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These companies have laid off 3,700 workers in Texas so far this year

Texas employers have laid off more than 3,700 workers so far this year, according to notices filed with the Texas Workforce Commission.

Tribune News Service

Coalition of news organizations sues Texas Department of Public Safety over withheld records on Uvalde shooting

The lawsuit alleges that the state police have unlawfully withheld records, including body camera footage and emergency communications, during the Robb Elementary shooting.

The Texas Tribune

Three missing children under age nine are found dead in Texas pond

Zi’ariel Oliver, 9, Amiyah Hughes, 8, and 5-year-old Temari Oliver were reported missing hours before their bodies were recovered in the early morning hours of Saturday

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Texas Republican John Cornyn tests positive for COVID as busy week begins in Senate

WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. John Cornyn announced on Monday he’s tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time since the pandemic began.

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Orioles trade Trey Mancini, their longest-tenured player, to Houston Astros

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Orioles’ rebuild faced its toughest move yet Monday, with Baltimore trading Trey Mancini, the roster’s lone holdover from its most recent playoff run and a player who endeared himself to the fan base with his personality and perseverance while facing cancer, to the Houston Astros, sources…

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Man who stormed Capitol with gun gets 87 months in prison

A Texas man convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun helmet and body armor was sentenced on Monday to 87 months — more than seven years — in prison

The Independent UK

Man going on trial in Texas in 2008 slaying of 2 daughters

A man who evaded arrest for over 12 years after being accused of fatally shooting his two teen daughters in a taxi parked near a Dallas-area hotel is set to go on trial this week

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Deshaun Watson is suspended for 6 games over sexual misconduct

The NFL confirmed the Browns quarterback is being suspended for violating the league's personal conduct policy following accusations of sexual misconduct made against him by two dozen women in Texas.

WEKU

Q&A: BJ Novak says Michael Scott would feel right at home in Texas

DALLAS — In a Zoom call to promote his new movie "Vengeance," it was obvious that B.J. Novak, the 42-year-old Boston guy best known for his role on "The Office," had done his homework.

Tribune News Service

Bill Greer: UTV series tells of Stewartstown man who drove JFK car during Texas assassination

Bill Greer had emigrated to the United States in the 1930s after growing up in the Co Tyrone village

Belfast Live

Penguins adapt their voices to sound like their companions

We’ve all known a friend who came back from holiday with a French lilt in their accent. Or noticed an American twang creeping into our voice during dinner with a friend visiting from Texas.

The Conversation

This ‘abortion storyteller’ put her safety at risk to testify at a ‘brutal’ congressional hearing. Here’s why

Sarah Lopez, 29, tells Sheila Flynn that she felt compelled to testify before Congress this month about her own abortion and her advocacy work even though she knew she was putting herself in a ‘vulnerable position’ - which left her an internet target when she described her experience as an…

The Independent UK

How Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke are mobilizing in race for Texas governor, 100 days out

DALLAS — The sizzling dog days of Texas summer aren’t stopping Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke from mobilizing voters in the hot race for governor.

Tribune News Service

$2.3 million spent with USPS from Texas campaign accounts

In Texas, state-level candidates and PACs have spent $2.3 million from their campaign accounts on services from the United States Postal Service in the 2022 election cycle so far. USPS received 0.4 percent of all $558.2 million in reported expenditures.

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Reuters

'VIP trips' cost migrants their lives in Texas smuggling tragedy

At first, Mexican migrants Pablo Ortega and Julio Lopez enjoyed the smuggling equivalent of a first-class ticket to the United States: complimentary beers, safe houses with video games, even a week at a hunting ranch.

Texas Observer

Next on the GOP’s List: Starving Queer Kids

Republican attorneys general, including Ken Paxton, have filed suit over a federal school lunch program that prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ+ children.

The Independent UK

Deshaun Watson: NFL suspend quarterback for six games after sexual misconduct allegations

Watson has been found to have violated the league’s personal conduct policy following accusations of sexual misconduct made against him by two dozen women in Texas

The Independent UK

AP sources: NFL suspends Browns QB Deshaun Watson 6 games

The NFL suspended Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games on Monday for violating its personal conduct policy following accusations of sexual misconduct made against him by two dozen women in Texas, two people familiar with the decision said

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Lawmakers inflict heartbreak and harm with lax understanding of pregnancy

The nightmarish experience of an expectant mother in Texas underscores why lawmakers, in their zeal to protect the unborn at all costs, should have no business telling doctors how to do their jobs. The Houston woman, Elizabeth Weller, badly wanted a child and was heartbroken when her water broke at…

The Texas Tribune

Legal questions shroud Gov. Greg Abbott’s move to bus migrants back to the border

Some experts say the actions create little change in immigration enforcement. Others say they invite a legal battle.

The Texas Tribune

What issues matter most to you this election? Help us cover Texans’ top concerns.

Help us prioritize the policy issues and election questions we should report on ahead of the November midterms.

Tribune News Service

Fishing for bears in Alaska's wild

KING SALMON, Alaska — Are you lucky enough to be traveling to Alaska this year? I am. If you are too, we’ll be two of an estimated 2.3 million visitors — cruise passengers, fishermen and independent travelers — heading north to “America’s Last Frontier.” After spending two years isolating at…

Axios

53 large wildfires burn across 12 U.S. states as dangerous heat wave looms

"Hot and dry conditions with very little rain will continue across the Plains, Texas, Southeast and Midwest."

The Independent UK

Adoptive father of seven-year-old boy found dead in washing machine says door to home was unlocked

Texas police says no charges or arrests made in their investigation into death of young Troy Khoeler

The Guardian - US

McKinney fire grows into California’s largest this year as thunderstorms fuel concerns

Huge blaze burns out of control as crews also battling fires in Montana, Idaho, Hawaii and Texas

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