Record rainfall causes floods across U S Midwest and South
Wide flooding from a record May deluge affects San Marcos and Wimberley Texas while Dallas Trinity River rises near 40 feet. A Oklahoma firefighter drowns in high water. Blanco River floods to 40 feet washing out homes as 2,000 flee. Authorities warn curfews as more rain looms.
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San Marcos
U.S. Midwest
Houston
Oklahoma
Blanco River
Texas
Hays County
Charley Smith
Wimberley
Austin
San Antonio
Smith
Kenneth Bell
San
Trinity
Red
Wichita
Heather Ruiz
Ruiz
Last minute Texas legislative issues to watch this week
In Austin the Texas session nears close with a bipartisan budget deal including 3.8 billion in tax cuts and gains for prekindergarten, border security, and road improvements. Key items: texting while driving bans face House hurdle. parent trigger reform moves from Senate to House. union dues deduction measure stalls in House but may live as an amendment.
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Austin
Texas
Greg Abbott
Dan Patrick
House
Joe Straus
Senate
America
Abbott
House Committee
Pool safety tips for recreational water illnesses
The piece explains how a balanced pH 7.2 to 7.8 supports disinfection and swimmer comfort. It warns that illness spreads when sanitation is ignored, emphasizes hygiene, urges bathroom breaks for kids, and advises not swimming when sick. It notes urine affects chlorine efficacy and highlights parasites like cryptosporidium and E. coli as common RWIs. It promotes showers, diaper checks, water awareness, and proper pool maintenance to ensure safe swimming.
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CDC
Nash, Alicia Nash die in New Jersey Turnpike crash
John Forbes Nash Jr. and his wife Alicia, longtime Princeton University figures and subjects of the film A Beautiful Mind, were killed in a taxi collision on the New Jersey Turnpike. Nash, 86, and Alicia, 82, were mourned by colleagues and leaders in mathematics and economics.
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John Nash
N.J
Trenton John Forbes Nash Jr
New Jersey Turnpike
Nash
Alicia Nash
Princeton Township
Norway
Russell Crowe
Princeton University
Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters
Oslo
New York
Uni
Louis Nirenberg
Newark
Nirenberg
Christopher Eisgruber
Nashes
John
Alicia
Eisgruber
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