Sitting next to Gov. Greg Abbott, Noem was asked by reporters why the National Weather Service's alerts about the heavy rainfall and flash flooding were "delayed," and said a situation was inherited.
Camp Mystic owner Richard "Dick" Eastland has been confirmed dead, attempting to heroically rescue some of his campers before they were swept away in the deadly Texas floodwaters.
In the immediate aftermath of Friday's fatal flooding, Texas officials pointed fingers at the National Weather Service, which issued forecasts earlier in the week, downplaying the impending storm and its severity.
Elmo Randolph, 68, turned himself into police in the upscale Bergen County borough of Closter on Thursday after being caught scribbling a swastika on a parked car.
English punk duo Bob Vylan whipped the crowd at the Glastonbury Music Festival into a frenzy Saturday, and led the massive audience in gang chants of "Free, free Palestine" and "Death, death to the IDF."
A priest who led parishes in Queens and Brooklyn has been formally defrocked following an investigation into child sexual-abuse claims dating back to the 1980s.
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