Organizations pledge support for Texas flood victims as death toll reaches 43, with Shakira donating concert proceeds and USAA and Houston Texans each giving $500,000.

Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.

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The storm is expected to move ashore by early Sunday.

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Carlson, who has been a staunch critic of the US's involvement in Israel's conflict with Iran, said he expects to be "criticized for doing this interview."

The most significant number for Alonso to attain this season remains in front of him.

Azura Stevens scored 21 points, and the Sparks won at Indianapolis for the second time in nine days, defeating the Fever, minus Caitlin Clark, 89-87.

The Liberty team that will take the floor Sunday against the Storm is not the same team that lost in Seattle last month. 

He gave the Mets what they needed Saturday

NYPD drones captured the stunning sight Saturday.

State TV shows country’s supreme leader being cheered at Tehran mosque after not being seen in public for weeks

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has made his first public appearance since the outbreak of his country’s recent 12-day war with Israel, taking part in a religious ceremony in Tehran, state media reported.

The octogenarian leader was shown in a video broadcast by state television greeting people and being cheered at a mosque on Saturday as worshippers marked the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, an important date for Shia Muslims.

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The trio gathered together to celebrate film producer Mohammed Al Turki's 39th birthday.

An F-16 U.S. fighter jet on Saturday intercepted a general aviation aircraft that violated a temporary restriction of the airspace over U.S. President Donald Trump's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

He is going back to his home area.

New South Wales man, 34, charged over attack on East Melbourne Hebrew congregation on Friday night

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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says an antisemitic attack on a Melbourne synagogue is “reprehensible” and demands Anthony Albanese “take all action” to end similar hate crimes.

A 34-year-old man from New South Wales has been charged after allegedly entering the grounds of the East Melbourne Hebrew congregation on Albert Street at about 8pm on Friday and pouring a flammable liquid on the front door of the building, setting it on fire.

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The Yankees have spent three-plus weeks now being outplayed by their opponents — and beating themselves.

Officers arrest protesters day after direct action group banned as terrorist organisation

Twenty-nine people have been arrested after protesters gathered in central London holding signs referencing Palestine Action a day after the group was banned as a terrorist organisation.

The direct action protest group was banned on Friday after a last-minute legal attempt to suspend the group’s proscription under anti-terrorism laws failed. It means that, from Saturday, being a member of, or expressing support for, the organisation became a criminal offence, punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

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Culture secretary says BBC must ‘get a grip’ after Bob Vylan Glastonbury row and film featuring son of Hamas official

The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has demanded to know why no one at the BBC has lost their job over the airing of a documentary on Gaza that featured the son of a Hamas official.

A review looking into the broadcast of Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone is reportedly due to be published next week. The programme first aired in February, but was pulled by the broadcaster after the link between its 13-year-old narrator and Hamas emerged.

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Texas Hill Country flood survivors share stories of heroism as officials search for missing persons, including campers from Camp Mystic and families at HTR Campground.

A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection through the fortified border.

Holidaymakers are being caught out unexpectedly when tipping, paying taxi fares and shopping at local retailers, Be Clever With Your Cash said.

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Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the U.S. over the past few decades, according to the National Weather Service, and flash floods are the nation’s top storm-related killer

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The devastating Texas floods have killed at least 43 people, including 15 children and 28 adults

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The All-Star pitcher was battling adenocarcinoma, a form of stomach cancer, when he died

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Liverpool forward Jota died along with his brother, Andre Silva, following a car accident in Spain on Thursday.

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The Lionesses were beaten 2-1 in their Euro 2025 opener.

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Dan Bongino challenges The New York Times' article on FBI politicization, countering with data showing record-low murder rates and increased violent criminal arrests.

He played the half-human, half-demon Cole Turner in the WB supernatural series “Charmed” and a self-destructive playboy in the FX series “Nip/Tuck.”

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The big, beautiful bill is a horror. It’s also an opportunity.

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I went to West Africa to report on girls’ education. I left convinced that the Western feminist movement has grown far too comfortable fighting only for itself.

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Charles Edward Stevenson Jr., 20, is accused of firing a single shot at the girl's dad, who was driving a Ford F150.

Speaking Saturday, WNBPA VP Breanna Stewart said the league’s response was “pretty polar opposite” to the players union’s initial proposal. 

The Yankees have spent three-plus weeks now being outplayed by their opponents — and beating themselves.

The 44-year-old singer styled the look with a green button down and white sunglasses.

Welcome to the Cam Skattebo-Tyrone Tracy Jr. Era. 

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The biggest names in rock, from Metallica to Slayer, came to pay tribute to the men who created their entire genre – and even in old age, Sabbath’s sound has bludgeoning force

Fireworks burst over Villa Park’s pitch, Black Sabbath wave goodbye, and the inventors of metal leave the stage for the final time. It has not been an epic show – just War Pigs, NIB, Iron Man and Paranoid – but is the farewell this extraordinary band deserve, with an undercard of stadium-fillers and festival headliners come to pay tribute.

The returning Bill Ward adds the swing other Sabbath drummers have never managed, Tony Iommi churns out those monstrous riffs, Geezer Butler flits around them on bass, and Ozzy Osbourne … is Ozzy Osbourne, a baffled and discomfited force of nature.

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Some two dozen girls still unaccounted for after summer camps swept away as Guadalupe River rises 26ft in 45 minutes

Rescuers by Saturday had begun the grim task of recovering the bodies of children and adults who were swept away in a deadly flash flood in Texas, caused by a powerful storm that killed dozens of people.

At an evening briefing, local officials said that 43 people had been confirmed dead, 15 of them children, with at least 27 girls from a summer camp still missing.

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Brian Tarrence, 51, was last seen June 25.

CNN reporter Ed Lavandera found the desperate father, Ty Badon, calling out his daughter’s name along with his son along the receded waters of the river that Friday morning were inundated and swelled up to 26 feet after a once-in-a-century storm struck the area. 

Piers and Ruffin Boyett were fast asleep at Camp La Junta in Hunt, Texas, when they awoke at 4 a.m. Friday to rising flood waters.

The Mets thoroughly outplayed the Yankees again.