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Around 10:45 a.m., a dive team with the Texas Department of Public Safety told authorities that it had found her body, Brenham Police Lt. Steven Eilert said during a news conference.“We have taken care of her as much as we could. Our hearts go out to (her) family. It is a difficult thing,” Eilert said.
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.Both said that failing to act now could pull the U.S. deeper into conflict later. If Putin isn’t stopped in Ukraine, Blumenthal said, NATO treaty obligations could one day compel American troops into battle.
After a one-hour meeting with Macron in Paris, both Graham, of South Carolina, and Blumenthal, of Connecticut, said they left convinced Europe was ready to“This visit has been a breakthrough moment because President Macron has shown moral clarity in his conversations with us,” Blumenthal said. “Today, he is 100% aligned with that message that we are taking back to Washington.”
Blumenthal pointed to the rare bipartisan unity behind the sanctions bill. “There are very few causes that will take 41 Republicans and 41 Democrats and put them on record on a single piece of legislation,” he said. “The cause of Ukraine is doing it.”Ahead, Ukrainian military leaders are set to brief Congress and a sanctions vote could follow.