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The stands at the Uvalde County Fairplex were filled with community members, journalists and law enforcement officers.
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How to help: Blood donations drives were set up in Uvalde and San Antonio.
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A suspect in the shooting at Robb Elementary School is in custody, Uvalde police said. It was not immediately clear whether any students had been killed in the shooting, but hospital officials said about a dozen children had been injured.
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A gunman killed at least 19 children and 2 adults at a Texas elementary school. The 18-year-old gunman is also dead, police said.
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SpaceX plans to launch rockets near Brownsville, Texas, and send the first person to Mars from there. Seven years after breaking ground, residents say the only thing skyrocketing is housing prices.
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The Nueces County district attorney is trying to withdraw the execution date for a Texas death row inmate that was rescheduled for October. John Henry Ramirez’s execution was previously halted by the U.S. Supreme Court, while the justices considered his claim that the state was violating his religious freedom.
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Schools, though, struggled to find students who qualified. College leaders blame strict requirements initially handed down by the state. “It was like we were on a hunt for a unicorn,” one spokesperson said.
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The Texas law has proven largely impervious to judicial review. But lawyers representing abortion advocacy groups believe opponents may have given them an opening to challenge the law in a more friendly federal court.
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Beirut's historic city center and the traditional territory of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas are among 25 places listed by World Monument Watch as in urgent need of preservation.
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The administration says it’s filling in wall gaps for agent safety and flood control, and documents suggest an environmental assessment for 86 miles of wall in South Texas is a stalling tactic.
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“People back then didn’t think of the consequences, but there is one of the rooms that’s completely filled with trash, and some of it is not biodegradable, so they’re going to stay here for years unless we actually pull them out.”
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Between Port Isabel and Brownsville, one state highway is infamous for its danger to coastal birds.