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Texas may delay trial for alleged Walmart shooter if federal prosecutors want to seek death penalty

A state district judge in El Paso said Tuesday that he’ll wait to see what federal prosecutors decide in their case before moving ahead with a state trial for the man accused of killing 23 shoppers in 2019.

The Texas Tribune

El Paso struggles to house migrants after shelter closes as border crossings surge

City’s new facility has to find shelters for those without alternative after a 40-year beacon of refuge shuttered earlier this year

The Guardian - US

Chaos surrounding rookie El Paso DA Yvonne Rosales fuels concerns about Walmart massacre prosecution

Mistakes and backbiting have engulfed the El Paso County district attorney’s office. Some question whether she is competent to handle one of the most high-profile death penalty cases in recent Texas history.

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New York City mayor declares state of emergency over busing of migrants from Texas

Mayor Eric Adams said the city needs emergency funding to provide shelter to migrants and other people without housing. He also asked El Paso to stop sending migrants there.

The Texas Tribune

Democrat-led Texas city steps up migrant busing to New York, outpacing Republican effort

The Democrat-led border city of El Paso, Texas, has sent more migrants on buses to New York City and Chicago than a campaign by Texas' Republican governor, a twist in an ongoing partisan battle over U.S. border security.

Reuters

Suspects in migrant shooting went to a meeting after firing fatal shots, police report says

Michael Sheppard, one of the suspects, was the warden of an immigration detention center that was the subject of several human rights abuse complaints in 2018.

The Texas Tribune

Warden of West Texas immigration detention center arrested in migrant’s death was previously accused of abusing detainees

The brothers reportedly told law enforcement they were looking for animals to shoot. One man was killed and a woman was injured.

The Texas Tribune

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Texas mayor says there is a humanitarian way to bus migrants

El Paso’s mayor defended using charter buses to transport migrants out of the West Texas city, saying that the trips were voluntary and coordinated with officials at the destination.

Tribune News Service

El Paso scrambles to move migrants off the streets and gives them free bus rides as shelters reach capacity

One Venezuelan couple slept on a sidewalk after a perilous trip through seven countries with their baby. After two days in El Paso, they boarded a city-funded charter bus to New York City.

The Texas Tribune

El Paso joins Texas Gov. Abbott’s strategy of busing migrants to New York, other East Coast cities

EL PASO, Texas — A chartered bus carrying migrants is scheduled to leave El Paso for New York on Tuesday, marking the first time city and county officials have agreed to work with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Tribune News Service

Inside Lincoln Riley's Air Raid offense, known for constant evolution and misdirection

The ideas that would one day inspire a football revolution had been rattling around in Hal Mumme's head for a few years before he finally had the chance to use them. It was 1986, and Mumme had just lost his job as Texas El Paso's offensive coordinator. With nowhere to…

Los Angeles Times

Beto O’Rourke pauses campaign events while recovering from bacterial infection

O’Rourke said he is resting at home in El Paso and will be back on the road “as soon as I am able.”

The Texas Tribune

“Thanks, and God bless you”: Asylum-seekers allowed to enter U.S. after “remain in Mexico” ends

Two weeks after a federal judge allowed the Biden administration to end the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols, U.S. judges are beginning to allow migrants to stay in the country as their asylum claims are pending.

The Texas Tribune

As wave of violence plagues Mexico, US issues travel alert

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The day was dubbed “Black Thursday” as violence, fear and panic engulfed this Mexican border city, across El Paso, leaving at least a dozen dead.

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Watch: Woman rescued after vehicle plunges into sinkhole

A woman in the US has been rescued after her vehicle fell into a sinkhole, trapping her at an intersection in El Paso, Texas.

The Texas Tribune

El Paso lawmaker aids Uvalde shooting investigation three years after massacre in his city

State Rep. Joe Moody rushed to the site of a mass shooting in his city in 2019, then warned House colleagues that it would happen again as they passed a permitless carry bill. Now he’s at the center of the investigation into the Uvalde massacre.

The Texas Tribune

“I think of them always,” survivor of El Paso Walmart shooting says of those who were killed three years ago

Speaking out for the first time, an El Paso mom recounts the moments from a bank inside the Walmart where 23 people were fatally shot and dozens more were injured in 2019.

Tribune News Service

Crowdsourced data on overdoses pinpoints where to help

EL PASO, Texas — Men lined up outside the Corner of Hope, a homeless resource center, eyeing free supplies on plastic shelves inside a white van.

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Texas Observer

Dear Biden: Protect Our Poppies

Home to vibrant flowers, orioles, mountain lions and more, advocates seek to protect the acres around a former El Paso firing range.

WEKU

Mississippi's last abortion clinic shuts down. The owner promises to continue working

The clinic is now headed to Las Cruces, New Mexico, about 40 miles north of El Paso, Texas.

The Texas Tribune

With national data on drug overdoses lacking, University of Texas project looks to help provide a solution

Researchers are testing a program that would allow harm reduction groups to crowdsource data statewide. While the data relies on word of mouth, the researchers say it is more comprehensive than anything that exists now.

Tribune News Service

Padres farmhands getting at look at robo umps, pitch clocks in El Paso

The confidence Trent Grisham has in his strike-zone judgment is likely why his career on-base percentage is nearly 100 points above his batting average ... and also why he's been among the league leaders in called strike threes since becoming a regular with the Padres.

AFP

'Your body belongs to Christ': US anti-abortionists see divine hand in court ruling

El Paso (United States) (AFP) - Diana Villanueva's rapist took her to an abortion clinic when she was just 16 years old and told her to terminate her pregnancy.

Tribune News Service

Migrants arrive in Dallas as high numbers cause overcrowding worries at border

About 50 migrants arrived at a Dallas church Wednesday morning as local nonprofits scramble to assist private shelters with historic high migration.

Texas Observer

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