Michael Graczyk, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows John William King. The white supremacist on Texas death row who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history faces execution for the infamous dragging death nearly 21 years ago of James Byrd Jr., a black man from East Texas. King is scheduled to receive lethal injection Wednesday evening, April 24, 2019. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)

Texas executes avowed racist in 1998 dragging death

by Juan A. Lozano Associated Press, and Michael Graczyk Associated PressApril 25, 2019

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — An avowed racist who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history was executed Wednesday in Texas for the dragging death of a black man.John William King, who was white, received lethal injection for the…

In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 photo, Gordon Coble, center, is led out of the of the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, after reacting to the execution of his father, Billie Wayne Coble. Chaos erupted outside Texas’ death chamber Thursday night when the son of the condemned inmate pounded on the chamber windows, shouted obscenities and threw fists after his father spoke his final words.

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Chaos erupts, 2 arrested during Texas execution

by Juan A. Lozano Associated Press, and Michael Graczyk Associated PressMarch 2, 2019

Former President George H.W. Bush, and his wife former first lady Barbara Bush.

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Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94

by Michael Graczyk Associated PressDecember 1, 2018

FILE - In this 1990 file photo, first lady Barbara Bush poses with her dog Millie in Washington. A family spokesman said Tuesday, April 17, 2018, that former first lady Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)

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Former first lady Barbara Bush dies at age 92

by Michael Graczyk Associated PressApril 17, 2018

In this March 29, 2015, file photo, former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara Bush, left, speak before a college basketball regional final game between Gonzaga and Duke, in the NCAA basketball tournament in Houston. A family spokesman said Sunday, April 15, 2018, that the former first lady Barbara Bush is in “failing health” and won’t seek additional medical treatment.

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Spokesman: Former first lady Barbara Bush in failing health

by Michael Graczyk Associated PressApril 15, 2018

Church members gather for Sunday services in the parking lot between their flood-damaged First Baptist Church and a pile of debris Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, in Humble, Texas. The church building was flooded with two feet of water from Hurricane Harvey prompting services to be held in the parking lot. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Dam releases to bring fresh floods to Houston as chemical plant burns

by Michael Graczyk Associated Press, and Will Weissert Associated PressSeptember 3, 2017

Conception Casa, center, and his friend Jose Martinez, right, check on Rhonda Worthington after her car become stuck in rising floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. The two men were evacuating their home that had become flooded when they encountered Worthington's car floating off the road. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Houston largely paralyzed by tropical storm’s incessant rain

by Michael Graczyk Associated Press, and David Phillip Associated PressAugust 28, 2017

Two people walk down a flooded section of Interstate 610 in floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Sunday in Houston.

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Hundreds rescued from Harvey’s floodwaters in Houston

by Michael Graczyk Associated PressAugust 27, 2017

Michael Reyes, left, who is a general surgeon, hugs his wife Sara Reyes as she prepares to flight out of Corpus Christi with her daughter Eva Reyes and he prepares to stay as Hurricane Harvey approaches the Gulf Coast area on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, at the Corpus Christi International Airport in Corpus Christi, Texas. The slow-moving hurricane could be the fiercest such storm to hit the United States in almost a dozen years. Forecasters labeled Harvey a "life-threatening storm" that posed a "grave risk" as millions of people braced for a prolonged battering. (Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)

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With time running out, thousands flee Hurricane Harvey

by Michael Graczyk Associated PressAugust 26, 2017

Shoppers pass empty shelves along the bottled water aisle in a Houston grocery store as Hurricane Harvey intensifies in the Gulf of Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. Harvey is forecast to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall along the middle Texas coastline. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Hurricane Harvey takes aim at Texas

by Michael Graczyk Associated PressAugust 24, 2017

Author Archives: Michael Graczyk

Texas executes avowed racist in 1998 dragging death

Chaos erupts, 2 arrested during Texas execution

Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94

Former first lady Barbara Bush dies at age 92

Spokesman: Former first lady Barbara Bush in failing health

Dam releases to bring fresh floods to Houston as chemical plant burns

Houston largely paralyzed by tropical storm’s incessant rain

Hundreds rescued from Harvey’s floodwaters in Houston

With time running out, thousands flee Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane Harvey takes aim at Texas

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