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FILE - El Paso Walmart shooting suspect Patrick Crusius pleads not guilty during his arraignment in El Paso, Texas, Oct. 10, 2019. Patrick Crusius, the Texas gunman who killed 23 people in the racist attack is returning to federal court for sentencing on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Crusius is facing multiple life sentences after pleading guilty to one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. (Briana Sanchez/The El Paso Times via AP, Pool, File)

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Walmart gunman who killed 23 in 2019 gets 90 life sentences

by Morgan Lee Associated Press, and Paul J. Weber Associated PressJuly 7, 2023

EL PASO, Texas — A white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in a Texas border city was sentenced Friday to 90 consecutive life sentences but could still face more punishment, including the death…

FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Sunday, April 9, 2023, stressed that women for now continue to have access to the abortion medication mifepristone after the Texas judge stayed his ruling for a week so federal authorities could file a challenge. The drug was approved by the FDA in 2000. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

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Justice Department appeals Texas abortion pill order

by Paul J. Weber Associated PressApril 10, 2023

FILE - People hold up signs at a news conference, Friday, March 3, 2023, in Houston while protesting the proposed takeover of the city's school district by the Texas Education Agency. Texas officials on Wednesday, March 15, announced a state takeover of Houston's nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and angering Democrats who assailed the move as political. (AP Photo/Juan A. Lozano)

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Texas announces takeover of Houston schools, stirring anger

by Juan A. Lozano Associated Press, and Paul J. Weber Associated PressMarch 15, 2023

Students arrive at Uvalde Elementary for the first day of school as workers continue construction on a new fence, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Uvalde. Students are returning to campuses for the first time since the shootings at Robb Elementary where two teachers and 19 students were killed. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Uvalde students go back to school for 1st time since attack

by Paul J. Weber Associated PressSeptember 6, 2022

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban gestures with his fist on his chest after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Autocratic Hungarian leader hailed by US conservatives

by Paul J. Weber Associated PressAugust 4, 2022

Grace Valencia, great aunt of shooting victim Uziyah Garcia, talks to the media from a vehicle after picking up a copy of the Texas House investigative committee report on the shootings at Robb Elementary School, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Uvalde report: 376 officers, lousy decisions

by Jake Bleiberg Associated Press, and Paul J. Weber Associated PressJuly 17, 2022

FILE - Texas Governor Greg Abbott passes in front of a memorial outside Robb Elementary School to honor the victims killed in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, May 29, 2022. Abbott again said on Thursday, July 14, 2022, he was initially misled about the police response to the Uvalde school massacre, calling it "shocking" that newly leaked video of officers hesitating for more than an hour does not match what he had first described to the public as a swift and brave confrontation....

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Texas governor: Uvalde video ‘shocking’ account of police response

by Paul J. Weber Associated PressJuly 14, 2022

Police and other first responders work the scene where officials say dozens of people have been found dead and multiple others were taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses after a semitrailer containing suspected migrants was found, Monday, June 27, 2022, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Fifty-one migrants die in Texas after trailer abandoned in heat

by Eric Gay Associated Press, Paul J. Weber Associated Press, and Elliot Spagat Associated PressJune 28, 2022

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Alex Jones’ Infowars files for bankruptcy protection

by Paul J. Weber Associated Press, and Dave Collins Associated PressApril 18, 2022

FILE - People attend the Women's March ATX rally, Oct., 2, 2021, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas. The Texas Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the nation's toughest abortion law to remain in place in a ruling that again deflated clinics' hopes of stopping — or even pausing — the restrictions anytime soon. (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman, File)

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Texas clinics’ lawsuit over abortion ban ‘effectively over’

by Paul J. Weber Associated Press, and Jamie Stengle Associated PressMarch 11, 2022