Texas
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Seven Texas Police Officers Fired After Death of Jailed Black Man Marvin Scott
Seven sheriff’s officers in Collin County, Texas, were fired on April 1, apparently in connection with the death of 26-year-old…
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MALVEAUX: Lessons From Texas
Texas was freezing, and Sen. Ted Cruz was looking forward to sizzling his way to a Cancun vacation.
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Texas Becomes First U.S. State to Hit 1M Coronavirus Cases
Texas has become the first state to hit one million coronavirus cases.
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Texas Issues Statewide Face Mask Requirement
A statewide order in Texas to wear face masks in public goes into effect at noon Friday — a stark…
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Texas Eases Gun Laws; Take Effect One Day after Latest Mass Shooting
A host of new firearm laws went into effect in the Lone Star State just hours after a 36-year-old white…
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Local Leaders Step Up to Protect Sacred Remains of ‘Sugar Land 95’
The arc of the moral universe is bending towards justice for the 95 victims of the unjust and inhumane convict-leasing…
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Texas Restaurant Defends ‘Coon Chicken Inn’ Blackface Caricature Sign
A neon sign from a 1920s restaurant called the "Coon Chicken Inn" contains a caricature of a Black man, with…
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Officer Who Shot Black Man for Sitting in His Own Truck is Fired
A 10-year Texas police veteran who shot and critically wounded a Black man for "burglarizing" his own pickup truck has…
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NNPA Issues Call to Support Gulf Area Residents Affected by Historic Floods
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) issued Monday an urgent national call for support for all people, who are being…
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State Trooper in Sandra Bland Case Cleared of Single Charge Against Him
The state trooper who pulled over Sandra Bland just days before she was found dead in a jail cell has…
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