A judge has granted a request from Texas lawmakers to delay the execution of a man scheduled to be the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.
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Former Uvalde schools police chief says he’s being ‘scapegoated’ over response to mass shooting
Pete Arredondo and another former district police officer are the only 2 people to have been charged over their actions that day, even though nearly 400 local, state and federal officers responded to the scene.
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One church, two astronauts. How a Texas congregation is supporting its members on the space station
There’s no return date yet, which means the congregation’s worries have subsided for now since they are safe aboard the space station, said Tommy Dahn. He is a pastor for the Pasadena, Texas, church where Tracy Dyson worships as a newer member and Barry Wilmore is a longtime elder.
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Texas youth lockups are beset by abuse and mistreatment of children, report says
The Justice Department’s findings come three years after the department launched a federal investigation into alleged widespread abuse and harsh practices.
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Oldest person in the U.S. turns 115 today: ‘She’s surprised us all’
Francis, who lives in Houston, was the second-oldest person in the U.S. until Feb. 22, when the previous longevity record holder, Edie Ceccarelli, died a few weeks after her 116th birthday in Mendocino County, Calif.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demands answers as customers remain without power after Beryl
Around 270,000 homes and businesses are still without power in the Houston area almost a week after Hurricane Beryl hit Texas.
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Handful of U.S. grocery stores to sell ammo in vending machines
Grocery stores in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas allow patrons to pick up bullets along with a gallon of milk.
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Texas judge blocks move to close migrant shelter; calls Attorney General’s actions ‘outrageous’
Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton had demanded earlier this year that Annunciation House, which operates several shelters serving migrants and refugees, turn over records showing the names of those it housed.
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Indictment accuses former Uvalde schools police chief of delays while shooter was ‘hunting’ children
The now-former police chief was arrested and briefly booked into the Uvalde County jail before he was released Thursday night on 10 felony counts of abandoning or endangering a child in the 2022 attack.
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2 killed and 6 wounded in shooting during a Juneteenth celebration in a Texas park
An altercation began between two groups during a concert at the event and someone started shooting, Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks said during a news conference at the scene.