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Senators announce bipartisan framework for gun legislation in wake of mass shootings

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced it had reached a framework for enacting modest gun restrictions, such as closing loopholes and increasing background checks for gun purchases by people between 18 and 21, in response to a recent spate of mass shootings that included a massacre…

Los Angeles Times

Senators announce bipartisan framework on gun legislation in wake of mass shootings

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced it had reached a framework for enacting modest gun restrictions while beefing up school security and enhancing mental health treatment in response to a recent spate of mass shootings that included a massacre at a Texas elementary school.

Los Angeles Times

Record heat sears Texas, central US this weekend

Record high temperatures continue to sear the Southwest through the Mississippi Valley, driving weekend energy demand as people turn to air conditioners to cool down, with the heat forecast to spread to Chicago and the Great Lakes early this week.

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A bipartisan group of senators announces a deal for school safety and gun measures

The agreement, which has the support of at least 10 Republican senators, is narrowly focused at preventing future shootings similar to the one in Uvalde, Texas.

WEKU

Senate bargainers announce outline of gun violence agreement

Senate bargainers have announced a bipartisan framework responding to last month’s mass shootings in New York and Texas

The Independent UK

National leader of Patriot Front among those arrested at Idaho pride event

Tom Rosseau, from Dallas, Texas, formed the Patriot Front in 2017 while still a teenager

The Independent UK

Bipartisan Senate group strikes gun deal focused on school safety, mental health - Roll Call

A deal reached by 10 Democratic and GOP senators should have enough support to clear a filibuster, but doesn’t go as far as the House did.

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Heat wave roasts Texas, breaks records in Arizona, California, to expand across the country

Heat records began falling Friday, and show no signs of stopping soon.

Axios

Texas caps off super regional comeback with walk-off to force Game 3

Horns Up.

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Texas Beats ECU on Walk-Off to Force Game 3 in Series

The Longhorns came back from down five to hold off elimination.

Sports Illustrated

No Media Libel Liability in Texas for Accurately Reporting Third-Party Allegations on Public-Concern Matters

Under American libel law, accurately repeating a defamatory allegation is itself defamatory, though with various exceptions. Texas law creates a huge exception, almost large enough to swallow the rule—Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 73.005(b) provides that In an action brought against a newspaper or other periodical or broadcaster,…

Reason

Lady Victoria Hervey says she feels 'safer' when carrying a gun in 'dangerous' LA

Lady Victoria Hervey, former IT Girl, said the school shooting in Texas was 'terrible' but believes that a ban on firearms would lead to a 'genocide' in America

Daily Mirror

Thousands rally for action on US gun violence after mass shootings

Thousands of people rallied on the National Mall and across the United States on Saturday in a renewed push for gun control measures after recent deadly mass shootings from Uvalde, Texas, to Buffalo, New York, that activists say should compel Congress to act.

France 24

5 things to know about Dallas lawyer Sidney Powell after Jan. 6 committee opening hearing

WASHINGTON — Sidney Powell, the Dallas lawyer who was once a key member of former Donald Trump’s legal team until the former president’s personal attorneys publicly disavowed her, is the subject of renewed focus after the opening hearing by the House panel probing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

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The Independent UK

Governors forming task force to address mass shootings

The National Governors Association says it's forming a working group of governors to come up with recommendations to stop mass shootings following the Texas school massacre

Sports Illustrated

ECU Homers in CWS Regional After Ball Pops Out of Texas OF’s Glove

A Texas blooper led to a big East Carolina inning on Friday.

WEKU

A federal judge in Texas blocks a major DHS policy limiting immigration enforcement

Federal Judge Drew Tipton blocked a Biden administration policy that limits who immigration authorities can arrest and deport. Critics say that's preventing ICE agents from enforcing the law.

WEKU

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.

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Texas Republicans criticize, tune out primetime hearing on Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON — Dramatic new footage, startling revelations and graphic testimony made Thursday night’s opening salvo from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection must-see-TV for many Americans.

The Independent UK

‘Drag queens aren’t going into schools to shoot kids’: Drag Queen Story Hour hits back at GOP ban attempts

The flamboyant LGBT+ education charity described Republican attacks as ‘smoke and mirrors’ to distract from gun control

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Texas judge halts 2 transgender child abuse probes

The Independent UK

Mysterious figure spotted at Texas zoo: ‘Unidentified Amarillo Object’

Weird form captured on security camera at fenceline of Amarillo Zoo

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Sixteen Republican governors oppose Biden administration’s executive order regarding taxpayer-funded construction contracts

Sixteen Republican governors wrote a letter to President Biden on April 26, 2022, opposing his executive order to mandate project labor agreements (PLAs) on taxpayer-funded construction contracts exceeding $35 million. The letter was signed by governors from Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South…

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan. 6 hearings show the importance of democracy

If American democracy continues, we can fix the rest of our problems. If it disappears, we will no longer be a free country and the rest won’t matter.

WEKU

How to prepare for this weekend's heat wave stretching from California to Texas

Temperatures will rise into the triple digits across the Southwest and western U.S. this weekend. Daytime temps will be 10 to 20 degrees hotter than normal, according to the National Weather Service.

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