The most urgent alerts came in the middle of the night.

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The mother of two rescued campers relays their story.

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States Brace for Added Burdens of Trump’s Tax and Spending Law

With the president’s domestic policy law signed, states will have to administer many of the cuts and decide how much they can spend to keep their citizens insured and fed.Read More
Floods in the same part of Texas swept away 10 teenagers in July 1987.

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Camp Mystic in Texas, Where 20 Children Are Missing, Is Nearly a Century Old

Camp Mystic, on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, has been operated by generations of the same family since the 1930s.Read More
Judge Pauses Transfer of Eight Migrants to South Sudan

After the Supreme Court ruled that the deportations could move forward, the migrants filed a new lawsuit, challenging their transfer on other grounds.Read More
Tropical Depression Forms Just Off the Southeastern U.S.

The storm is expected to bring heavy rain to South Carolina through the weekend. Forecasters expect it to become a tropical storm on Saturday.Read More
Brief but Violent Storms in New Jersey Leave 3 Dead

Powerful gusts blew down trees in central New Jersey on Thursday, killing three people who were in their cars.Read More
Joey Chestnut Returns to Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

Mr. Chestnut, who was barred last year over an endorsement deal with a vegan-meat company, and Miki Sudo easily won their respective contests but did not break records.Read More
Celebrating the Fourth of July Across the Country

Displays of patriotism were evident at parades and hot dog eating contests, even at a time of deep political divisions among Americans.Read More