Sunshine Stewart, 48, was found dead near 100 Acre Island after disappearing while paddle boarding in Union, Maine.

With aging ferries delayed sometimes for days, life goes haywire on an island in the Outer Hebrides.

Kerr County had discussed buying such things as water gauges and sirens after previous flood disasters. But as with many rural Texas counties, cost was an issue.

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President Trump’s domestic policy law jeopardizes plans to reopen one rural county’s hospital — and health coverage for hundreds of thousands of state residents.

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