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A federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal. Issue likely to be decided by US Supreme Court
A federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
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‘Senseless Crime': Texas Woman Killed by Stray Bullet While Sleeping, Authorities Say
The death of a woman, who authorities say was sleeping in her suburban Houston apartment when she was killed by a stray bullet fired by a neighbor shooting at people breaking into vehicles, was called a “senseless crime” by her family Thursday.
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House Advances Water Bill That Includes Giant Texas Storm Surge Project to Create ‘Ike Dike'
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to authorize the most expensive project ever recommended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect against the next raging storm.
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Texas Executes Man for Killing Ex-Girlfriend and Her 7-Year-Old Son
Stephen Barbee, 55, was executed Wednesday at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.
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Texas Executes Man Who Killed His Mother and Buried Her Body in Her Backyard
A Texas inmate whose lawyers say has a history of mental illness faces execution on Wednesday for killing his mother and burying her body in her backyard nearly 20 years ago.
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Texas Death Row Inmate Asks to Delay Execution for Kidney Donation
A Texas inmate who is set to be put to death in less than two weeks asked that his execution be delayed so he can donate a kidney.
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Texas Suspends Inmate Transports After Escapee Allegedly Killed 5 While on Run
Texas’ prison system has temporarily stopped transporting inmates as it investigates how a convicted murderer escaped from a bus last month and later killed a man and his four grandsons.
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Texas Prosecutor Pushes Back on Pleas to Stop Execution of Melissa Lucio
Members of a Texas House committee on Tuesday repeatedly pressed a prosecutor to use his authority to stop the April 27 execution of Melissa Lucio, whose conviction is being questioned amid growing doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter.
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Judge: No New Trial for Texas Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed
A judge recommended no new trial for Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed, whose supporters point to evidence they say raises serious doubts about his guilt.
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Fate of George Floyd Pardon Request Now With Texas Governor
A Texas agency on Monday approved a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid.
