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Multiple fatalities were reported in the wake of a massive deluge in Texas after fast-moving water swept through a children's ...

At least 27 people have died, with 27 children also missing, after horror flooding in Texas swept through a summer camp - the heavy rain was not predicted in weather forecasts ...

HOUSTON – Police found a man shot to death outside July 4th party at a short-term rental in Third Ward. Officers responded to ...

A woman who was swept away by the fast-rising flood waters of the Guadalupe River not only survived the raging water for more ...

The Taylor County Sheriff's Office said that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is leading the investigation into the ...

Texas rescuers saved a woman clinging to a tree after being swept away by floods, while her family remains unaccounted for.

Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States over the past few decades, according to ...

Houston's Freedom Over Texas event features live music and fireworks, with contingency plans for potential rain.

Police are investigating multiple July Fourth shootings across the U.S. They include one in Indianapolis that left at least two dead and a police chief voicing public frustration over the latest acts ...

Williamson County and city of Georgetown officials are recommending some residents in the Georgetown and Liberty Hill areas ...

Crews searched through the dark early Saturday for two dozen children from a girls' camp and many others who were still ...