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Eric Vryn/Getty Images (KERR COUNTY, Texas) -- For the first time since catastrophic flooding killed more than 100 people in Kerr County, Texas, the county emergency management director conceded that he was sick and asleep as the water rose to historic levels on the Guadalupe River.William "Dub" Thomas, the Kerr County Emergency Management Director since 2015, detailed his whereabouts during the crisis to a panel of 18 state lawmakers that […]

(NEW YORK) -- The family of Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most well-known victims, said it was outraged at comments made by President Donald Trump about her and Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein associate convicted of sex trafficking.Trump on Wednesday told reporters that Giuffre, who died by suicide in April, may have been one of several employees at his Mar-a-Lago club who were "stolen" by Epstein."I think she worked at […]

(NEW YORK) -- Politicians, relatives and members of the New York City Police Department are gathered at the funeral for the "hero" officer who was one of four people killed in the Midtown Manhattan mass shooting.Didarul Islam, a 36-year-old NYPD officer, was off duty and working a security job when he was fatally shot by a gunman who opened fire at the 345 Park Avenue office building on Monday.Islam, a Bangladeshi immigrant who joined the NYPD […]

Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) -- Twenty-five people aboard a Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam were hospitalized after the flight encountered "significant" turbulence and was diverted to Minneapolis-St. Paul, the airline said.Delta Air Lines Flight 56 landed safely at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport shortly before 8 p.m. local time Wednesday, the airline said. The flight was operating on an Airbus A33-900 with 275 […]