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Remains ID'd as Texas student missing since 1997

CBS News - ‎4 hours ago‎
ANGLETON, Texas --Authorities say remains found in a pasture in southeast Texas are those of a 20-year-old college student who went missing almost two decades ago.
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SEC Charges Texas Attorney General with Fraud

Fortune - ‎4 hours ago‎
The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed fraud charges against current Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The charges are related to an investment in a Texas tech startup that Paxton helped promote before being elected in November 2014.
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Texas Officer, Caught on Video Throwing Girl to the Ground, Is Fired

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
A law enforcement officer who was shown on a phone video slamming a 12-year-old student to the ground at a San Antonio middle school has been fired, an official said on Monday.
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Texas, Oklahoma Brace for More Hail; Tornadoes Hit Arkansas

NBCNews.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
Texas and Oklahoma were bracing Monday for a second round of severe storms and hail the size of tennis balls as Arkansas was strafed by tornadoes and hit by lightning strikes.
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Texas adds new face to 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list

KTRK-TV - ‎2 hours ago‎
DPS investigators work with local law enforcement agencies to select fugitives for the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive and Sex Offender lists.

BLOG: Hopkins County under Tornado Warning

WFAA.com - ‎27 minutes ago‎
CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for North Texas, including the Dallas-Fort Worth area, until 9 p.m.. TORNADO WARNING: Until 5:45 p.m. Hopkins County. Go here to track Radars (mobile) ...
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Texas Teacher Arrested for Allegedly Hitting Student

ABC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
A Texas school district placed a teacher on administrative leave after a video surfaced appearing to show her hitting a student in class, resulting in her arrest.
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Early enrollees making a big splash at Texas this spring

247Sports - ‎3 hours ago‎
Quarterback Shane Buechele, wide receiver Collin Johnson, offensive lineman Zach Shackelford and linebacker Demarco Boyd all skipped their last semester of high school to get a head start at Texas. The decision to enroll early has paid off for all four ...
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75 Percent of Toyota Employees Want to Move with Company to Texas

Breitbart News - ‎6 hours ago‎
In polling its employees, Toyota found that an exceptionally high number of its work staff in three states, affected by the automotive giant's plans to leave California for Texas, want to relocate with the company - 75 percent, says Toyota North ...
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Ridding Texas of debtors' prisons

Houston Chronicle - ‎4 hours ago‎
The strides Texas policymakers have made in recent years on criminal justice reform have been one of the few bright spots on the state's record nationally.
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Abbott Picks New Leaders For Texas CPS

CBS Local - ‎3 hours ago‎
AUSTIN (AP) - Gov. Greg Abbott has chosen the former head of the Texas Rangers as the new leader of the state's embattled child welfare agency, calling the status quo there “unacceptable.

Texas town rallies around cannabis oil venture

KVUE.com - ‎19 hours ago‎
Larry Phillips (R-Sherman), who voted against the bill, told a hearing last week of the Texas House House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety, which he chairs.
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Campus Carry Advocates Suggest Gun Might Have Prevented University of Texas Murder

Newsweek - ‎5 hours ago‎
Less than a week after police discovered the body of Haruka Weiser, a freshman at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, backers of the state's campus carry law are using her death to criticize the university's proposed guns policy, saying it will put ...
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Texas police investigate murder of food blogger

CBS News - ‎4 hours ago‎
PLANO, Texas --Police believe a man stabbed and killed his mother and teen brother to death, before killing himself just after midnight on April 8,reports CBS DFW.

Despite Federal Court Rulings, Texas' Voter ID Laws Remain In Place

NPR - ‎2 hours ago‎
Despite being ruled in violation of the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution by seven federal judges, Texas' voter ID restrictions are still the law of the land.
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Five observations from Texas A&M's spring game

ESPN (blog) - ‎9 hours ago‎
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas A&M wrapped up its spring Saturday with the Maroon and White game, and there was plenty to take away.
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Woman in Texas Steals Ring Off Dead Woman Inside Casket

TIME - ‎4 hours ago‎
A woman in Texas was captured on surveillance camera snatching a ring off the hand of a dead woman lying in a casket at a funeral home.

Analysis: No Middle Ground in Race to Lead Texas GOP

Texas Tribune - ‎11 hours ago‎
Houston's Jared Woodfill is trying to win control of the Republican Party of Texas, challenging the current management and saying it has been too quiet in the face of legislative defeats in a state government dominated by Republican officeholders and ...

No. 2 OLB Baron Browning to visit Texas for Orange-White game

Burnt Orange Nation - ‎21 hours ago‎
According to multiple reports, consensus five-star Kennedale linebacker Baron Browning plans to visit the Texas Longhorns next Saturday for the Orange-White game that will mark the end of spring practice for head coach Charlie Strong's team.
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Editorial: Turmoil at Texas' child-welfare agency is unconscionable

Dallas Morning News - ‎6 hours ago‎
A pink urn holds the remains of Leiliana Rose Wright, 4, shown in a photograph with her father, Brian Maker of Richland Hills. Two Child Protective Services workers were fired and one resigned amid allegations that the state agency failed to respond to ...
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