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Amplify Energy reaches tentative settlement deal in California oil spill lawsuits

LOS ANGELES — The Texas company that operates the oil pipeline that sent at least 25,000 gallons of crude gushing into the waters off Southern California in a spill last fall has tentatively agreed to settle more than a dozen lawsuits brought by Orange County business owners and residents.

Los Angeles Times

Slew of trigger laws kick in as three more US states ban abortions

Women in Tennessee, Texas and Idaho will lose access and in certain cases doctors will be punished for performing procedure

The Guardian - US

Judge rejects ‘false’ damage claims from Texas church, hundreds of others in Surfside case

MIAMI — Last month, a self-described Texas minister claimed members of his church owned six units at the Surfside condominium building that collapsed and that they had died in the tragedy. He wanted to collect $3.1 million in damages for their loss.

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Fired Uvalde chief plays the victim

Arredondo "respectfully requests the Board immediately reinstate him, with all backpay and benefits"

Salon

Billboards warn Californians not to move to Texas with grim message: ‘The Texas miracle died in Uvalde’

Mystery surrounds who erected the controversial billboards

The Independent UK

Still booming: How Texas keeps attracting more workers and creating more jobs

Higher interest rates are slowing the real estate business, but the job market is proving to be more resilient, especially in Texas.

Tribune News Service

No criminal charge for death in DUI golf cart incident at exclusive Florida golf club

Hehr was driving a golf cart and passenger Christopher Edward Cipra, 34, of Houston, Texas, fell off and died.

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A Brief History of Junk Science and Bad Forensics

“Texas has a long history with the use of unreliable evidence. [It also has made] unique efforts to address that searing history.”

Texas Observer

New dinosaur tracks emerge in Texas park as drought causes water to recede

GLEN ROSE, Texas — As he methodically walks the rugged limestone terrain with nothing more than a meter stick, Glen Kuban talks fast, delving out millenniums of history in a matter of minutes.

Tribune News Service

War in Ukraine has countries lining up to buy Fort Worth-built F-35 fighter jets

FORT WORTH, Texas — As F-35 joint strike fighters move from station to station along Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth production line, screens display information that includes the jet’s overall sequence number, the military base where it’s headed and the country that ordered it.

Tribune News Service

Beto O’Rourke intensifies campaign on abortion rights as trigger law goes into effect

Gov. Greg Abbott signed the “trigger law” last year, ensuring that Texas would automatically outlaw abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturned Roe v. Wade. That happened in June, mobilizing Democrats nationwide and giving O’Rourke’s campaign a burst of momentum.

The Texas Tribune

College-bound Uvalde students grapple with leaving a hometown in mourning

The students worry how the tragedy will define them in their new environments and struggle with guilt about the people they’re leaving behind.

The Texas Tribune

Texans who perform abortions now face up to life in prison, $100,000 fine

Texas, the largest state to restrict abortions, now has three significant bans on the books, setting up a potential legal minefield.

The Texas Tribune

Climate change led to dinosaurs' demise. Now, drought reveals more of their tracks

Dinosaur tracks from 113 million years ago were recently uncovered in a Texas state park after drought conditions caused parts of Paluxy River to dry up.

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The Independent UK

Wendy’s customer opens fire on staff in Texas after argument over his order

Customer and two others who were accompanying him in vehicle have been arrested

France 24

Uvalde, Texas school board sacks police chief after mass shooting

The Uvalde school district fired police chief Pete Arredondo on Wednesday under mounting pressure in the grieving Texas town to punish officers over letting a gunman at Robb Elementary School remain in a fourth-grade classroom for more than an hour with an AR-15 style rifle as 19 children and two…

Tribune News Service

Cowboys LT Tyron Smith injures knee in practice

FRISCO, Texas — Cowboys teammates were stopped in their tracks Wednesday evening when left tackle Tyron Smith gave what the team very cautiously believes was a scare.

Tribune News Service

Federal judge grants Department of Justice request to partially block Idaho abortion ban

A federal judge on Wednesday granted the U.S. Department of Justice’s request to block Idaho from enforcing its abortion ban in emergency situations.

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The Independent UK

School police didn’t stop Parkland or Uvalde shootings, and often discriminate against students. Why did Biden give them $300m?

Campus police officers are often cited as an effective tool against gun violence. But the data shows they do little to stop school shootings — and often discriminate against students of colour. Josh Marcus reports

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Texas Little Leaguer stunningly robbed a sure-fire home run while losing his hat

Catches don't get much more clutch than this.

The Independent UK

Federal judge blocks Idaho’s abortion ban for medical emergencies after Justice Department lawsuit

Biden administration wins first post-Roe court challenge to allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho, a day after a federal judge blocked enforcement in Texas

Tribune News Service

Cost to fight Texas AG Ken Paxton’s legal troubles tops $500K, documents show

AUSTIN, Texas — Private law firms have charged the state more than half a million dollars to defend Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against lawsuits that question his actions as a lawyer and a boss.

Tribune News Service

What Texans need to know about the trigger ban on abortion that goes into effect Thursday

WASHINGTON — A “trigger ban” on abortion that takes effect in Texas on Thursday allows harsher penalties than other state laws regulating reproductive rights and further complicates an array of abortion laws likely to face continued court challenges.

ABC News

Uvalde school board votes unanimously to fire Police Chief Pete Arredondo after Robb Elementary School massacre in Texas

Chief Pete Arredondo refused to attend the meeting where the school board voted to terminate his employment, citing concerns for his own safety.

The Texas Tribune

Paxton legal opinion giving public immediate access to ballots jeopardizes election security and invites lawsuits, experts say

Attorney general’s opinion invites lawsuits over long-established ballot security and sets up election officials for possible criminal charges.

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