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News Articles: Texas

Mahayana Landowne, of Brooklyn, N.Y., wears a "Lady Justice" costume as she marches past the Supreme Court during a protest for abortion rights on June 30, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

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The Texas Supreme Court has blocked an order that resumed abortions in the state

The whiplash of Texas clinics turning away patients, rescheduling them and now potentially canceling appointments again illustrated the confusion and scrambling taking place since Roe fell.

July 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
District Attorney José Garza, pictured in Austin, Texas, in 2021. He is one of nearly 90 elected prosecutors from across the country who has publicly pledged not to prosecute those seeking or providing abortions.

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This Texas district attorney is one of dozens who have vowed not to prosecute abortion

Nearly 90 elected prosecutors from both blue and red states pledged not to prosecute those who seek or provide abortions. One Texas DA says that's because their jobs are about keeping people safe.

June 29, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Reggie Daniels pays his respects at a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on June 9, 2022, honoring the two teachers and 19 students killed in the shooting at the school on May 24.

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  • National

The school at the center of the Uvalde, Texas, shooting will be rebuilt

The school will be demolished so "students and staff will not have to return to the building at the site of the tragedy," the district said.

June 29, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A young woman pays her respects at a memorial in front of Robb Elementary School earlier this monthin Uvalde, Texas. Committees have begun inviting testimony from law enforcement authorities, family members and witnesses regarding the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School which killed 19 children and two adults.

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  • National

The police response at Robb Elementary was a failure, a Texas official says

It took about an hour and 14 minutes from when officers arrived at the school to when they breached the door and ended the standoff with the gunman.

June 21, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez and
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A water main break in Odessa, Texas could leave nearly 165,000 people in and around the city with little to no water for 48 hours.

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  • National

A Texas city could be without water for 48 hours after a water main break

The city of Odessa has not yet released the exact details regarding the cause of the break.

June 14, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
A Texas Department of Public Safety officer keeps watch on June 3, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas, near a memorial outside Robb Elementary School.

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  • National

A legal loophole may block access to Texas shooting records

A law barring information from being released in crimes for which no one has been convicted comes under focus in the Uvalde school shootings.

June 14, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Demonstrators gather on the steps to the state Capitol to speak against transgender-related legislation bills being considered in the Texas Senate and Texas House on May 20, 2021 in Austin, Texas.

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  • Law

A judge blocks Texas from investigating families of trans youth

The temporary restraining order issued by Judge Jan Soifer halts investigations against three families who sued.

June 10, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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  • National

An Arizona man says American Airlines is to blame for his wrongful arrest

Michael Lowe says he is still suffering from trauma following a 17-day experience in a New Mexico jail, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.

June 09, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden drive past a memorial site in the town square of Uvalde set up for those killed in the school mass shooting, on their way to Robb Elementary School on Sunday in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

How we pronounce Uvalde says a lot about the power of language in mixed communities

The name of the town comes from a misspelled Spanish name. The way people say it traces a long history of racializing Latinos in the U.S.

June 03, 2022
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Justice of the Peace Eulalio Diaz, Jr., was called to identify the bodies of the 21 victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary, last week.

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  • National

A Uvalde coroner is haunted by identifying the bodies of children and an old friend

Because Uvalde is so small, a local Justice of the Peace had the horrible task of identifying slain kids after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School. He says the images will stick with him.

May 31, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
A floral arrangement honors a victim of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

Neighboring florists step in to help provide flowers for Uvalde funerals

A local florist says she's putting aside sunflowers for one of the victims, the daughter of one of her high school classmates. "Their baby's favorite was sunflowers," Kelly Baker said.

May 31, 2022
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  • Karen Zamora
Celeste Ibarra and her daughter, Aubriella Melchor, who survived the mass shooting on Tuesday, prayed with members of the Journey Riders, Sons of God Motorcycle Club, including Adam Torres (far left) at Murphy USA gas station in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

Uvalde shooting survivors seek comfort anywhere, including in the arms of bikers

Nine-year-old Aubriella Melchor said she narrowly escaped the slaughter because she'd been in the bathroom. At a gas station, Christian bikers joined the girl and her mother to pray.

May 30, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
Law enforcement and first responders gather outside Robb Elementary School following Tuesday's shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Their response has since come under wide scrutiny.

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  • National

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he was 'misled' about the Uvalde shooting police response

Abbott says the information that he provided at a press conference two days ago was a recitation of what law enforcement had told him in a room beforehand.

May 27, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz,
  • Joe Neel,
  • and 1 more
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says the gunman responsible for the Uvalde shooting Tuesday used an AR-15-style assault rifle. Here, three variations of the AR-15 are displayed at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento, Calif., in 2012.

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  • National

Where AR-15-style rifles fit in America's tragic history of mass shootings

The weapon used to carry out the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is one all too familiar to Americans and lawmakers who have witnessed mass shootings occur over the past decade.

May 26, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Robb Elementary School is the site of a shooting that killed 19 students and two adults in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

While the gun control debate amplifies, the overwhelming emotion in Uvalde is grief

The small community of Uvalde, Texas is grieving one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

May 26, 2022
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By:
  • Merrit Kennedy
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