Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo was one of the first to arrive at Robb Elementary, two minutes after a gunman entered and opened fire on a classroom full of children. He ended up serving as commander to direct response on May 24. But in the weeks since the …
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The largest police officers’ union in Texas is calling for a “strong, independent investigation” into the chain of events that prompted Uvalde authorities to wait over an hour before confronting the gunman responsible for the second-deadliest school shooting in American history. In a statement posted to the organization’s website, the …
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The Uvalde gunman reportedly shared three messages on Facebook before shooting his grandmother in the face and then killing 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said at a press conference Wednesday, May 25. Abbott said the messages were, at this time, the “only information …
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A 26-year-old Texas woman was arrested and charged with murder Thursday after allegedly performing a “self-induced abortion.” Lizelle Herrera remained in custody with a bond set at $500,000 after “intentionally and knowingly cause[d] the death of an individual by self-induced abortion,” the Starr County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement …
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MCKINNEY, Texas — Frederick Frazier, a veteran Dallas Police officer who landed Trump’s endorsement in a tight primary race for a seat in the Texas state House, has been accused of impersonating a public official as part of a bizarre plot to sabotage the campaign of his opponent. On Tuesday, …
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Haley Dahl took the stage at Austin’s Mohawk bar on March 16 dressed like a witch from folklore, which checks out, considering her band Sloppy Jane’s recent albumMadison was recorded in a cave. She stood head to toe in royal blue, her velvet suit’s sharp shoulder pads providing a trusty …
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UPDATE (3/2): A Texas judge has ruled that the state may not — at least temporarily — enforce actions targeting parents of a transgender teen, as ABC affiliate KVUE reports. Judge Amy Clark Meachum granted a temporary restraining order on Wednesday. A hearing has been set for March 11 that …
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COLLIN COUNTY, Texas — Michael Phillips is a professor, a 15-year veteran of Collin College in Texas, and the area’s preeminent historian of racial politics and right-wing extremism. At the end of the school year, he’ll also be out of a job. Phillips says he was summoned to a series …
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As a young-adult literature author born in Argentina and raised in Miami, Romina Garber aims to write the experiences she didn’t see in books growing up. “I didn’t have any reference points for my immigrant identity in the books I read or the shows I watched,” she says. That’s why …
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