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Omri Miran has been held hostage for 632 days.

OPINION: The U.S. spends around 1% of its budget on international assistance, making it a small investment with profound impact. religionnews.com/2025/06/27/hum…

Rayleigh scattering is the elastic scattering of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by particles much smaller than the wavelength of the light (d≪λ). At sunrise and sunset, sunlight traverses a longer path through the atmosphere, scattering out most of the blue light

A drowning victim in real life looks nothing like they portray in movies. It’s silent. There’s no yelling. No splashing. No waiving.

In patients with obesity, endoscopic gastric remodeling (EGR) — a minimally invasive procedure — is safe and effective in relieving both typical and atypical gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms at 12 months post-procedure, while also reducing proton pump inhibitor

Summer nights offer interesting sights: Mercury and Mars in the evening, Uranus and Neptune near brighter planets, and Pluto at opposition. bit.ly/40C2xp9

As the Guadalupe Flood continues through Kerrville, another flood is just ramping up. The SAN SABA river is now forecast to approach its highest level on record near Brady, TX. In the city of San Saba, the river is forecast to rise by more than 20 feet tomorrow morning #txwx

This new statement from the Vatican is a full-throated defense of science, which it believes is “fundamental to the development of humankind” and needs to be protected “from ideological or political interference.” religionnews.com/2025/06/30/vat…

DEADLY TEXAS FLOOD - The remnants of Tropical Storm #Barry dumped 3 Trillion gallons of water down the Guadalupe River creating a 27 foot wall of water on early Friday morning. That is the equivalent to the amount of water used in every home in the United States in a year, 1.5

Having a mix of knowledge, intellect, and skill increases the likelihood that a leader will be granted unfettered, sometimes automatic authority by the people they lead.

This seductive trio of knowledge, intellect, and skill carries great weight and often leads to trust, earned or not, rendering credibility but without any certainty of the character of the one who possesses them.

Officials worried about their own political skins rejected much needed flood warning system. nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/…

“We went in initially with our chaplains...all we could do initially was help families.” Now the group is moving into the core of its work, helping clean flooded homes and opening its shower trailer to those in need. kltv.com/video/2025/07/…

We've dropped the paywall on all of our flood coverage at Texas Monthly. Our journalists have been in the field with first responders, former campers, and those affected since last week. There are so many stories that deserve telling. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Good story from Avery Tomasco

Commissioner Maureen Ferguson: “We are troubled by reports that a Catholic priest & his driver were detained & held incommunicado by the Nicaraguan National Police. The Catholic Church continues to face severe persecution under the Ortega-Murillo regime.” cswusa.org/2025/07/01/pre…

Commissioner Stephen Schneck: “USCIRF urges Congress to pass legislation to advance religious freedom in Nicaragua, such as the Restoring Sovereignty and Human Rights in Nicaragua Act of 2024, which expands the legal grounds for sanctions against FoRB violators.”

“It would have been next to impossible with present-day technology to get the internal dynamics of the storm right,” @TAMU_ATMO's Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon told NBC News during his and Dr. Andrew Dessler’s visit about the recent TX floods. Read more: nbcnews.com/science/enviro…

More ODD July days, including potential for heavy rain. Flood Watch goes up through Sunday from DFW N&W. Sct'd showers this AM. Sct'd storms PM. Otherwise warm & muggy. Potential for storm cluster(s) tonight into Sunday. Heavy rain. One last chance Monday before we heat back up.

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