Rescue operations for 161 people who were reported missing following the devastating Texas floods are ongoing. The number of fatalities raised to 109 and counting.
The floods happened following extensive rainfall that caused the Guadalupe river to overflow.
At the time of the deadly floods, 21-year-old Joyce Catherine Badon was spending time with a group of college friends. But once the waters raised, she got trapped along the river.
Before she was tragically swept away, Badon sent her father, Ty Badon, a final heartbreaking text message.
“On her cellphone, the last message [her family] got was ‘we’re being washed away’ and the phone went dead,” Louis Deppe, a leader of a volunteer search group, revealed.
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After Badon’s lifeless body was retrieved, her grieving mother, Kellye Badon, shared a heartbreaking message on Facebook.
“God showed us the way we should go this morning!”
“We found our lovely daughter who blessed us for 21 years! We pray to be able to find her three friends soon. Thanks to EVERYONE for the prayers and support. God is good!”
Badon’s friends who were with her at the time of the devastating floods, Ella Cahill, Aidan Heartfield and Reese Manchaca, are also missing, according to 12 News Now.
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Moments before the tragedy struck, Aidan, whose house the friends were staying at, was on the phone with his dad. Aidan said, “Hey I’ve got to go, I’ve got to help Ella and Reese… they just got washed away,” Badon’s dad revealed.
“And then a few seconds later the phone just went dead, and that’s all we know,” Ty added.
Texas officials blame the National Weather Service (NWS) for failing to alert emergency services of the deadly floods, The New York Times, reported.
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The problem seemed to arise because of vacant crucial positions at local NWS branches previously cut by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as part of the budget reductions.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt rejected claims targeting President Trump. She said, “Blaming President Trump for these floods is a depraved lie and it serves no purpose in the time of national mourning.”
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The devastating Texas floods claimed 109 lives, with more than 117 still missing after water levels rose 26 feet in only 45 minutes on the weekend of Fourth of July.
The extensive rainfall led the Guadalupe river to overflow, causing destruction, with the Kerr County being hit the hardest.
One of the many tragic storis that come from Texas has been shared by a sister and brother whose father left them heartbreaking goodbye voicemails before he and his wife were swept by the floods.
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While the father, 61-year-old Jeff Ramsey is officially considered missing, the family believes he died after the floodwaters struck his Airstream at the HTR RV Park in Kerrville.
Jeff was staying at the camp with his wife, Tanya, and their dog.
“Once they realized there was nothing they could do, my stepmom was on the phone with her mom while my dad made a call to me and my sister. We were asleep. He left us a message saying he was not going to make it and that he loved us so much, telling us goodbye,” Jeff’s son, Jake said.
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“He called me once he realized there was no hope. It was a short voicemail. He just left me a voicemail. He said, ‘Buddy. I love you so much. It doesn’t look like we are going to make it. Tell Rachey I love her’.”
Jake explained that it felt odd hearing his father’s fearful voice. The sound of rushing water could be heard in the background.
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While Jeff called his children to tell them he loved them, he also used the final moments of his life to save other people. According to Jake, his father called his wife’s brother, who was staying some 150 yards up from the river in another cabin, to warn him and his family of the raising water.
“He rescued them because they would have slept in and they would have washed away. That cabin was destroyed, completely underwater. He saved their lives,” Jake added.
Since the tragic incident, Tanya’s body was located by the rescuers.
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CNN broadcast a 2024 audio in which Trump could be heard speaking with wealthy donors prior to taking office for the second time about a conversation he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In it, Trump claimed he threatened Putin to bomb Moscow had the Russian invaded Ukraine.
However, according to Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Kremlin, there were no telephone conversations at the time Trump claims to have made the threats.
“After all, we are talking, as far as I understand, about the period when Trump was not yet the president of the United States,” Peskov added.
Commenting on the genuineness of those conversations, Peskov added: “Whether this is fake or not, we also do not know. There are a lot of fakes now. Often, there are many more fakes than true information. And we always proceed from this when we analyze certain news.”
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The audio revealed Trump sharing with the donors, “With Putin I said, ‘If you go into Ukraine, I’m going to bomb the sh*t out of Moscow. I’m telling you I have no choice.
“And then [Putin] goes, like, ‘I don’t believe you.’ But he believed me 10%.”
The White House commented on the matter, telling Newsweekthat “as President Trump has said time and again, Russia never dared invade Ukraine when he was in office.”
The audio revealed Trump claiming that he had a similar conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Allegedly, he told him Beijing would be bombed if the nation decided to invade Taiwan.
According to CNN, it was Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf who obtained the audio. They outlined a number of the exchanges in their 2024 book.
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The conversations revealed in the audio surfaced after Trump recently expressed his frustration with President Putin over Ukrainian soldiers dying in their thousands.
“I’m not happy with Putin. I can tell you that much right now,” Trump said to the press after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday (July 8).
“We get a lot of bulls*** thrown at us by Putin… He’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.”
Trump also hinted at new Russia sanctions and approved additional US arms for Ukraine, with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zeelenskyy asking for immediate reaction.
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Sweeping new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump will take effect on August 1, 2025, and they are expected to strain the budgets of US households.
Trump branded the move Liberation Day, but the delays in the implementation of the tariffs he announced back in April led to a volatile stock market.
While the White House has extended the deadline to August 1, they added there is still a “possibility of further extensions – or delays – to come.”
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One important thing to note is that tariffs don’t come out of foreign pockets. On the contrary, the burden falls on US importers and usually pass it on buyers by increasing the prices of the products.
Since a huge jump in the prices of many products is expected to take place very soon, there are certain products experts advise people to purchase before tariffs take effect.
According to Forbes, even with details of tariffs on consumer electronics not finalized yet, the uncertainty itself may prompt early price hikes.
“There is a lot of uncertainty on if such tech does see price hikes because of tariffs, so to avoid any worries, it’s advised you make that big purchase soon,” the publication reports.
Furniture
The Alliance for American Manufacturing reports that over 75 percent of all furniture sold in the US is produced overseas. This means increased prices of almost all furniture items, including, tables, sofas, office desks, and basically everything that falls under this cathegory.
Tariffs are expected to hit Americans’ closets too.
“Men’s shorts, crossbody bags, and bath towels” are just some products on Forbes’ watchlist of affected items.
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The most critical item on this list is definitely food.
In 2023 alone, the US purchased over $45 billion in Mexican food and farm products, and with the newly-imposed tariffs, prices are expected to hit your grocery bill.
Steel tariffs have already affected the prices of a bunch of home appliances such as washing machines, dishwashers, and fridges, and as of August 1, the prices of these products are expected to go even higher.
If you were planning on buying anything on this list, don’t waste your time and do it before it would be hard for many to even afford purchasing any of these products.
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President Donald Trump made a shocking decision to launch an investigation concerning former POTUS Joe Biden.
Namely, Trump tends to inspect “who ran the US” during the previous presidency, accusing Biden of masking his “cognitive decline” and deceiving the public about his actual mental state.
Trump believes Biden did that by letting his aides use an autopen—a device that reproduces signatures used by presidents, including Trump, for decades—to authorize executive actions.
Biden didn’t stay silent. On the contrary, he accused Trump of trying to distract Americans in a time when the current administration is working towards extending tax breaks for the wealthy. He dubbed Trump’s accusations as “ridiculous.”
BBC reported that Trump said in a Wednesday statement how the American public had been “purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power” while Biden’s signature was used to endorse documents Trump described as leading to “radical policy shifts.”
“This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history,” Trump concluded.
Biden issued a statement commenting on Trump’s accusations later the same day.
“Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation and proclamations,” the statement read.
“Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false,” it added.
In a memorandum on Wednesday, Trump instructed the White House counsel, in coordination with Attorney General Pam Bondi and other officials, to investigate whether “certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about Biden’s mental state and unconstitutionally exercise the authorities and responsibilities of the President.”
When Biden disclosed his prostate cancer diagnosis, Trump and other officials claimed Biden was aware of his health condition while still in office and accused him of “not telling the facts.”
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A man, 35, lost his life in a freak accident after being ‘sucked’ into the jet engine right before takeoff.
The tragic incident, which unfolded in front of staff and passengers, took place at Milan Bergamo Airport, prompted an investigation by the Italian authorities.
Reports say that the man, Andrea Russo, 35, from the Calcinate county, breached security and made his way into a restricted area on the tarmac in a vehicle, a red Fiat 500 that he abandoned in the airport’s internal parking area.
Volotea Airbus A319 was preparing for takeoff to Oviedo, Spain, just before 10:35 a.m. local time when one of the aircraft’s turbofan engines sucked Russo.
The airline company confirmed the incident in a statement released on X. “We regret to confirm flight V73511 from BGY-OVD was involved in an incident at Milan-Bergamo Airport at 10:35h. One person not onboard and not affiliated with the company was seriously injured,” Volotea Airlines.
The statement continued: “All 154 passengers and 6 crew are safe. A new flight is scheduled for 15:55.”
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It remains unclear how Russo managed to bypass security to access such a high-risk area. According to witnesses, however, he opened a security door that led directly to the plane parking area. Officers chased after him as he ran across the runway.
Tragically killed Russo wasn’t neither an employee at the airport nor a passenger.
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Authorities assume that he did what he did with an intention to end his own life. However, the ongoing investigation is yet to reveal the exact reason Russo entered the restricted area. Also, they need to discover how he gained access to the runway undetected.
“We are investigating on any possible relationships with the airport or the world of aeroplanes,” Public Prosecutor Maurizio Romanelli said, as per The Mirror. “In the car with which he arrived at the airport, full of all kinds of material, we have not found anything that could provide any kind of explanation.”
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That President Donald Trump isn’t fond of one of the most popular performers of today, Taylor Swift, is something we are all aware of. In the past, Trump criticized the singer and even called her out during several occasions.
His comments on Swift came as a response to her publicly supporting his opponent, Kamala Harris, during the 2024 presidential campaign. At the time, Swift said, “We can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos.”
During this year’s Super Bowl, which Trump attended, Swift was booed by the crowd, and the president seemed to love the public’s reaction.
“The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift,” he wrote at the time.
He also re-shared a post from Libs of TikTok, which read: “Trump gets massive cheers at the Super Bowl while Taylor Swift gets booed—The world is healing!”
One time, he even posted “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
During his presidential rallies in 2023, Trump used the song Justice for All, sang by a group of dissidents incarcerated over their alleged roles on January 6. Eventually, the song reached the No. 1 spot on iTunes. It was more than enough for Trump to mock Swift.
“It beat Taylor Swift, it beat Miley Cyrus, who was number one and two,” Trump said. “They were number one and two, we knocked them off for a long time.”
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However, while Trump and Swift got into a feud numerous times, Melania Trump hasn’t commented on the singer… until recently.
Namely, on June 2, the First Lady visited a children’s hospital in Washington, brining gifts to the kids and chatting with them. At one moment, she asked one of the kids about their favorite music, to which the child replied, “Taylor Swift,” according to the NY Post. Hearing this, Melania said that the worldwide superstar was “very talented.”
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So, it’s more than clear that Melania’s opinion of Swift differs from that of her husband.
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Mary Trump has been one of the most vocal critics of President Donald Trump — her uncle.
Mary is the daughter of the president’s late brother Frank who died of heart-attack in 1981.
Over the years, Mary has been warning the public of her uncle’s mental and emotional state. In her book Too Much and Never Enough that she published in 2020, Mary wrote that Trump is “utterly incapable of leading this country and it’s dangerous to allow him to do so.”
She referred to his second return to office as “uniquely dangerous times” and went on to express her fears of him aiming to remain president for life.
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Most recently, during and episode of the YouTube series Trump Trolls Trump she dubbed Trump’s behavior as a “reign of idiocy.”
“We’re now 166 days into the Trump regime’s reign of terror, reign of confusion, reign of chaos, but also let’s call it what else it is, it’s a reign of idiocy,” she said. Mary added: “Time flies when you’re having a horrible time and when democracy is slowly being strangled by a man who can’t tie his own shoes.”
Still, she has given him “credit” for something. “Donald is good at very, very few things but I’m going to give him credit for something,” she said. “He has an actually quite decent ability to mix cognitive decline with narcissism. I mean that’s a twofer.”
Further, Mary called out her uncle’s recent public stops, most particularly his visit to the new Florida immigration center, Alligator Alcatraz, during which reporters asked him how long detainees would remain in custody. Trump gave a vague answer, and Mary was quick to point that out, saying, “The question, you idiot, wasn’t do you like Florida? The reason he can’t answer that question is because he doesn’t have an answer.”
Mary added: “He has an attention span of a toddler, although that’s actually nothing new.”
On the contrary, she commented on the pricey fragrance named “Victory” Trump promoted on Truth Social. The fragrance sells for $249 and includes a gold figurine of himself.
“It is grotesque for the sitting president of the United States to grift off of his office, but here we are,” she said. “The idea of having to guess what that horror smells like is deeply unfair to those of us who are still sane.”
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The death toll reached over 100 after the devastating Texas floods.
Tragic stories from the southern state come one right after another, showing the braveness of individuals who sacrificed their own lives for the sake of those of their loved ones.
Currently, a rescue operation is ongoing as a number of people are still missing.
Inside a cabin at Camp Mystic in the aftermath of deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas/ Reuters via Daily Beast
The floods also swept away Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp in Kerr County. According to reports, 27 children and counselors hosted by the camp at the time floods surged 26 feet in just 45 minutes lost their lives while 11 are still missing.
“Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy. We are praying for them constantly,” the camp wrote in a statement on their website. At the time being, they are in contact with local authorities, continuing the search for “missing girls.”
“We ask for your continued prayers, respect, and privacy for each of our families affected. May the Lord continue to wrap His presence around all of us,” the statement ended.
First responders looking for survivors and remains at Kerr County/ EPA
Camp Mystic’s director Dick Eastland died trying to take the children to safety.
“If he wasn’t going to die of natural causes, this was the only other way, saving the girls that he so loved and cared for,” his grandson, George Eastland, wrote on Instagram, ABCreported. “A husband, father, grandfather, and mentor to thousands of young women, he no longer walks this earth, but his impact will never leave the lives he touched.”
Another tragic story from Texas speaks of the heroic final attempt of a dad to save his family at Kerr County, the region hit hardest by the catastrophic floods.
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Lorena Guillen, owner of the Blue Oak RV Park, recalled how the father, identified as John Burges of Liberty, Texas, clung to a tree while holding his children and refused to let go of them. Not long after, they were all swept away by the rising water.
“My husband was in the water trying to ask them, ‘Please throw me your baby!’ The man was holding tight to his babies, and he just got swept away,” Guillen told the NY Post.
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Burges’ wife and two sons are still missing, while his daughter, who was at a camp at the time of the floods remained safe.
The family was spending the Fourth of July weekend at Guillen’s park.
“The kids were so excited to be here,” Guillen said. “We heard people screaming throughout the night. The cabins from the RV park next door came floating, and they were getting smashed against the trees. ‘Help me! Help me!’ — that was the main thing. You heard a lot of screaming, it was just too much.”
Her entire camp was completely destroyed, but it is the thought of the lives lost that haunts her.
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Melania Trump is a name known world-wide. Being married to the President of the United States of America and business mogul Donald Trump, it doesn’t come as a surprise that the public is interested in her private life. She, however, tends to stay out of the spotlight, which is also true for her son Baron and another person very close to the former First Lady, her older sister Ines Knauss.
Growing up, the two sisters shared a very strong bond, and today, that hasn’t changed even a bit.
The sisters were born in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, but grew up in the small railway town of Sevnica. Their father, Viktor, who was a car mechanic and chauffeur, and their mother, Amalija, who worked as a pattern-maker at a clothing factory, were able to provide a good life for Melania and Ines.
“I grew up with a beautiful family and had a wonderful childhood,” Melania Trump said. “My mother and father taught us the importance of education, hard work and family.”
Viktor and Amalija took their daughters on vacations in France, Italy, and Germany. Today, they live in the States but they still own their home in Slovenia which they visit several times a year.
The two sisters were always dressed impeccably as their mom spent hours designing and making clothes for them. Later on, Melania designed the clothes her mother sewed for her herself.
“She was very pretty,” Tomšič, who has run a local hospital to which Melania donated $25,000 after marrying Donald Trump, told GQ in 2016. “She was always very fancy.”
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At the age of 16, Melania was scouted by fashion photographer Stane Jerko who spotted her leaning on a fence while leaving a fashion show at the Festival Hall.
“By the staircase at the entrance, I saw this girl,” Jerko recalled. “She was tall, slim, with long hair. I told her who I was, what I did, and why I would photograph her.”
It was back in 1987 when young Melania decided to drop out of the University of Ljubljana and focus on modeling instead. It took her only a year to get a contract with a modeling agency in Milan.
Once in Milan, Melania focused on her goal of making a name for herself and went home after work instead of partying.
“She kept to herself, she was a loner. After a shoot or a catwalk, she went home, not out. She didn’t want to waste time partying,” Jerko said.
Melania didn’t embark on this adventure by herself, her sister Ines, who also wanted a career in the world fashion, as a designer, accompanied her.
Speaking of Ines, Paris-based photographer Ale de Basseville who took the nude photos of Melania for the French magazine told the New York Post, “She really wanted to be in fashion but didn’t know how to break in.
“Ines wasn’t like the other girls you would meet there, who behave like queens. She was really polite and very mellow.”
When Melania met famous Italian businessman Paolo Zampolli, who helped her get a work visa to the U.S., her sister went with her.
Ines Knauss at 20. Facebook/InesKnauss
At a Kit Kat Club event during the New York Fashion Week in 1998, Zampolli brought a friend, Donald Trump. He was with a date that night, but when he saw Melania, he immediately wanted to know more about her.
One of Melania’s friends, Edit Molnar, spoke of that night and explained that Donald asked Melania for her number, but she didn’t give it to him because he wasn’t alone. “Melania said, ‘He’s here with a woman. I am absolutely not giving him my number,’” Molnar told New York Post. “She wouldn’t even consider it. Donald did all the work.”
Melania also spoke of the night she first met Donald Trump. “He wanted my number,” she told Tatler. “But he was on a date, so of course I didn’t give it to him. I said, ‘I am not giving you my number; give me yours and I will call you.’ If I give him my number, I’m just one of the women he calls.”
Well, the rest is history, and as much as Melania wants to ‘hide’ from the world, we still know a thing or two about her, which can’t be said about Ines, who isn’t only Melania’s sister but also her closest confidante.
PALM BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 4: (TABS OUT) Ines Knauss, Melania Trump, and Audrey Gruss attend the Valentino Fashion Luncheon benefitting Boy’s Club of New York at Mar-a-Lago February 4, 2005 in Palm Beach Florida. (Photo by Lucien Capehart Photography, Inc/Getty Images)
According to People, Ines was her sister’s maid-of-honor at her wedding to Donald Trump.
Ines is reported to be residing in a Trump-owned apartment – in a building on the Upper East Side in which Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump also resided before they moved into their new home. Her apartment is just four blocks away from her sister’s triplex penthouse at Trump Tower.
Palm Beach philanthropist Audrey Gruss met Ines at a fundraiser for the Boys’ Club of New York at Mar-a-Lago in 2005. She said Ines struck her “as a lovely person, and extremely creative,” adding that the two sisters are extremely close.
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Ines appears to be an artist. In the past, Melania shared on the social media illustrations done by her sister.
Speaking to The Post, Milan-based fashion designer Luisa Beccaria confirmed that the two sisters are like best friends and added that when Barron was born, Melania relied on her sister the most. “Melania had all the professional help she needed at that point,” he said. “But it was her sister she trusted.”
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What was supposed to be a peaceful Fourth of July afternoon turned into a devastating catastrophe for the Texan people affected by the floods that surged 26 feet in a matter of 45 minutes.
The number of fatalities exceeded 100, with Kerrville mayor Joe Herring Jr. disclosing on Monday that local officials “didn’t even have a warning” ahead of the floods, the Daily Beastreported. “I did not receive a flood notification. I did not know.
Further, Herring told CNN’s Pamela Brown in an interview Monday through tears, “I think everyone in Kerrville, everyone in Kerr County, wishes we had some way to warn those people,” “I’ve lost two friends. We loved them. And they’re gone. They’re gone.”
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The floods were caused after storm dumped more than a foot of rain on the region and the Guadalupe River overflowed into nearby roads.
At a Friday press conference, Texas Emergency Management Chief W. Nim Kidd expressed frustration over the inaccurate weather reports, stating, “the original forecast that we received Wednesday from the National Weather Service predicted 3-6 inches of rain in the Concho Valley and 4-8 inches in the Hill Country.”
Inside a cabin at Camp Mystic in the aftermath of deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas/ Reuters via Daily Beast
The floods swept away Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp in Kerr County. Camp’s nurse Devon Paige shared a video of the girls having fun taken just an hour before the catastrophe struck. At the time of the tragic floods, the camp hosted around 750 girls — 27 of them lost their lives.
A woman that goes by @kelseycrowder_ on TikTok shared a video of the devastating floods and the moment the river raised.
She captured the video, “Frio River Flood 2025. NATURE. IS. WILD.”
In the response of the video, many people criticized the removal of flash flood alerts by the National Weather Service.
“They got rid of the National Weather System so those alerts that say FLASH FLOOD WARNING were not sent out! Some of these occurred like at 4am mind you,” one person commented.
“Imagine if there was a way to warn people in advance,” another added.
A third person commented, “Texas didn’t have a weather advisory because that fool cut the budget of the national weather service.”
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The Texas flood not only destroyed communities, but families too.
On July 4, the day when people across the country celebrate freedom, a brave father made the ultimate sacrifice trying to save his mother, his fiancée, and his children in Kerr County, during the flood that struck the state of Texas.
After a month’s worth of intense rain poured in a few hours, the Guadalupe River rose to a perilous 26-foot level, forcing authorities to place Texas under a state of emergency.
As his family was stuck inside the house that started filling with water at high speed, 27-year-old Julian Ryan punched through a window when “the glass severed his artery in his arm, and almost cut it clean off,” his fiancée Christinia Wilson said.
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The family started calling 911 repeatedly, but emergency services couldn’t reach their home in time to save Ryan’s life.
“By six o’clock, (Ryan) was dead. He’d lost all his blood. He looked at me and the kids and my mother-in-law and said, ‘I’m sorry, I’m not going to make it. I love you all,” heartbroken Wilson recalled.
His body couldn’t be recovered until hours later when the floodwater receded.
“He died a hero, and that will never go unnoticed,” said Ryan’s sister, Connie Salas.
His grieving mother said her son was “the hero of this story.”
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A GoFundMe was set to support the family with “unforeseen financial burdens that come with such a sudden tragedy.”
Col. Freeman Martin, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said on Friday, “We brought in over 100 troopers this morning. And they’ve worked all day, rescues, high water vehicles, boats, rescue divers, seven rescue helicopters with hoist capabilities.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott stated, “We will stop at nothing to ensure that every asset and person and plane, whatever is needed, is going to be involved in the process of rescuing every last person and ensure everybody involved in this is going to be fully accounted for.”
President Trump described the floods as a “terrible thing.”
The number of people killed in the devastating Texas flood reached 81. Among them there are children, and one person is still missing.
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The most recent poll conducted by Emerson College reveals new insights into the political landscape of the 2028 US presidential election.
According to the survey, Vice President JD Vance soared to the position of frontrunner, while current President Donald Trump experienced a noticeable drop in his approval ratings.
Based on the answers of 1,000 registered voters — including 416 Republican primary voters — Vance is way out front in the 2028 GOP lineup with 46% support, while Rubio and DeSantis lag behind with 12% and 9%.
Independent Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received support of 5%, while Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley garnered 2 percent each.
Six other candidates polled at 1 percent or less.
The number of undecided voters in the party dropped from 50% in November to 17% in this poll.
When it comes to the Democrats, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has surpassed former vice president Kamala Harris in the poll.
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Some experts argue that the drop in Trump’s ratings is a result of the politics he has implemented since taking Office for the second time. Among the rest, he has signed a plethora of executive orders such as enacting new tariffs on imported goods — causing political tensions at home and abroad — and engaging in a highly publicized feud with tech billionaire Elon Musk.
Also, he signed an order for the US to leave the World Health Organization, changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and most recently, he ordered the Treasury to phase out federal tax credits for solar and wind projects.
Most of Trump’s decisions have caused stir and have been dubbed controversial by experts and Democrats.
Recently, Trump ordered airstrikes on three suspected nuclear facilities in Iran — Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan.
In retaliation, Iran targeted a US military base in Qatar with rocket attacks.
The results provided with the recent poll show not only the public’s opinion on the current administration but also what Americans look for in their potential future leader.
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Family ties can be complex at times, especially when it comes to in-laws.
When Martha’s MIL insisted on babysitting 4-year-old Beverly, Martha wasn’t thrilled. However, the MIL was adamant about taking care of the girl every Wednesday so that the two could bond and spend some quality time together and Beverly could take a day off from kindergarten.
Although Martha had her doubts, her husband, Jason, insisted his mother’s idea was worth considering, so Martha finally agreed.
However, Wednesday after Wednesday, Beverly started acting strange. Out of nowhere, she started talking about her grandma’s “special friend.” When Martha asked her who that special friend was, the girl hesitated to answer as though she was warned to keep it a secret.
After a couple of months, Beverly started talking about her grandma’s ‘special friend’ again. When Martha confronted her mother-in-law, she dismissed it, saying that little girls have wild imaginations. She brushed off Martha’s concerns and acted as if nothing unusual was happening in the house while she and Jason were away.
But Martha could sense something wasn’t wight.
Behind her husband’s back, she installed a camera in the living room, waiting to catch her MIL in the act.
When Wednesday rolled around, Martha turned on her laptop and watched closely what was going on in her home while she was at the office.
At first, nothing seemed off. Beverly and her grandma were having fun together, playing with building bricks and drawing with crayons. But then, someone knocked on the door.
Martha couldn’t believe her eyes. It was Alexa, Jason’s ex-wife.
When Beverly saw her, she ran towards her and hugged her as though she had known her since she was born.
Martha realized that Alexa was her MIL’s “special friend.”
Without giving it a second thought, Martha rushed home.
To her surprise, her MIL didn’t even try to defend herself. Instead, she turned to Martha and said, “My son should have never married you. Alexa has always been the right woman for him.”
Martha told both women to leave her house.
That evening, she showed the footage to Jason. He was shocked at what he saw and they both decided to keep their girl away from his mother.
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Laura Dawson, a 44-year-old mother of two, experienced bloating and fatigue in the mornings for months, which led to a devastating diagnosis that cut her life short.
Dawson, a Londoner, mistook the symptoms for perimenopause when in fact she had stage three bowel cancer.
It wasn’t until she experienced excruciating abdominal pain one night that she sought urgent medical help at the A&E.
Dawson had to undergo emergency surgery to remove an obstruction on her bowel. However, while the surgery was dubbed successful, further tests revealed she had cancer.
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According to her husband Ben, Dawson underwent six months of chemotherapy, and the initial scans were promising.
“We got one clear scan in August and it all seemed promising. But then in September we got the news that it was back and it had spread. That was absolutely gut-wrenching,” Ben said.
After her cancer returned, Dawson tried other forms of chemo, but two months ago she decided to discontinue treatment as it made her feel more ill. Instead, she decided to spend her remaining time with her family and friends.
St Christopher’s Hospice in Sydenham, south-east London, supported Dawson, making it possible for her to spend more time at home in a “comfortable and dignified way.”
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Dawson passed away at St Christopher’s Hospice on Sunday, June 29, with her husband by her side.
“The care Laura received at home from the carers from St Christopher’s allowed her to have her final two weeks at home in a comfortable and dignified way. Then, during the nearly three weeks she stayed at the hospice, she was so well looked after – and everyone there was so compassionate and so caring – that it made Laura’s last few days so good for her. We’re eternally grateful that such a positive experience could come from such a negative situation.”
Speaking of her condition, Dawson previously said, “Some of the happiest days of my life have been in the last few weeks. As a society, we shy away from the process of dying.
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“By doing that, we reinforce negative ideas around death. People think death is always going to be painful and traumatic, but it doesn’t have to be.
“Deep down we all know we are going to die. Cancer has forced me to acknowledge it. Since then I’ve lived more fully than I’ve ever done and that has been a gift.”
She passed away knowing she was loved and cared for.
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In August 2019, disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein took his own life while in federal custody. However, over the years, there have been many speculations and conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein’s death, leaving the public with more questions than answers.
After years of silence, the FBI has finally addressed the conspiracy theories, with Deputy Director Dan Bongino revealing to Fox News Thursday morning that the Intelligence Agency possesses surveillance footage of the night Epstein died.
He was found hanging in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre.
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According to Newsweek, Attorney General Pam Bondi previously stated that the FBI is reviewing “tens of thousands of videos” involving Epstein with children or involving child p**n, with “hundreds of victims” identified.
As they are handling vast evidence, she asked from the public to extend patience.
Some of the theories that circulated among the public and on the social media claimed Epstein was executed due to his purported “client list” that allegedly contained the names of those using his services, among which a number of celebrities, politicians, and other highly-influential individuals.
The footage in question shows no one walking across, towards, or away from Epstein’s cell—except for a guard leaving after escorting him inside—until the morning when he was found unresponsive, the US Justice Department (DoJ) noted.
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Further, the FBI stated they found no evidence that Epstein had a ‘client list‘ that he used to blackmail individuals.
“This systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list’. There was also no evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions.
“We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”
The report further added that the prison failed to assign the billionaire another cellmate after he was placed on suicide watch.
"There is nothing in the file at this point on the Epstein case — and there is going to be a disclosure on this coming shortly — there is VIDEO. That is something the public does not know."
The Justice Department stated that the government’s “highest priorities is combatting child exploitation and bringing justice to victims” and added that “perpetuating unfounded theories about Epstein serves neither of those ends.”
They continued: “While we have labored to provide the public with maximum information regarding Epstein and ensured examination of any evidence in the government’s possession, it is the determination of the DOJ and the FBI that no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted.”
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Being in a relationship can feel overwhelming at times, because as time passes, people start getting annoyed by things in their partner they didn’t even notice in the beginning.
Leaving dirty dishes in the sink or chewing loudly didn’t seem like a big deal at first, but now it drives you crazy. Does this sound familiar? If yes, you are not the only one feeling like that.
The issue arises when you point this out to your partner and they choose to ignore you.
Making the bed every day may seem like an insignificant household task, but it triggered a fierce argument between a couple—and now the woman wants to know if she’s in the right for refusing to make her bed first thing in the morning.
According to the woman, who posted her question on Reddit, her husband asked her to make the bed in the morning because his first wife did it every day.
The woman added that she sometimes doesn’t make the bed because things get super busy with the kids and she simply doesn’t have the time.
However, now that her husband brought up his ex in the conversation, she wonders if she should give in to his demand or stick to what feels right for her.
As expected, Redditors’ opinions had divided opinions on the matter. While some believed that making the bed each morning is a comforting ritual and offers a clean start of the day, others took the woman’s side. They agreed that having to take care of the kids can be overwhelming, and not making the bed isn’t a big deal.
What are your thoughts on this?
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Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a 21-year-old congressional intern, was shot and killed in Washington D.C.
The young intern was a senior at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he majored in finance and minored in political science, ABC News reported.
He was working with the office of Kansas Representative Ron Estes when he was shot near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Monday evening.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, Tarpinian-Jachym was a victim of gunfire aimed at someone else.
They said multiple suspects exited a vehicle and opened fire on a group of people, shooting three individuals.
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An unnamed woman and a 16-year-old boy were also injured during the drive-by shooting. They, along with Tarpinian-Jachym, were transported to the hospital where Tarpinian-Jachym succumbed to the injuries the day after. The woman and the boy are expected to recover fully.
Representative Ron Estes and his wife, Susan, extended their condolences to the Tarpinian-Jachym family.
“I will remember his kind heart and how he always greeted anyone who entered our office with a cheerful smile,” the press release said. “We are grateful to Eric for his service to Kansas’ 4th District and the country.”
Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts also issued a statement regarding the tragic passing of the young intern.
“I was heartbroken to hear of the tragic shooting that took the life of Granby-native Eric Tarpinian-Jachym,” the statement read, according to WWLP. “A rising senior at UMass Amherst, Eric was in D.C. interning on Capitol Hill, pursuing his passion for public service. As a lecturer at UMass, I know firsthand the caliber of students who walk through those doors. Eric embodied what it means to be part of a community committed to learning, growth, and civic engagement.”
Further, Neal’s statement continued, “Any parent will tell you there is no greater pain than the pain of losing as a child. As a father, my thoughts and prayers are with Eric’s family and loved ones during this difficult time.”
The Metropolitan Police Department is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information that results in the arrest and conviction of those involved. Anyone with details is encouraged to call (202) 727-9099 or text 50411.
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Kate Middleton, the beloved Princess of Wales, revealed in January 2025 that she was in remission.
Since her cancer prevented her from performing her royal duties, now that she is feeling better, her people are hoping to see more of her when it comes to public outings.
In recent months, Kate has visited several hospital where he met with cancer patients.
Following one of those visits, she opened up of the difficult time that comes after being declared cancer-free.
“You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment. Treatment’s done, then it’s like, ‘I can crack on, get back to normal,’ but actually, the phase afterwards is really, really difficult,” Kate Middleton told People.
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“You’re not necessarily under the clinical team any longer, but you’re not able to function normally at home as you perhaps once used to. And actually, someone to help talk you through that, show you and guide you through that sort of phase that comes after treatment, I think is really valuable.”
She added: “You have to find your new normal and that takes time…and it’s a rollercoaster, it’s not smooth, like you expect it to be.
“But the reality is you go through hard times.”
Most recently, the princess visited Colchester Hospital in Essex and spent time in the award-winning Colchester Wellbeing Garden.
The garden is the result of a joint initiative with NHS staff, providing both staff and patients with a place to relax.
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The designer behind the project, Adam Frost, praised Kate after her visit.
“You can tell she truly understands the power of nature and what we’re trying to achieve as gardeners,” he told the garden charity RHS. “When the Princess of Wales kneels down with her hands in the soil without hesitation, you know she really gets it.”
Kate joined a team of garden volunteers to plant “Catherine’s Rose,” a rose named in her honor by the RHS.
The funds raised from the sell of the flowers benefit the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. Additionally, 500 more plants will be gifted to community gardens across the UK this summer.
“Most of her focus was on the people she met and the conversations she’d had,” Adam Frost said of Kate. “She then shared her thoughts about the garden based on what she had just heard, which is really rewarding to hear – it’s amazing how well it’s been received.”
“I could tell she wanted to plant more. She’d definitely make a great gardening buddy,” he said, jokingly.
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What everyone agreed on was that the outfit Kate Middleton chose for the occasion was spot on.
“The Princess of Wales is a ‘dream come true.’ Her manner of promoting importance causes in attire to fit each occasion is HER master class,” one user wrote.
A second fan added: “I love Catherine’s blazer style! This combo knocks my socks off!”
A third stated, “The Princess is so elegant and classy even while sporting a casual fashion look! Simply unequalled!” while a fourth said, “Her outfit is a superb choice. Smart to roll up the cuffs on the flattering striped shirt.”
Another person wrote: “I really like her clothing, sporty but elegant at the same time, the Princess has an innate elegance.” Another added: “Gorgeous. The POW looks radiant. Great look; the beige jacket is enhanced by the dark brown trousers & the darker beige striped shirt. It’s easy to get lost in an all beige ensemble. Yes, ladies, we can wear trainers & still look polished and chic.”
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It was one of those quiet night during which my husband and I spent the evening watching movies on his lap top. At one moment, he went to the bathroom and just there and then an email message popped up on the screen.
His company was throwing their annual New Year party, and for the first time ever, they allowed a plus one.
“Dear Mr. Marcus. We are happy to announce that the party is coming up! Dress code: White Party. You may bring your plus-one. Address…”
I got super hyped to finally meet his work buddies.
“Hey, hun, you got a message from work about the party, they are inviting a plus one” I said enthusiastically. However, my hubby was nowhere as thrilled as I was.
“I don’t think you should come. I’ll be working late anyways, it’s not a big deal.”
“Oh, that can’t be,” I said and asked him to double check. However, even before he said anything, I spotted my husband with another woman. They were really close, I could tell that for sure, but the crowed blocked my view. At one moment, they stared walking and I could see they were holding hands.
“No need to double check,” I said and left the place.
In the morning, I poured myself some coffee waiting for my husband to get to the kitchen. I slept in a separate room because I didn’t want to confront him right away, I just needed time till the morning to figure out what to say.
But then, the phone rang. “Mrs. Marcus, we are calling from the hospital. Your husband was involved in a car accident. He’s fine now, but we need you to come.”
“A car accident?” I thought this could be the karma catching up to him, but my real revenge was even better.
Once at the hospital, I was informed that my husband was awake and stable but he needed an emergency surgery on his arm. The thing was that his insurance policy lapsed the month before and they needed my consent and financial authorisation in order to proceed.
I said I needed to talk to my husband first.
He looked pale and scared. I didn’t even enter the room, just stood at the door and told him I knew everything. I said I went to the party and saw him with the other woman.
He tried to defend himself, saying he made a mistake and that he was sorry, but I wasn’t buying it—not after I saw it with my own eyes.
“By the way, maybe SHE can help you cover the hospital bill,” I said and left.
A couple of days later, I got another call from my husband. He begged me to go to the hospital and sign the forms.
It turned out the other woman didn’t want to have anything with him any more.
I wasn’t glad he found himself in such situation, but I didn’t feel sorry for him either. What I knew was that I didn’t want to be with that man any longer. He wasn’t worth my time or my money.
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Elon Musk, President Trump’s former “buddy,” added fuel to the fire with a post on X right after the Congress approved the tax-cut and spending bill proposed by Trump.
The Tesla founder opposed the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ from the start.
“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” Musk wrote when the bill was proposed. “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”
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Trump took to Truth Social to suggest that Musk’s criticism of his government’s agenda—and the bill specifically—results from its plan to eliminate the electric vehicle mandate.
“Elon may get more [subsidies] than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,” Trump wrote. “No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE.”
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Musk, who spent millions on Trump’s presidential campaign and served as the head of DOGE under Trump’s administration, caught everyone off guard when he suggested starting a third political party, the “America Party.”
“Independence Day is the perfect time to ask if you want independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system! Should we create the America Party?”
Following the voting, Musk posted, “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!
“When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy. Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.”
By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!
When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy.
According to Forbes, in response to Musk’s threats, Trump hinted that he might take away government funding from Musk’s companies and consider investigating the possibility of his deportation.
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Incredibly beautiful Barbara Eden is 93 and we can all agree that she looks like she hasn’t aged a day. The I Dream of Jeannie star is as stunning as ever and we couldn’t help but share her recent photos of her with you.
Barbara Eden was born Barbara Jean Morehead on August 23, 1931. Her first public performance was singing in the church choir which later led to her being part of different bands. She studies both singing and acting and turned to be very successful in both.
Her natural beauty brought her the title Miss San Francisco in 1951.
Eden as Jeannie in a variation of the famous “Jeannie costume” seen only in the pilot episode.
Her TV career started with The Johnny Carson Show in 1955 and continued with a number of series and movies. In I Dream of Jeannie, which is her most remarkable role, she played a genie set free from her bottle. The series aired for five years.
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For her last birthday, an official Barbara Eden Instagram account shared a photo of her which left fans stunned by how she looks at that age.
It said, “We wish our favorite blonde, Rider of the Wild Surf, Voyager to the Bottom of the Sea, nemesis of the Harper Valley PTA and of course, the eternal Lady in the Bottle a very happy Birthday today!”
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In her memoir Jeannie Out of the Bottle, which was released in 2011, she speaks of her childhood, her fame in her 20’s, as well as her marriages and the tragedy of losing her son.
This year, the actress turned 93 and says she feels age is just a number. In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, she says:“It’s like any other birthday, I’m just happy to be here. I really don’t think about it. Everybody else does but I never have. I’m looking forward to going back to work.”
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Barbara is still working and doesn’t plan to retire any time soon. “I was working up until the shutdown point last March,” she told the Hollywood Reporter.
She is happy she has been part of the showbiz. “I’m very happy that I lived during that time,” she told the Hollywood Reporter. “I’m happy that I had my beginnings then, but things change. What a wonderful time now, more actors are working than ever before with all of the companies like Netflix and Amazon, all of these movies and TV shows they are producing.”
“I feel young!” Barbara told Page 6, adding that she considered herself lucky. “I feel sorry for people like my poor father who had to work every day at something he didn’t like. I enjoy my work. I still work.”
Until a few years back, she kept going to the gym, participating in spin classes, and lifting weights. Nowadays, she works with a trainer at her home.
“I have a lot of friends,” the TV legend added. “I’m pretty active socially.”
Eden recently attended a red carpet event in Beverly Hills and completely astounded everyone in attendance with her youthful looks.
She wore a navy blue satin shirt and matching black leggings, a matching set of black and silver jewelry, as well as high shoes with a pointed toe.
In 2021, she explained how she managed to keep her looks.
“I’m very careful about [my] diet,” she mentioned..
“I’m a carnivore… I like steak. We eat a lot of pork, chicken, steak [and] vegetables.”
We all have to agree that Barbara looks awesome.
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My heart was pounding with joy of the thought that my newborn twin daughters and my loving wife were finally coming home from the hospital.
The car was filled with a bunch of balloons, and I couldn’t wait to embrace them.
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The moment I stepped in the hospital, I rushed towards Suzie’s room. Callie and Jessica were in their tiny beds, but my wife was not around. I thought she went outside to catch some fresh air, but then I approached my babies and noticed a note in one of the beds.
“Goodbye. Take care of them. Ask your mother WHY she did this to me.”
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My world collapsed. At that moment, the nurse entered the room. “Good morning, sir, here’s the discharge —” she said, but I stopped her and asked about Suzie. “She checked out this morning. She said you knew.”
Defeated, I took my babies and headed home. At the porch stood my mother. She was all smiles. “Oh, Ben, they are so beautiful,” she said and tried to take the girls, but I refused to let her have them.
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“Mom, what did you do to Suzie,” I asked her. Her face went pale, but she denied ever saying anything to my wife.
“Ben, I don’t know what you are talking about,” she said, looking all puzzled.
I didn’t know what to think. That evening, I recalled every aspect of Suzie’s pregnancy. She always seemed very happy, and nothing spoke trouble. And now, I was all by myself, alone and miserable.
Then, I thought of the seemingly meaningless barbs my mom would throw at Suzie. She would always laugh them off, but could she in fact be hurt by it?
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I went through Suzie’s things, hoping to find answers. And there they were, inside the tiny jewelry box she adored. A letter from my mom to Suzie in which she wrote my girls and I would be better off without her in our lives. She wrote Suzie wasn’t worth and that she trapped me with the pregnancy.
As tears started rolling down my eyes for not noticing my mom’s behavior towards Suzie for so long, I confronted my mother and told her to leave my home.
She tried to defend herself, but I didn’t want to hear the word she said.
Days turned into weeks, and I struggled with diapers, sleepless nights, and a lot of crying – from both my twins and me.
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I contacted every person that knew Suzie, but no one knew where she could be. And then, one of her closest friends, Sarah, told me how she struggled because of my mother, but was too scared to tell me, believing my mom would turn me against her.
I was a lost man. Life was getting harder and harder with each passing day, and the girls’ 1st birthday was a bittersweet moment.
I lost hope of ever seeing my wife again.
One day, while the girls were playing in the living room, someone knocked on the door.
When I opened it, I saw my wife. She looked fresh and healed.
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I didn’t say a word, I just embraced her and started crying. It was the first time in over a year that I felt whole.
Suzie cried even heavier than me. She started apologizing, saying that my mom’s actions and the postpartum depression overwhelmed her. She convinced herself that our daughters and I would be better without her in our lives.
But over time, she sought therapy and started feeling better. That day, she was finally able to meet us again.
We were able to rebuild what we almost lost.
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When Matthew Markham noticed the tag name of the cashier, Gregory, he knew he was at the right place.
He approached him and said he needed to talk to him about Linda.
Linda was Gregory’s daughter. After his wife left him because she believed he lacked ambition and was happy working as a cashier, Linda was everything Gregory had.
“Is she in some kind of trouble?” Gregory asked the man.
Matthew shook his head. “Do you have a few minutes, please?”
The two man set down for coffee, and deep down, Gregory knew what the conversation with the stranger would be about.
“Linda is adopted, right?” Matthew asked, and that’s when Gregory’s world turned upside down.
“Yes, she is, but she doesn’t know that, and you can’t tell her,” Gregory said.
It turned out Matthew was Linda’s biological father. Up until that moment, he didn’t even know she existed.
His girlfriend died at childbirth and he was told that the baby passed away, too — instead, it was given up for adoption.
Matthew didn’t want to disturb Linda’s life, he just wanted to know what she was like and whether her life turned good. But realizing how much Gregory loved her and cared for her, he felt like he had found the answer.
“Don’t worry, I won’t tell her anything, I just wanted to make sure she was safe and cared for.”
However, although he made a promise, Matthew needed to see Linda, so the following day, he pretended to be a homeless person and entered the store where she worked as a cashier, just like Gregory.
He took a few essential food items to her checkout and waited while she rang them up. “I’m sorry, Miss,” he said once she told him the cost. “I can’t afford all of that. I’ve only got ten dollars.”
Linda smiled at him and said, “Don’t worry about it, sir. I’ll cover the rest.”
Matthew smiled back, his heart full of joy at the woman his daughter had become.
A couple of days later, he visited the store once again, but this time, he wore his best suit.
He grabbed some items, headed to the checkout, and yelled, “Get out of the way,” pushing his way to the front of the queue.
“I’m in a hurry,” he yelled, wanting to see Linda’s reaction.
As polite as ever, she turned to him and said, “Mister, I don’t care who you are, every customer is equal, and you won’t be served unless you get to the end of the queue.”
This was yet another proof of how special Linda was.
It didn’t take long before Linda received a letter from her biological father’s lawyer. He gave her he business that was worth $3.8 million.
But that didn’t make any sense to this young lady who always worked hard for everything she had.
Once at the lawyer’s office, Gregory told her the truth. He confessed that she was adopted and told her about Matthew, that he came to visit him and wanted to learn everything about her.
Linda was overwhelmed. At first, she was mad Gregory hadn’t told her the truth before, but at the same time, she was thankful for everything he had done for her, and knew he always loved her unconditionally.
“You can meet your real father if you want to,” Gregory said to his daughter. “He is a good man and deserves to have you in his life.”
A couple of days later, when everything settled down, Linda made the decision to meet Matthew.
He never did her wrong because he never knew she existed. But he reached out the moment he learned he had a daughter.
While she continued living with her adoptive father, Matthew remained an important part of Linda’s life.
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