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Execution set for elderly clerk's burning death in 2012 Garland robbery
A Texas man is facing execution Tuesday evening for the burning death of an elderly clerk he set on fire during a convenience store robbery more than a decade ago. Matthew Lee Johnson was condemned for the 2012 death of 76-year-old Nancy Harris, a great-grandmother who was splashed with lighter fluid and set ablaze at a store in Garland. Johnson,…
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Texas deputy wounded, suspect held in shooting outside Houston courthouse, authorities say
A shootout in front of a family courthouse Monday between several Texas deputies and a man with a handgun wounded one of the deputies as well as the suspect, authorities said. At 12:20 p.m., a man displaying a weapon was reported walking from the Harris County Civil Courthouse in downtown Houston to the nearby Family Law Center, Carl Shaw, assistant…
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Ted Cruz , Colin Allred wage another big US Senate fight in Texas
Republicans have a stranglehold on every statewide elected office in Texas and control the state Supreme Court, both chambers of the Legislature and both U.S. Senate seats.
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Texas bridge connecting Galveston and Pelican Island reopened after barge collision
A bridge near Galveston that was damaged last week when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat has reopened to vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
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The first wrongful-death trial in Travis Scott concert deaths has been delayed
The start of the first civil trial stemming from the deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld festival in Texas has been delayed.
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Federal judge declares DACA is illegal again, issue likely to be decided by US Supreme Court
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen agreed with Texas and eight other states suing to stop the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program.
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Attorney for Man Accused of Killing 5 Neighbors in Texas Suggests Not All Has Been Revealed About Shooting
Attorneys for the man accused of killing five of his neighbors after storming into their Texas home suggested on Thursday that not all has been revealed about what led up to the deadly shooting.
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‘Senseless Crime': Texas Woman Killed by Stray Bullet Fired by Neighbor, Authorities Say
The death of a woman, who authorities say was sleeping in her suburban Houston apartment when she was killed by a stray bullet fired by a neighbor shooting at people breaking into vehicles, was called a “senseless crime” by her family Thursday.
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Country's Divisive Issues, From Guns to Immigration, Play Out in Texas in Just Two Weeks
Thirteen people dead in two mass shootings. Eight immigrants killed when an SUV slams into a crowded bus stop. The likely approval of legislation that would let the Republican governor overturn elections in the most populous county, a Democratic stronghold. All in the past two weeks.
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Man Who Lost Wife, Son in Cleveland, TX Mass Shooting Tells Story
Wilson Garcia hadn’t even asked his neighbor to stop shooting his gun.
