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Camp Mystic was the totemic rite of passage for girls from establishment families in the American South: Lyndon Johnson sent ...
On July 16, 1945, the United States detonated the first nuclear bomb in New Mexico on what's now the White Sands Missile ...
The Hill Country has a hold on the hearts of many Texans, meaning the suffering caused by the disaster is reaching as far as ...
Science and technology have made many hazards predictable in ways that were unthinkable 150 years ago. Tragedies, like the ...
There will be a temptation to restore things just as they were, but the river has shown us we can never go back.
Readers have questions about Texas’ inaction after years of floods and why people keep building in flood zones.
The false rumor claimed the girls survived on rainwater alone, using skills from a wilderness safety drill completed days ...
Former campers and counselors speak on how the famed Hill Country camp became more than a place for summer games.
Sleepover camps are seen as an American tradition. But the deaths of so many children at Camp Mystic during the Texas floods have led some parents to question the safety of the camps.
Fear has long simmered among critics of President Nayib Bukele’s concentration of power in El Salvador. Now, a new wave of ...
Thomas Owen, a recent high school graduate from North Texas, has a niece who was rescued from Camp Mystic during the Texas Hill Country flooding on July 4. Owen is now joining the relief efforts by ...