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State Sen. Angela Paxton will “carry out my duty” and attend her husband’s impeachment trial

Suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton faces charges of bribery and obstruction of justice in his upcoming impeachment trial before the Texas Senate.

The Texas Tribune

The Obamas, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Kerry Washington mark Juneteenth: 'Lean into your liberation'

Juneteenth National Independence Day commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. The holiday is celebrated on June 19, the anniversary of the 1865 order by Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger informing enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, of their freedom.

Los Angeles Times

Houston rapper Big Pokey dies after collapsing during Texas show

A local justice of the peace in Jefferson County, where Milton Powell (aka Big Pokey) was performing when he collapsed Sunday, said an autopsy to determine the cause of death was pending.

Chicago Sun-Times

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‘Change their mind’: People can be taught to love, civil rights icon Opal Lee says on day to celebrate freedom

FORT WORTH, Texas — Amid temperatures that felt like 104, Opal Lee completed her “Walk for Freedom” on Monday and called for people to make a change in others.

Tribune News Service

How would Justice Barrett have voted in United States v. Lopez?

The limiting principle presented in Lopez would likely not meet her threshold.

Reason

Cody Longo’s cause of death revealed months after he was found dead in Austin

Actor and musician Cody Longo died in Austin, Texas, earlier this year, reportedly of chronic alcohol use.

Los Angeles Times

Tornadoes kill one, injure dozens as southern US faces heatwave

The heatwave has spurred thunderstorms, flooding and power outages from Florida to Texas, leaving 400,000 in the dark.

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Houston rapper Big Pokey dies after collapsing at show in Texas

Milton Powell, a Houston rapper who performed under the name Big Pokey, has died after performing a show in Texas over the weekend

The Independent UK

These House Republicans opposed making Juneteenth a holiday two years ago

Republicans said the holiday was meant to stoke racial division

The Independent UK

Power outages continue across southern US; triple-digit heat wave grips Texas

More than 100,000 customers in the southern U.S. are still without power following damaging storms that have left residents searching for relief in sweltering temperatures

The Independent UK

Cornyn call to dump Trump risks alienating Republican base voters

WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. John Cornyn says it’s time for the Republican party to dump former President Donald Trump and his destined-to-fail bid for a White House return.

Tribune News Service

Mum dangles infant son out of 3rd-story window as terrified neighbours gather underneath

A Texas woman allegedly pulled a gun on neighbours attempting to stop her from throwing her four-month-old son out a third-story window with witnesses worried about doing 'too much to antagonize her more'

Daily Mirror

Juneteenth: how did the holiday start and how is it celebrated today?

US’s newest federal holiday – signed into law in 2021 – has its roots in the emancipation of Black Americans from slavery

The Guardian - US

LA Latinos welcome 42 migrants bused from Texas as 'brothers and sisters'

A month and a half ago, Miguel Ángel got off a bus in Los Angeles. He had been detained in an immigration center since January, after Border Patrol officers caught him and the four other people he was traveling with in the Sonoran Desert.

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Al Jazeera

What is Juneteenth, and what’s new this year?

The reckoning over race ignited by the murder of George Floyd set the stage for Juneteenth to become a US holiday.

Axios

Juneteenth draws attention to sites linked to enslavement after decades of neglect.

Hundreds of historic sites from Massachusetts to Texas offer windows into enslaved people's lives.

Reason

How Should Juries Decide Noneconomic Damages Awarded to Family Members in Wrongful Death Cases?

From Gregory v. Chohan, decided Friday by the Supreme Court of Texas, in an opinion by Justice Jimmy Blacklock, joined by Chief Justice Nathan Hecht and Justice Brett Busby, and mostly joined by Justice Jane Bland (three Justices didn't participate in the decision, so these four were a majority of…

The Independent UK

The story behind Juneteenth and how it became a federal holiday

Many Americans will be marking Juneteenth this month

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Head to deepest Texas to see the cult of Trump in all its sheer weirdness

By November 2018, Donald Trump was already well into his presidency. Everything many Americans feared had come true, and there was a copper-bottomed combovered nincompoop running their country. That month, I took my elder daughter to Marfa, in Texas, to see the extraordinary arts hub there: the Donald Judd Foundation,…

The Texas Tribune

Llano County libraries case has lawyers and publishers worried about existing legal precedents

Libraries have been at the receiving end of book challenges, threats and new laws. Now, some worry a federal appeals court could chip away at long-standing protections.

The Texas Tribune

Fentanyl is dominating headlines, but there’s a more comprehensive drug problem happening in Texas

Lawmakers are passing laws in an attempt to slow the rise in fentanyl overdoses, but drug advocates warn the opioid is mostly a booster for other illegal drugs.

The Texas Tribune

Some conservatives’ long-term goal in property tax fight: get rid of school taxes altogether

Gov. Greg Abbott has thrown his weight behind the idea being pushed by an influential conservative think tank. Many school leaders are worried.

Ballotpedia

13 bills or resolutions related to Juneteenth enacted so far in 2023

Welcome to the Monday, June 19, Brew.

Los Angeles Times

Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos thrive hosting baseball games in the U.S. and Mexico

LAREDO, Texas — When the Mexican-American War ended in 1848 and land on the northern side of the Rio Grande River became part of the U.S., the people of Laredo celebrated their place in a democracy by holding a referendum.

The Guardian - US

Days of desperation: the diary of a woman forced to flee Texas for an abortion

Lauren Miller’s fetus had fatal brain abnormalities. Her pregnancy threatened her life, and that of her twin boy. Now, she is one of 15 women suing the state

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