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Texas Camp Hit by Floods Must Have New Manager, Judge Says

Camp Mystic, the Texas girls camp where 28 people were killed in flash floods last summer, must have a new management team with the power to settle lawsuits filed against the company, replacing the family blamed for the deaths, a judge ruled.

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