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Two 17-year-old boys shot in Austin

One boy was shot in the groin and taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 13, 2022

First video of Uvalde school shooting published as Texas lawmakers prepare to release footage Sunday

AUSTIN, Texas — For the first time since the May 24 shooting, the public can now see portions of video from the scene of the Uvalde shooting, including the first ever images of the shooter carrying out the attack, after the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV published footage Tuesday.

Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022

Uvalde shooting video from inside school to be released Sunday by Texas House committee

AUSTIN, Texas — The chairman of a Texas House committee investigating the Uvalde school shooting indicated Tuesday that he would defy a local district attorney and release video from within Robb Elementary School to the public.

Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022

Liz Wolfe: How San Francisco's Failures Could Help Austin and Miami

Associate Editor Liz Wolfe discusses the political and economic fortunes of both Austin and Miami, plus potential reasons these pastures might not always be greener.

Reason · Jul 8, 2022

How could Texas Republicans further restrict abortion next year?

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans have led the charge to pass laws to restrict abortion for nearly a quarter-century, but until recently, federal courts let the procedure continue, striking down laws that impinged too much on what was for 49 years a constitutional right.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2022

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders state to grab migrants, release them at bridges

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday told state police and Texas National Guard soldiers to begin stopping illegal immigrants and taking them to ports of entry, no longer taking them into state custody.

Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2022

Roe’s Grassroots Beginnings

The landmark abortion case had its origins in campus activism at UT Austin, including journalists at a feminist newspaper called the Rag.

Texas Observer · Jul 7, 2022

Uvalde’s mayor, state senator say victims relief center providing ‘meager’ benefits

AUSTIN, Texas — Uvalde’s mayor and its state senator say a one-stop resiliency center created to provide aid to victims’ families in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting is failing to provide adequate aid and should be taken over by the state.

Tribune News Service · Jul 6, 2022

‘Love triangle’ murder, plastic surgery, and Costa Rica escape: How top cyclist’s alleged killer evaded bungling officials for seven weeks

Kaitlin Armstrong was freed by Austin police despite being a suspect in the murder of Moriah Wilson. Forty-three days later, US Marshals finally tracked her down more than 2,000 miles away in Costa Rica. Bevan Hurley examines why it took so long to find her

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022

Tesla Already Planning Huge Giga Texas Expansion: Permits Filed

Tesla is ramping up two new factories and expanding others, and now it's already filed official paperwork to add 500,000 square feet of footprint in Austin.

InsideEVs · Jul 1, 2022