Texas flooding kills at least eight as rains force evacuations
West Texas towns Buffalo Gap Tuscola and Lawn evacuated as storms dumped over a foot of rain, while Central Texas floodwaters surrounded homes in 29 counties. The death toll rose to eight with a missing person and millions in damage. Dam safety fears linger along Medina River and San Antonio area creeks.
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Mico
West Texas
Erik Lyon
New Braunfels
Red Cross
San Antonio
National Weather Service
Medina River
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Elston Johnson
Jack Love
Medina Lake
New
Braunfels
Guadalupe
Paul Wukasch
Wukasch
Abilene
Buffalo Gap
Tuscola
Lawn
Taylor County
Jack Dicken
FBI probes motives of Egyptian at LA airport shooting
The Egyptian immigrant Hesham Hadayet who killed two at Los Angeles International Airport on his 41st birthday prompted FBI inquiry into motives. Officials cited unclear motives including possible terrorism or hate crime while noting Hadayet’s prior visa history and a disputed residency denial.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles International
United States
INS
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Hesham Mohamed Hadayet
Francisco Arcante
Hadayet
Hala
Mahfouz
Irvine
el al
White House
Ari Fleischer
Richard Garcia
Garcia
Matt McLaughlin
Abdul Zahav
Zahav
NAACP Convention Shifts To Voter Turnout Reform
In Houston the NAACP opens its 93rd annual convention with Julian Bond delivering the keynote on boosting registration and turnout for 2002 elections. The gathering, themed Freedom Under Fire, notes past Florida voting flaws and calls for stronger civil liberties amid post 9 11 concerns, with experts stressing turn out and reform as pivotal.
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Houston
Florida
NAACP
Congress
People’s 93Rd
George W. Bush
al Gore
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
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Miners Memorial Health Center
West Frankfort
Sih.net
Herrin Hospital
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale Miners Memorial Health Center
Ferrell Hospital
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored
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University of Maryland
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David Bositis
Joint Center For Political and Economic Studies
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