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More sunshine is expected today after a foggy start. It’ll be sunny, hot and humid with highs in the 90s. It may feel closer to the triple digits, but we’ll take that over another dreary day. We’ll close out the week with more sunshine and the hot, humid conditions typical of July.
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Around Texas
1. ‘It’ll never be the same’: Floods damage Kerrville businesses
Over one week since the Fourth of July floods struck Kerrville, William “Max” Duncan stood in his empty office, watching crews tear down the walls of a property that housed his business for almost 10 years.
For at least eight hours a day, the office is filled with loud ringing as jackhammers chip away at the tile floors and vacuums suck up the floating dust.
2. Texas disaster highlights President Trump’s differing approach to red, blue states
President Donald Trump is drawing praise from Texas Republicans for his administration’s response to the deadly Central Texas floods. Critics say the response has been far different than how his administration handled natural disasters in states led by Democrats.
3. Former U.S. Marine Corps reservist charged in Texas immigration detention center shooting
A former U.S. Marine Corps reservist has been arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection with an attack at a Texas immigration detention center in which a police officer was shot in the neck, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
(Ron Jenkins/AP)
Around The Nation
1. Trump administration fires 17 immigration court judges across 10 states, union says
2. Immigration agency flexes authority to sharply expand detention without bond hearing
3. Trump says he’s ‘highly unlikely’ to fire Fed’s Powell after floating that idea in private
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Robert Earl Keen performs at the Railbird Music Festival on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Lexington, Ky. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Kerrville native Robert Earl Keen hosts benefit concert for flood relief
Kerrville native Robert Earl Keen is giving back to his hometown by hosting a benefit concert, adding to the growing list of events raising money for people impacted by the deadly floods in Central Texas that have killed at least 132 people.