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INGRAM, TX - Lorena Guillen has owned Howdy’s Restaurant and Blue Oak RV park for four years.The once jam-packed, honky tonk family restaurant sees little custo ...

Live updates and the latest news as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tour the Texas flood devastation and ...

President Donald Trump is in Texas for a firsthand look at the devastation caused by catastrophic flooding that has killed at least 120 people, which the administration has characterized as a ...

FILE - Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, in blue top and cap, squats down to look at his putt on the 6th green during the ...

The risk of the catastrophic flooding that struck Texas Hill Country as people slept on July 4 and left at least 120 dead was potentially underestimated by federal authorities, according to an ABC ...

President Donald Trump is in Texas to survey the damage of catastrophic floods that struck the state one week ago.

The Trump administration isn’t talking much about its plan to shutter the Federal Emergency Management Agency following the devastating disaster.

Rescue efforts began Friday, but FEMA did not deploy its network of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday.

While Kerr County officials say they didn’t know how bad the July 4 flooding would be, it warned residents nearly eight years ago to “be flood aware” about the ongoing potential ...

Dispatch audio has surfaced from the critical hours before a deadly flood hit its height in Kerr County, helping piece together the timeframe local officials have yet to provide amid public ...

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, alongside several Texas leaders, will visit Kerrville on Friday to meet with first responders and family members who were affected by the July 4 ...