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Austin bomber's motive still unknown, despite 25-minute video

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (AP) — A 25-minute cellphone video left behind by the bomber whose deadly explosives terrorized Austin for weeks details the differences among the weapons he built and amounts to a confession, police said. But his motive remains a mystery. Mark Anthony Conditt, an unemployed college dropout who bought bomb-making materials at Home Depot, […]

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Investigators suspect FedEx bomb tied to Austin bombings

A package believed to be bound for Austin exploded at a Texas FedEx facility early Tuesday, law enforcement officials said, opening another potential front in investigations into of a series of blasts that have left the Texas capital gripped with fear. The explosion happened shortly after midnight at the facility in Schertz, Texas, just northeast […]

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Philip E. Julian

TEXAS — Philip E. Julian, age 80, of Sabattus went to be with hIs Lord at 9:35 p.m. Friday, March 2, 2018, at the home of his daughter, following a courageous battle with cancer. Phil was born July 18, 1937, in Bloomington, Illinois, to Marie and Marius Julian. He graduated from Trinity High School in 1955, […]

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Pastor: Texas church where 26 died in attack will be demolished

Vice President Mike Pence hugs Pastor Frank Pomeroy outside the Sutherland Spring Baptist Church during a stop, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing and wounding many. Pomeroy’s daughter was killed in the shooting. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) SUTHERLAND […]

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Lone gunman kills 26, wounds about 20 in Texas church shooting

A lone gunman stormed into a small community church here on Sunday and shot and killed more than two dozen people before fleeing and later being found dead several miles from the scene, authorities said. Witnesses said a white male in his 20s, dressed in all black and wearing a tactical vest, started shooting with […]