In this installment of NPR's Word of the Week, we go to camp: from 16th-century military lodgings to the wilderness adventures of the 1880s designed to turn boys into "manly men."
In this installment of NPR's Word of the Week, we go to camp: from 16th-century military lodgings to the wilderness adventures of the 1880s designed to turn boys into "manly men."Open
Camp Mystic's debts were reportedly listed as $10 million to $50 million
In addition to the 25 girls and two counselors, camp owner Richard Eastland also died in the flood.
Families of the victims filed a lawsuit in November saying the camp operators failed to take the necessary steps to protect the girls as life-threatening floodwaters approached.
Families of the victims filed a lawsuit in November saying the camp operators failed to take the necessary steps to protect the girls as life-threatening floodwaters approached.Open
Twenty-seven people died in the July 2025 flood at the all-girls camp.
Catastrophic floods that swept the Texas Hill Country last July killed 25 campers, two counselors and the camp’s executive director.
The R.V.s are seen as an eyesore — the most visible sign of the state’s homelessness crisis. Neighbors and politicians want them gone. The people who call them home feel under siege.
At the hearing, Austin-based surgeon Dr. Julie Sprunt Marshall, whose daughter survived the flood, raised multiple medical concerns about Eastland’s conduct,
Only a small number of camps have cleared Texas’ new safety law.
Just weeks away from the start of summer camp season in Texas, around 3% of camps have been approved to open under the new safety regulations put in place after last year's deadly flooding at Camp Mystic. NewsNation’s Xavier Walton has the details.