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Monday July 7th, 2025 night edition

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Almost a dozen are still missing from Camp Mystic in Kerr County, a children's summer camp, officials said Sunday.

"There are people that are not known, confirmed missing because we do not know yet who they are.".

A view inside of a cabin at Camp Mystic, the site of where at least 20 girls went missing after flash flooding in Hunt, Texas, on July 5, 2025.

Although Kerr County was hit hardest by flooding, at least seven others have been confirmed dead in different parts of Texas.

Onlookers survey damage along the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas.

People are reunited at a reunification center after flash flooding hit the area, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Ingram, Texas.

Families line up at a reunification center after flash flooding it the area, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Ingram, Texas. »

Romero Games now ‘completely closed’ following Microsoft cuts, it’s claimed

Authored by videogameschronicle.com
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Romero Games, the Ireland-based studio founded by celebrated designers John and Brenda Romero, has now completely closed following this week’s Microsoft cuts, it’s claimed.

Now, one employee has claimed the studio has been closed entirely, with all of its over 100 staff members losing their jobs.

Romero Games is the latest casualty in a week that has seen mass job losses at Microsoft and high-profile cancellations across Xbox. »

Florida Lawmakers Sound Alarm Over Plans 'To Send Pregnant Women & Children' to 'Alligator Alcatraz'

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Democratic lawmakers in Florida are raising alarm over documents suggesting immigrant children and pregnant women could be detained at 'Alligator Alcatraz.'.

The 35-page undated document details protocols to "separate minors from unrelated adults" and to provide "snacks and water" to minors, pregnant women and detainees with medical conditions during transport.

"The State of Florida is planning to send pregnant women and children to the 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention camp," wrote State Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith on social media. »

Can Israel and Hamas co-exist? Trump’s ceasefire depends on it

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On Friday night, Hamas said it was “seriously ready” to discuss a ceasefire.

Unable to end the conflict without collapsing Israel’s governing coalition, Netanyahu cut troop levels and Hamas began to regenerate.

By the time of the second ceasefire, intelligence assessments put the group’s strength back at 15,000 to 20,000. »

Croatian right-wing singer Marko Perković and fans perform pro-Nazi salute at massive concert

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A hugely popular right-wing Croatian singer and hundreds of thousands of his fans performed a pro-Nazi World War II salute at a massive concert in Zagreb, drawing criticism.

One of Marko Perkovic’s most popular songs, played in the late Saturday concert, starts with the dreaded “For the homeland — Ready!”

Croatian police said Perkovic’s concert was the biggest ever in the country and an unseen security challenge, deploying thousands of officers. »