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Woods’ mother attended the news conference but did not speak.The girl’s body was found 1.2 miles (1.9 kilometers) from where she went missing, Gordon said.

Brenham, which has about 19,000 residents, is located about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northwest of Houston.“We’re a very, very special community, very tight-knit Christian community. The response from everyone was overwhelming,” Mayor Atwood Kenjura said. “We don’t like the outcome that happened.”At Woods’ school, support services were being provided for students and staff, according to the Brenham Independent School District.

“Our hearts are broken for Devah’s family, and we ask that you continue to keep them in your thoughts and prayers during this unimaginably difficult time,” the district said in a social media post.The next round of severe storms threatened to bring as much as 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rain Tuesday to parts of southeastern Texas, according to the National Weather Service in Houston. Strong rip currents and flooding along Gulf-facing beaches, especially during high tide, were also forecast.

A large swath of Texas and parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi were under flood watches early in the day.

much of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas, washing out roads and causing hundreds of flight cancelations and delays.Lai also said the island would be willing to participate in U.S. efforts to reindustrialize and to lead the world in artificial intelligence.

Rep. Bruce Westerman, chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, told Lai that the U.S. produces a lot of food and fiber and is “always looking for more friends to share that with.”Trade and economic ties between Taiwan and the U.S. have grown closer in recent years. The island faces rising pressure from China, which sees the island as part of Chinese territory and vows to annex it, by force if necessary.

Washington is bound by its own laws to provide Taipei with the means to defend itself, and politicians — both Republicans and Democrats — have come to believe it is in the U.S. interest to deter Beijing from attacking Taiwan.Many policymakers and analysts have argued that arming Taiwan includes not only