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Texas woman is shot dead by boyfriend for ‘revenge’ after she got an abortion

Harold Thompson, 22, allegedly killed 26-year-old Gabriella Gonzalez after she returned home from procedure in Colorado

The Independent UK

Thank Clarence Thomas for gun madness

His Bruen gun rights decision is killing Americans every day

Salon

Man 'shoots girlfriend in the head after she had abortion he didn't approve of'

It comes a few months after Texas outlawed abortions after six weeks of pregnancy in September 2021, but almost all abortions have been halted since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the summer

Daily Mirror

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How America’s fatal gun attraction turned schools into war zones

Texas alone has suffered 17 mass shootings this year and now lawmakers propose ‘battlefield trauma care’ facilities in schools

The Guardian - US

Uncertainty clouds US transition at Mexico border as new rules take effect

The Biden administration began implementing a sweeping policy shift at the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday as a COVID-era order that had allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants expired and new asylum restrictions took effect amid confusion and uncertainty.

Reuters

Texas mother killed by stray bullet fired by neighbour as she slept in bed with son

Bethany Mefford was inside her apartment in the Houston suburb of Humble when she was struck by gunfire

The Independent UK

Here are 7 players who missed the 4-under cut at the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson

These players are headed home two days early.

USA Today Sports Media Group

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Too many Chicagoans witness gun violence. Stop flooding our city and nation with firearms.

More than half of Chicagoans witness a shooting by age 40. Is it reasonable to assume gun advocates have no intention of reining in the spread of powerful firearms?

Chicago Sun-Times

Bill to protect against hairstyle discrimination sent to Texas governor

The CROWN Act would ensure protection for Texans who wear their hair in natural styles such as braids, locs, twists or knots.

The Texas Tribune

LOOK. Photos of former Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud at Texans’ rookie minicamp

Here are some of the first photos of C.J. Stroud at Houston Texans' rookie minicamp #GoBucks

USA Today Sports Media Group

TribCast: The scene in Texas as Title 42 lifts

On this week’s episode, we discuss the situation at the Texas-Mexico border and the failed effort to raise the age at which Texans can buy semi-automatic rifles.

The Texas Tribune

Police capture two more Mexican cartel members over kidnapping of four Americans

Four Americans that crossed into Matamoros from Texas so that one of them could have cosmetic surgery were kidnapped on March 3 and two were killed

Daily Mirror

Pivotal House vote moves Texas closer to banning puberty blockers, hormone treatments for trans kids

The House approved a bill Monday that would ban doctors from providing transition-related care to children. It now heads back to the Senate, which can accept the changes or ask for a committee to iron out the chambers’ differences.

The Texas Tribune

Effort to allow casinos falls short in Texas House

Facing a rigid deadline, gaming supporters were unable to get the supermajority support needed to move the legislation forward.

The Texas Tribune

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Texas Observer

Texas Transportation Advocacy Revs Up at the Lege

After the passage of a road safety bill in 2021, proponents see another opportunity.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Watch: Texas HS catcher under investigation for throwing at batters’ heads

Other reports indicate this catcher has done the same thing in other games.

The Independent UK

Arrest after child passes note to school bus driver to call police for her

Police arrest David Amado Gonzales on aggravated assault charge after Texas schoolgirl passed note with her home address to bus driver

The Conversation

An obscure 1800s law is shaping up to be the center of the next abortion battle – legal scholars explain what's behind the Victorian-era Comstock Act

Anti-abortion groups are looking for new ways to wage their battle against abortion rights, eyeing the potential implications of a 150-year-old law, the Comstock Act, that could effectively lead to a nationwide abortion ban.

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Salon

It's bigger than guns

Conservatives have cultivated a negative and hyper-individualistic view of human nature

The Independent UK

Dolly Parton fans in hysterics after singer jokes about threesome with Garth Brooks

Parton and Brooks co-hosted the 58th Academy of Country Music awards in Texas on Thursday 11 May

WEKU

Lainey Wilson and Chris Stapleton triumph at Academy of Country Music Awards

Lainey Wilson won album of the year for Bell Bottom Country and Chris Stapleton was named entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards.

The Texas Tribune

Bills by the handful perish as Texas House hits crucial late-session deadline

It was a night of frustration, retaliation and, for some, elation as the stroke of midnight spelled doom for a lot of legislation.

The Texas Tribune

Bill striking unconstitutional state law that criminalized homosexuality fails to meet critical deadline in the Texas House

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas’ law banning sodomy in 2003. It took almost 20 years for Democrats to get a bill to repeal the defunct ban on the House calendar.

Reuters

Uncertainty clouds US transition at Mexico border as new rules take effect

Al Jazeera

Confusion, resolve at US-Mexico border as Title 42 formally ends

Experts say new restrictions at US-Mexico border will continue to impede access to asylum as contentious policy expires.

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