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Michael McCown drove to the Hill Country when he learned of the devastating flood that swept through Central Texas.

His daughter Linnie had been at Camp Mystic, among the youngest girls inside the Bubble Inn cabin.
Between broken tree limbs and muddied cabins, a father looks for his missing child
Michael McCown drove to the Hill Country when he learned of the flood. His little girl had been at Camp Mystic, among the youngest girls in the Bubble Inn cabin.
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July 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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The ACLU was made for crises like this. For over 100 years, we have fought to protect and expand civil rights and civil liberties for all.

We did not let up then, and we are not letting up now.
July 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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July 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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The region affected by catastrophic flooding in Central Texas typically averages 28 to 32 inches of rain in a year.
Instead, four months of rainfall came down in four hours.
How extraordinary rainfall caught Texans by surprise
There was little indication of how torrential the Texas downpours would become before dawn. At least 27 people were killed, many of them children at Camp Mystic.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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ICE goons left a 13-year-old boy on the sidewalk after arresting the person he was with during a vehicle stop.
July 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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In 2019, Jadé Fadojutimi became the youngest artist to have a work enter the collection of the Tate, Britain’s preëminent museum of modern and contemporary art. Now her work is going for higher and higher prices.
The Intensely Colorful Work of a Painter Obsessed with Anime
In a London warehouse pumping with dance music and movie soundtracks, Jadé Fadojutimi paints exuberant canvases all night long.
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July 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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More than 100 immigrants from 95 countries became U.S. citizens at the home of George Washington on the Fourth of July.
At George Washington’s home, dozens become citizens on July 4th
The U.S. naturalization ceremony at George Washington’s historic Mount Vernon estate included remarks by Arnold Schwarzenegger
www.washingtonpost.com
July 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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