KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood that came barreling through the region, causing widespread destruction and killing more than 130 people earlier this month. Kerr County’s sheriff and its emergency management director…… MORE
Texas Schoolteacher Charged With Capital Murder In Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK – (WBAP/KLIF) Arkansas State Police report a 28 year old man arrested and now charged with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of parents at Devil’s Den State Park appears to a Dallas resident, and at teacher at an elementary school in Flower Mound. 28 year old Andrew James McGann was…… MORE
Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
Federal Reserve Statement: Although swings in net exports continue to affect the data, recent indicators suggest that growth of economic activity moderated in the first half of the year. The unemployment rate remains low, and labor market conditions remain solid. Inflation remains somewhat elevated. The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the…… MORE
8.7-Magnitude Earthquake In Russia’s Far East Sets Off Tsunami Warnings In Japan, Alaska And Hawaii
TOKYO (AP) — Tsunami warning sirens were blaring Tuesday in Honolulu and people were told to move to higher ground after a n 8.7-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Far Eastern coast. Traffic was backed up in some neighborhoods in Honolulu, and officials were preparing to open a mountain pass as an evacuation route out of Waianae,…… MORE
Victims Of New York City Shooting Include A Police officer And An Executive At Investment Firm
A New York City police officer and an executive at an investment firm are among the four people killed by a gunman at a Manhattan office tower. Officer Didarul Islam was working a corporate security assignment at the midtown skyscraper Monday when he was killed. The building is home to the headquarters of the NFL…… MORE