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Military veterans can sue Texas over employee discrimination allegations, U.S. Supreme Court rules

Texas had claimed sovereign immunity when a former state trooper filed a lawsuit accusing the state of not giving him an accommodation when he returned from military service.

The Texas Tribune

Two men charged with illegal weapons possession in connection with Texas migrants found inside semi-truck

The driver of the truck and two other people were arrested shortly after the incident, officials said

The Independent UK

Texas attorney general wants to prosecute companies that help women access abortions

Ken Paxton wants to impose fines of more than $100,000 on corporations that facilitate abortion care

The Independent UK

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Tropical Storm Bonnie could form ‘at any time’ Wednesday; 2 other systems still churning in Atlantic

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Three storm systems are brewing in the Atlantic, one of which is likely to become Tropical Storm Bonnie “at any time” in the southeastern Caribbean and another could become a short-lived tropical depression near Texas, forecasters said Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Tropical Storm Bonnie could form soon; forecasters still watching two other systems

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Three storm systems are brewing in the Atlantic, one of which is likely to become Topical Storm Bonne in the southeastern Caribbean and another could become a short-lived tropical depression near Texas, forecasters said Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Justices say vet who lost job as Texas trooper can sue state

The Supreme Court has allowed a former state trooper to sue Texas over his claim that he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq

The Independent UK

Ted Cruz bashes new Sesame Street video discussing Covid vaccine for children

The Texas senator objects that the spot – in which Elmo’s dad decides to vaccinate his son – cites no scientific evidence

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Two more men charged in truck smuggling incident that killed 53 migrants in Texas

The suspected driver of a truck packed with dozens of migrants who died in sweltering heat during a smuggling attempt in Texas and an accused conspirator were charged in U.S. federal court on Wednesday with human trafficking offenses.

Reuters

Supreme Court backs Congress on veteran job protection law - Roll Call

The Supreme Court backed a broader reading of the federal government’s war powers Wednesday, in a case about a law to protect veterans.

Roll Call

Families fret over fate of migrants trapped in Texas truck

(This June 29 story corrects last name of mother of two Honduran migrants to Caballero from Castillo)

Reuters

To the migrants who died in Texas, Biden is no different than Trump on immigration

They were killed by this nation’s migration policies, our exclusionary laws, and our obsession with the closing southern border

The Guardian - US

First Thing: January 6 testimony puts Donald Trump in even greater peril

Former president and senior aides face exposure over knowledge that supporters were armed and intended to march on Capitol. Plus, boost your mood with exercise

The Guardian - UK

Texas man who was declared insane after killing father escapes from hospital

Alexander Scott Ervin was acquitted in 2014 and found not guilty for killing his father by reason of insanity

The Independent UK

After losing battle to preserve Roe v. Wade, Mississippi’s last abortion clinic is moving to New Mexico

Many people from Texas and other states with abortion bans will soon be traveling to New Mexico for the procedure. Shannon Brewer is moving her clinic from Jackson to Las Cruces to continue providing a full range of reproductive health care.

The Texas Tribune

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This Texas district attorney is one of dozens who have vowed not to prosecute abortion

Nearly 90 elected prosecutors from both blue and red states pledged not to prosecute those who seek or provide abortions. One Texas DA says that's because their jobs are about keeping people safe.

The Guardian - US

Texas sheriff says he ‘will not persecute’ those seeking an abortion

Javier Salazar posted on Facebook that he would not use his power to ‘impose the morals’ of others on those ‘exercising a right’

Salon

Border crackdowns cause migrant deaths

50 migrants were found dead in a semitruck in San Antonio. Hundreds more have died in recent years

Daily Mirror

Passenger accuses BA worker of stealing AirPods after tracking them to London flat

A city worker reported the missing headphones after he got off the flight at Heathrow Airport after coming back from Austin, Texas -he's used the Find My app to locate the airpods

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Tribune News Service

Genetic screening results just got harder to handle under new abortion rules

Ann was 15 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when the results of her prenatal genetic test came back last August. The test suggested that her daughter, whom she and her husband planned to name Juliet, was missing one of her two X chromosomes — a condition called Turner syndrome…

The Guardian - US

‘A free land for everyone’: San Antonio residents mourn tragic loss of lives

Many recalled their own experience of migrating to the US, calling for better immigration practices and protection of asylum seekers

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Opens Probe after 51 Migrants Die in Trailer

The death toll of undocumented migrants who were abandoned in a tractor-trailer in the sweltering Texas heat rose to 51 Tuesday, as President Joe Biden blamed "criminal" professional smugglers for the tragedy. Rebeca Clay-Flores, a Bexar County official, reported the new tally of "39 men and 12 women" dead, following…

WEKU

The school at the center of the Uvalde, Texas, shooting will be rebuilt

The school will be demolished so "students and staff will not have to return to the building at the site of the tragedy," the district said.

Salon

Texas judge blocks Paxton abortion plan

Paxton told prosecutors to immediately “pursue criminal prosecutions based on violations" of Texas trigger law

Tribune News Service

Vinnie Pasquantino hitless in MLB debut as Kansas City Royals fall to Texas Rangers

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Vinnie Pasquantino will have to wait at least another day to get his first major-league hit. And the Kansas City Royals will need an additional sunrise before getting the chance to end their latest losing streak.

Los Angeles Times

‘We are in mourning’: 51 migrants die after a stifling tractor-trailer is abandoned in Texas

SAN ANTONIO — The number of migrants who died after being abandoned in a sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas rose to 51 on Tuesday in what may be the deadliest human-smuggling accident in U.S. history.

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