on Friday and announced that he would be stepping down, according to a source who attended the UVA Board of Visitors meeting.The Justice Department had demanded Ryan step down to resolve an investigation over the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, according to The New York Times, which was first to report the news of his resignation. In a letter to the…