At least 24 dead, over 20 children missing from summer camp in 'catastrophic' Texas flood
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🗓️ 5 July 2025
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The Kerr County Sheriff's Office in Texas said Friday flooding was catastrophic.
President Donald Trump spoke with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week.
USA TODAY National Correspondent Elizabeth Weise looks at the latest science around black holes.
Chelsea and Fluminense advance in the FIFA Club World Cup.
USA TODAY Books Reporter Clare Mulroy talks about some of the best comfort reads.
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| 0:29.3 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Saturday, July 5th, 2025. |
| 0:31.5 | This is USA Today. It's the exit. |
| 0:39.1 | Today, the latest after severe rains killed dozens in Texas while others remain missing. |
| 0:44.9 | Plus, let's talk about black holes, and I check in with our books reporter on some of the best comfort reads. |
| 0:52.5 | Officials have recovered at least 24 bodies after devastating rains overwhelmed the Guadalupe River in Texas yesterday, |
| 0:58.0 | causing it to rise as much as 26 feet in less than two hours in the dark pre-dawn morning. As of this morning, frantic parents were desperate for news about a group of some two dozen campers who remain missing from Camp Mystic at Christian Girls Camp at the river's edge. |
| 1:07.0 | The state's governor Greg Abbott said water search and rescue efforts are underway. By yesterday evening, the Texas National Guard had rescued hundreds of people, many of whom by helicopter. |
| 1:16.6 | You can stay with USA Today.com for more on this developing story. |
| 1:24.6 | President Donald Trump said Ukraine would need Patriot missiles for its defenses after speaking |
| 1:29.2 | with President Vladimir Zelensky yesterday. Trump had sounded off on frustrations over |
| 1:33.6 | Russian President Vladimir Putin's failure to end the fighting, comments that came after he spoke |
| 1:38.1 | with Putin. And I'm very disappointed. Well, it's not, I'm just saying I don't think he's looking to stop. |
| 1:46.6 | Hours after Trump's call with Putin, Russia slammed Ukraine's capital with the largest drone |
| 1:50.9 | attack of the war. As for Ukraine, the country has been asking the U.S. to sell it more |
| 1:55.3 | Patriot missiles and systems that it sees as key to defending its cities from intensifying |
| 2:00.0 | Russian air strikes. A previous decision by Washington to stop some shipments of weapons to Ukraine, that it sees as key to defending its cities from intensifying Russian airstrikes. |
| 2:01.4 | A previous decision by Washington to stop some shipments of weapons to Ukraine prompted warnings |
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