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Widow of Dallas officer slain by Lee Harvey Oswald dies
DALLAS — Marie Tippit, the widow of the Dallas police officer killed by Lee Harvey Oswald about 45 minutes after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has died. She was 92. Tippit died...
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Ex-chief: Dallas cop kept on job to not tip him off to probe
DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Police Department allowed an officer to continue patrolling for more than a year while investigating whether he ordered two people to be killed because it didn’t want to tip...
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About 4,300 cold-stunned turtles survived the Texas freeze
DALLAS (AP) — About a third of the cold-stunned sea turtles found along Texas’ coast during last month’s deadly winter freeze survived following a massive rescue effort by experts and volunteers who...
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Texas death toll from February storm, outages surpasses 100
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials on Thursday raised the death toll from February’s winter storm and blackouts to at least 111 people — nearly doubling the state’s initial tally following one of the...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry dies at 84
The prolific and popular author, perhaps best known for "Lonesome Dove" and "Terms of Endearment," had split his time between Tucson, Arizona, and tiny Archer City, Texas. He was 84.
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6 relatives dead in apparent murder-suicide at Texas home
DALLAS (AP) — Six people were found fatally shot in a suburban Dallas home early Monday after police say two brothers made a pact to kill four family members and themselves. Officers in Allen went to...
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Dallas lawyer takes up mission to help people avoid eviction
DALLAS (AP) — Not long after he began posting advice last year for people facing eviction during the pandemic, Mark Melton found himself inundated with phone calls and messages. “It became apparent...
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Julian Read, who briefed press after JFK assassination, dies
DALLAS (AP) — Julian Read, whose long career in public relations included briefing the press after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, has died in Texas. He was 93. Read...
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Houston hospital workers fired, resign over COVID-19 vaccine
DALLAS (AP) — More than 150 employees at a Houston hospital system who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine have been fired or resigned after a judge dismissed an employee lawsuit over the vaccine...
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Robert Shaw, an AP bureau chief in 3 US states, dies
DALLAS (AP) — Robert Shaw, whose more than 40-year career with The Associated Press included leading news coverage in three states, has died. He was 79. Shaw died Thursday in the Dallas suburb of...
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‘Do not give up’: Americans help Afghans in new homeland
Across the U.S., Americans are scrambling to help Afghans fleeing their country after the Taliban's takeover. Driven by compassion, those pitching in include everyone from volunteers at refugee...
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Texas teacher’s legacy of kindness lives on after her death
Searching for a way to honor Texas teacher Zelene Blancas after her death late last year from COVID-19, a fellow educator over 2,000 miles away relied on the kindness of others to get a painted,...
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EXPLAINER: What’s happening with Afghanistan evacuations?
More than 82,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since the Taliban seized the capital Kabul on Aug. 14. Those who make it out face challenges in resettlement, whether they go to the U.S. or...
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Judge shields some Texas abortion clinics from group’s suits
A judge has temporarily shielded some Texas abortion clinics from being sued by the state’s largest anti-abortion group under a new law banning most abortions
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Activists focus on tip site in protesting Texas abortion law
Young people on social media are protesting Texas' new law banning most abortions by focusing on a website established by the state’s largest anti-abortion group that takes tips on violations
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Texas governor defends abortion law with no rape exceptions
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is defending a new state law banning most abortions that also offers no exceptions for cases of rape or incest
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EXPLAINER: Texas law gives limited window for abortions
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said someone seeking an abortion has “at least six weeks” to terminate the pregnancy under the state's new abortion law
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Texas doctor who defied state’s new abortion ban is sued
A San Antonio doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law has been sued by two people seeking to test the legality of the state’s near-total ban on the procedure
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Student taken into custody hours after Texas school shooting
An 18-year-old student opened fire during a fight at his Dallas-area high school on Wednesday, injuring four people and then fleeing before being taken into custody hours later, authorities said.
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Abortions resume in some Texas clinics after judge halts law
The order by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman is the first legal blow to the Texas law that took effect in September. But abortion services might not instantly resume even with the law on hold. Here's...
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