KERR COUNTY, Texas — A devastating scene unfolded in the Hill Country on the Fourth of July as dozens of people, including ...

Rabbi Avraham Wolff of Chabad of Odessa presented German Foreign Minister Johann Wedepohl with an embossed German passport ...

A lion escaped a zoo in southern Turkey and seriously injured a farmer who fought it off. Local media say the lion, named Zeus, broke out of its cage at the Land of Lions park in Manavgat, a ...

Officer Bailey Martin and several family members traveled to the Guadalupe River near Kerrville for the Fourth of July ...

The Odessa Police Department is investigating a shooting that left a 60-year-old man dead on Saturday. According to OPD, ...

Gunfire erupted in Odessa on Saturday afternoon, leaving one dead and another under arrest in connection to the shooting. The ...

Catastrophic flooding in Central Texas has prompted rescue and recovery efforts for an unknown number of people, including ...

Rescuers continue to search for an estimated 20 girls who were at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas when deadly floods from the ...

Child and adult campers and a camp director were among at least 51 people who have died in the flooding in Central Texas.

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Between the bookshelves and in his book, "The Outlaw John Locke," Twice Sold Tales co-owner John MacBeath Watkins' restless ...

MOSCOW, July 5. /TASS/. A car explosion occurred in Odessa, Ukraine’s 24 Channel news outlet reported. According to its information, the car belonged to a serviceman. The detonation occurred as he was ...