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Author Maria Reva’s return to Ukraine inspired her to complete novel

In 2023, Maria Reva and her sister were on a train hurtling through a Ukrainian night toward the battle-scarred city of Kherson. They were hoping to reach their grandfather, still there in the midst of carnage. It was crisis time for Reva in more ways than one. The novel she had started to write back in Canada was in jeopardy: what she had originally envisaged as a lighthearted romp satirizing Ukraine’s controversial “romance” tours had been upended by Russian aggression. Read More
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Texas camp leader waited over an hour after flood warning to evacuate

Camp Mystic leader, who died trying to save small children, waited over an hour after alert before starting evacuation

The adult leader of Camp Mystic, the Texas summer camp where 27 children and counselors died in the Hill Country floods, waited more than an hour after receiving a severe flood warning before initiating an evacuation, it was disclosed on Monday.

Richard “Dick” Eastland, who had run the popular all-girls, Christian-values sleepaway camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River with his family since the 1980s, was among the fatalities after a wall of water rushed through the camp early on 4 July.

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© Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

© Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

© Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

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‘RHOA’ reunion recap: ‘Virtual Reali-Tea’ sounds off on the drama between Porsha Williams & Kelli Ferrell

We’re recapping “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” season 16 reunion part 1 with our “Virtual Reali-Tea” cohosts Danny Murphy and Evan Real. Angela Oakley pulls out receipts about Phaedra Parks’ alleged set up. Tensions rise between Porsha Williams and Kelli Ferrell. “Real Housewives of Atlanta” airs Sundays at 8pm ET on Bravo

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