The Albany Civic Center sat on an island of dry land as the flood waters from the adjacent Flint River surged around the facility.

Our primary complaint about the Charger Scat Pack is that it doesn’t have standard safety features such as automatic emergency braking or blind-spot warning. Even though these would likely bring the price up, there really shouldn’t be any new cars on the road anymore that don’t have these advanced features as standard equipment.

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Urmila Venugopalan, SVP for strategy and chief of staff at the MPAA. How she’s celebrating: “I am taking my 2-year-old daughter to France for a road trip through the Loire Valley with my parents and sister’s family. I am looking forward to celebrating my birthday with all the delicious wine and food along the way! My husband has to stay in D.C. to work, so I plan to celebrate all over again with him when I get back.” Playbook Plus Q&A

Theresa Gluckhertz embracing her husband, Scott, on Thursday evening, July 25, 1993, as friends helped evacuate them from their home of 13 years in the St. Charles Mobile Home Community. They were among 700 St. Charles County residents ordered to evacuate. Photo by Wendi Fitzgerald

Swallows have a life expectancy of two years and might only have one chance to breed. Consequently, they put more effort into raising broods than longer-living birds. A group of swallows will chase hawks from their nesting grounds.

Come out tonight in the puddles Splash some love across the sky Just you and I bursting bubbles As the sky is about to cry

If you’re planning on shifting all of the spoil to your local rubbish dump, then make sure you have some plastic sheeting ready to either go in the back of your car or to tie everything together on your roof rack.

1: Essential lenses2: Memory cards and storage3: Lighting and video accessories4: Tripods, monopods, supports5: Straps and clips6: Camera bags7: Cleaning and charging8: Miscellaneous marvels

Ethique, which claims to be the world’s first zero-waste beauty brand, has launched its first UK retail partnership with Holland & Barrett.

Carol DuFrenne, of Prairie du Rocher, mourns the loss of a hand-built home and new machine shed, after officials deliberately broke a levee to relieve pressure, on Aug. 4, 1993. File photo by Jerry Naunheim Jr.

Every week, we do a little research of our own. We’re looking for scientists, professors, engineers, entrepreneurs—anybody, really—engaging in research and development across North Texas.

Analysis by the consultancy Caci found the crossover point will come in 2021. Last year, two-thirds of British adults used online banking and 48% mobile banking, according to figures from banking industry lobby group UK Finance.