Measles Outbreak and Mushroom Murder Verdict

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Others were roused by shouts and And the sound of breaking glass as their counselors smashed cabin windows with rocks to try to pull them from the flood waters of the Guadalupe River. As of this morning, at least seventy-ighte people have been confirmed dead in the Central Texas floods. That includes twenty eight children. Dozens more remain missing in one of the deadliest freshwater floods in decades, including ten children still missing from Camp Mystic , a Christian camp on the banks of the river. And there is more rain in the forecast. Tanya Fucci, who you heard at the top of the show, was visiting her grandmother when she witnessed the flooding. She said that In our newsletter today , you can find a minute-by-minute timeline of the floods. Just follow the link in our show notes. You can also find live coverage of the continuing search for the missing. President Donald Trump ridiculed Elon Musk's plans for a new political party. That's number two. On Saturday, the richest man in the world, who is the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and the owner of X, announced a new way to fill his time. Musk said he has started a political party, which he claimed will represent the 80% of voters in the middle. He's calling it the America Party. It's a pretty big turnaround for a man who went all in on using his wealth to support Trump's successful run for president last year. Most recently, Musk and Trump have clashed over Trump's massive tax and immigration bill, which the president signed into law on Friday. Musk announced his new party on X a day after that signing. And Trump was not impressed. He called Musk's plans ridiculous. And on Truth Social yesterday, he said Musk had gone off the rails. A tremendous success with the Republican Party. The Democrats have lost their way, but it's always been a two-party system. And I think starting a third party just adds to confusion. Last week, Trump said he would take a look at deporting Musk . Number three, Trump will meet with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu today at the White House. This is the third time the two men will come face to face this year, but a lot has happened since their last meeting. Today's event might look like a victory lap after recent joint US Israeli strikes on Iran, hailed by both as a major success. But the visit will also be dogged by Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza and questions over how hard Trump will push for an end to the conflict. In Trump's view, a fresh truce between Israel and Hamas could pave the way for a far greater peace in the Middle East. The meeting could give new urgency to a U.S. ceasefire proposal under discussion, but whether it'll lead to a deal that ends the war is unclear. The U.S. has reached its highest annual measles case tally in ye thirty threears. That's number four. According to new data, at least one thousand two hundred and seventy seven cases of measles have been confirmed this year across thirty-eight states and the District of Columb That surpasses the number of infections reported in 2019. And it's the largest number of cases since 1992, when officials recorded more than 2100 infections. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength. The CDC said that 92% of measles cases this year were in people who were either unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown. If you're not sure about your vaccine status or whether you need a booster, you can find more information in our newsletter today. A woman was found guilty in Australia's mushroom murder case. That's number five. 50-year-old Aaron Patterson was accused of murdering three relatives in 2023 by feeding them lunch laced with deathcap mushrooms. Today, a jury found that Patterson deliberately poisoned four relatives, one of whom survived, with a toxic beef wellington. The verdict brings to a close a two-month trial that gripped Australians, and could read from the outside like an Agatha Christie novel. Sc ores of people lined up each morning outside the courthouse for the chance to see the proceedings firsthand. Proceedings replete with family drama, fungal ingredients, and allegations of deception . Number six. Tropical storm Chantal is moving into the mid-Atlantic region. Yesterday, Chantal became the first storm of the hurricane season to make landfall in the U.S. It caused major flooding in North Carolina, submerging homes, businesses, and vehicles, and closing hundreds of roads. Up to two months' worth of rain fell in some areas. Today, Chantal's moisture will track into the mid-Atlantic and the northeast, triggering heavy showers and possible thunderstorms from DC to Boston. In addition to being the first of this season, Chantal's landfall was the earliest in the season since 2022 in the United States. You can find the full forecast in our newsletter. Just follow the link to that in our show notes . And at number seven. Fifteen years after a wedding ring was lost on a Virginia Christmas tree farm, it was found. In 2010, Wayne Corprew cut down a Christmas tree for his family. When he got into his truck to drive it home, he realized that his wedding ring was missing. He searched the 50-acre farm in southwest Virginia, but to no avail. He then reported the loss to the owner, who took down his details on a sticky note. It read, quote, Lost Wedding Ring Band, do not throw away. More than a decade later, Corporu was shocked to get a call from the farm. Its new owners had unearthed the ring while planting corn, leafed through old sticky notes and got in touch. He picked it up the next day