"I thought he was somebody that meant what he said and he'll talk so beautifully, and then he'll bomb people at night. We don ...

In better times, such a natural disaster would be met with a serious newsgathering effort and sober analysis. Not so today.

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Officials in Kerr County, Texas, are set to meet Monday as the region reels from devastating floods earlier this month — and after a new round of rain this weekend halted the search for dozens of ...