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Abortion foes push federal action as Texas Republicans say issue best left to the states

WASHINGTON — Republicans are widely expected to take their first House majority in a post-Roe world next year, encountering a legal landscape conducive to tighter federal restrictions on abortion.

Tribune News Service

Alabama, Georgia Among Teams Trending for Uncommitted SI99 recruits

After the preseason SI99 rankings release, 18 prospects remain uncommitted as the 2022 season begins.

Sports Illustrated

Biden administration can’t force Texas hospitals to provide emergency abortions, judge rules

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had said hospitals in states with abortion bans must perform emergency abortions in some instances.

The Texas Tribune

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Judge blocks enforcement of Biden abortion guidance in Texas

A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the federal government from enforcing a legal interpretation that would require hospitals in the state to provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk

The Independent UK

Uvalde shooter’s body left in morgue for almost a month as funeral homes refused to take it

Mass killer was finally cremated more than 80 miles away around a month after he slaughtered 21 innocent victims at Robb Elementary School

The Independent UK

Greg Abbott’s Foul Spectacle

The governor’s political show may read as tough in Texas, but the rest of the country doesn’t want a barbarian as president.

Texas Observer

Dinosaur tracks revealed in Texas as severe drought dries up river

Multiple footprints belonging to the Acrocanthosaurus dinosaur and dating back over 100m years discovered in bed of Paluxy River

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Biden’s bid to ensure emergency abortion access is rejected in Texas

A federal judge in Texas ruled a Biden administration effort to ensure access to abortions in medical emergencies was “unauthorized,” in an early win for state officials.

Tribune News Service

Federal judge in Texas blocks Biden administration’s emergency abortion care guidance

Judge’s ruling blocks enforcement of federal guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortion care in the state

The Independent UK

Texas judge blocks Biden order requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions

Trump-appointed judge says US health department overreached in its guidance, in decision issued just before ‘trigger law’ takes effect

The Guardian - US

Mum preps son for school by holding 'gunman drills' with bulletproof rucksack

Cassie Walton, 23, taught Weston, five, what to do if there was a threat at his school after a gunman killed 19 children at Uvalde Elementary School, Texas, US - just 500 miles from their home

Daily Mirror

Conservative Texas church pulls watered-down Hamilton remake after copyright complaint

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s team took legal action after the show broke copyright laws

Evening Standard

GOP governors bus migrants to blue cities, but many exit in red states

Since April, thousands of migrants have arrived by bus in New York City and Washington, D.C., sent north by Republican governors in Texas and Arizona as a political gambit to blame Democrats for the migrants’ presence in the country.

Tribune News Service

Tommy Lee was on ‘motherf**king bender’ during full-frontal photo drama as he laughs off breaking the internet

Tommy Lee jokingly addressed his viral full-frontal photo posted on social media at a gig in Texas on Sunday night

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The Independent UK

Texas church apologises after unauthorised Hamilton musical goes viral

Lyrics and dialogue were rewritten to include ‘Christian themes’

The Texas Tribune

In Texas’ most competitive congressional race, neither candidate is running toward the center

Progressive Democrat Michelle Vallejo and conservative Republican Monica De La Cruz face off in a South Texas district long represented by moderate Democrats.

The Texas Tribune

“It’s a living hell”: Scorching heat in Texas prisons revives air-conditioning debate

Texas heat has killed prisoners and cost the state millions in wrongful death and civil rights lawsuits. Prison rights advocates hope a budget surplus next year will finally push lawmakers to invest in air conditioning.

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Watch: Dinosaur tracks from T-rex cousin 113 million years ago uncovered due to drought

Dinosaur tracks dating back 113 million years have been exposed after a river dried up in a drought-stricken US state park. The Acrocanthosaurus tracks were discovered in Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas on Monday. The park said most tracks that have recently been discovered at different parts of the…

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Perish,' by LaToya Watkins

FICTION: In this searing debut novel, a Texas family addresses its darkest secrets as its matriarch lies dying.

Tribune News Service

How Uvalde tragedy is affecting some Texas high school football games, stadium security

DALLAS — As Midlothian ISD began gearing up for the start of the school year and high school football season, athletic director Todd York decided it was time for a change.

Salon

Texas district cracks down on pronouns

The district, located between Dallas and Fort Worth, just added two conservative members in May

Tribune News Service

How a $100 box is changing the way people protect themselves against coronavirus

Life in North Texas has largely returned to a pre-pandemic normal. People are tired of masking and remaining socially distant, even though contagious COVID-19 variants show no signs of going away anytime soon.

ABC News

Texas church sorry for unauthorised Hamilton production with biblical rewrite

The unauthorised Hamilton production was rewritten with Christian themes, adding a scene where Alexander Hamilton repents.

Liverpool Echo

Taylor Swift course to be offered at Texas university

The Shake It Off singer’s work will feature alongside literary giants such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Keats and Plath

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