EL PASO, Texas – Just under two hundred miles east of El Paso, Marfa, Texas, is a small art town with a growing art scene. Marfa is a town with a population of 1,500 people and is known for its unique art exhibits. The town was founded in 1986 by Donald Judd, an artist from
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AUSTIN, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott is calling for comprehensive school safety reviews at all Texas public schools. Governor Abbott sent a letter to Dr. Kathy Martinez-Prather directing the Texas School Safety Center to begin conducting the reviews. The letter also instructs the TxSSC to ensure all school districts’ School Safety and Security Committees meet
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By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JAY REEVES Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Mourners gathered Wednesday at a Catholic church to say goodbye to Robb Elementary School teacher Irma Garcia — who died in the shooting at the Uvalde, Texas, grade school — and her husband, Joe — who died two days later from a
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By Aaron Cooper, Shimon Prokupecz and Eric Levenson, CNN Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, the embattled Uvalde school police chief who led the flawed law enforcement response to last week’s school shooting and has remained out of the public eye since, spoke exclusively to CNN on Wednesday and declined to answer substantive questions about the massacre. According
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Stacker investigated how laws protect or restrict trans youth in Texas using data from the Transgender Law Center.
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EL PASO, Texas — Blue Origin has announced a new launch date for NS-21. The launch is planned for Saturday, June 4 at 7 a.m. MDT. The May 20 launch was delayed after what Blue Origin called an “abundance of caution” following observations New Shepard’s backup systems not meeting their performance expectations. The crew includes
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UVALDE, Texas — She had three names joined like charms on a bracelet. Amerie Jo Garza was laid to rest Tuesday before the eyes of God, her broken family, a shattered town and a shamed nation. It was three weeks to the day after her 10th birthday. On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, her funeral Mass
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UVALDE, Texas – ABC News is reporting the Uvalde Police Department and Uvalde ISD police force are no longer cooperating with the Texas Department of Public Safety investigation into the shooting at Robb Elementary and the state’s review of the police response. According to ABC News, a spokesman for Texas DPS declined to comment. The
Continue Reading By Brian Fung and Ariane de Vogue, CNN The Supreme Court of the United States temporarily blocked a sweeping Texas law on Tuesday that restricts the ability of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to moderate content on their platforms. By a 5-4 vote, the justices granted an emergency request from the tech industry to block a
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By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press An exterior door at Robb Elementary School did not lock when it was closed by a teacher shortly before a gunman used it to get inside and kill 19 students and two teachers, leaving investigators searching to determine why, state police said Tuesday. State police initially said a teacher had
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EL PASO, Texas – Sergio Estrada is one of 24 Texas teachers selected to join the Texas Education Agency (TEA) Teacher Vacancy Task Force. The task force is comprised of 26 teachers and 26 school system administrators charged with identifying solutions and address the current school staffing challenges facing the state. Estrada is the only
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UPDATE: Police confirm one man is dead after shooting in Segundo Barrio Sunday afternoon. Police said the man was 51-years-old, and another female victim, who is in serious condition, is 66-years-old. Police said it happened outside the Jalisco Cafe restaurant. They said one young male has been detained and they suspect it to be domestic
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN When gunfire rang out at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, officials from Customs and Border Protection were among several agencies joining local and federal authorities at the scene. It’s not unusual: Customs and Border Protection officials can operate within 100 miles of a US border, and have a major presence
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CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Sunday will undertake the grimly familiar task of comforting families after another mass shooting, this time at an elementary school in Texas, as a weary nation grapples with an endless spate of gun violence. Biden and first lady Jill Biden plan to visit Uvalde, Texas, where
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Lubbock, Texas – Americas High School’s softball team has made it to the Final Four. The Trailblazers beat Flower Mound Marcus 4-1 Saturday morning to advance to the state championship. It’s the program’s first ever time making it to the Final Four, and the second ever El Paso softball team in history to make it
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Stacker investigated how much land is owned by the federal government in Texas using data from the Congressional Research Service.
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By COLLIN BINKLEY and KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press Robb Elementary School had measures in place to prevent this kind of violence. A fence lined the school property. Teachers were ordered to keep classroom doors closed and locked. Students faced regular lockdown and evacuation drills. But when an 18-year-old man arrived Tuesday at the school in
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CoPilot investgated the number of electric vehicles in Texas using data from the Department of Energy and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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EL PASO, Texas – Just one day after the deadly Uvalde shooting in an elementary school, many El Pasoans have chosen to roll up their sleeves and donate blood. On the day of the Aug. 3rd mass shooting, hundreds of El Pasoans lined up outside of Vitalant waiting to donate blood. El Pasoans came together
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton and Christina Maxouris, CNN Fourth-grade teacher Irma Garcia chose a few short lines to include on her school biography page, highlighting what she loved most: her husband, her four children and teaching. “I love to BBQ with my husband,” she wrote on the Robb Elementary School website, among other details about her
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UVALDE, Texas – DPS Regional Director Victor Escalon provided updates on the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. Escalon says he was one of the responding law enforcement officers during the event. He wanted to clear up a report about how the gunman entered the elementary school. Escalon said a confrontation with a resource
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EL PASO, Texas – Children at Risk, a Texas nonpartisan research and advocacy nonprofit with ties to El Paso, gathered community members to discuss the current needs in Uvalde. “We firmly believe that Texans can work together to protect our children without comprising the second amendment,” said Dr. Bob Sanborn, president and CEO of Children
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN Med aide Angel Garza rushed to Robb Elementary School on Tuesday and arrived as officials started escorting shell-shocked children from the classrooms. “One little girl was just covered in blood head to toe. I thought she was injured, I asked her what was wrong. She said she was OK — she
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Stacker investigated historic sites that commemorate Black history in Texas using data from the National Register of Historic Places.
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Stacker compiled countries where refugees are arriving from in Texas using data from the Refugee Processing Center.
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EL PASO, Texas – Following the news of the mass shooting in a Uvalde elementary school, many Borderland parents are forced to talk to their kids about gun violence. ABC-7 spoke with dozens of parents, many of who were angry, confused and shocked at the news. Many swiftly reacted but almost immediately knew they would
Continue Reading By CNN President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he will travel to Uvalde, Texas, in the near future to meet the families of the 19 children and two teachers killed during a horrific school shooting. “Jill and I will be traveling to Texas in the coming days to meet with the families and let
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A gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a South Texas elementary school and shot his grandmother in the face Tuesday spelled out each step of his shooting spree on social media as it unfolded, officials said Wednesday. About 30 minutes before he entered Robb Elementary School, the gunman — Salvador Ramos, an
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UVALDE, Texas – As Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was about to hand off the mic to Texas Lt. Gov. Dan. Patrick, Texas Democratic candidate for Governor Beto O’Rourke, interrupted the news conference. O’Rourke came up to the speakers saying, “This is totally predictable.” Patrick can be heard telling O’Rourke, “You’re out of line and an embarrassment.”
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UVALDE, Texas — Texas Governor Greg Abbott will hold a news conference to update the state’s response to Tuesday’s Robb Elementary School shooting at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Among some of the members joining Gov. Abbott at the news conference: Lt. Governor Dan PatrickSpeaker Dade PhelanSenator Ted CruzCongressman Tony Gonzales
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