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Incident comes amid focus on drones
Days before alleged cartel drones from Mexico were blamed for shutting down airspace around El Paso, the U.S. military published new guidelines for its bases on how to protect themselves against the technology. It appears the push for increased drone...
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STEPS TOWARD PEACE
The Buddhist monks who set out on foot from Fort Worth last year on a 2,300-mile journey of hope reached their destination in Washington on Tuesday, arriving on day 108 of the Walk for Peace. Since the group began the endeavor, the goal was to journey...
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OLYMPIC REVELRY
Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse guaranteed the U.S. its first Olympic medal in mixed doubles curling, reaching the final Monday with a 9-8 victory over Italy in Cortina d'Ampezzo. The Americans will play Swedish siblings Isabella and Rasmus Wrana, who...
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Agents in disguise raising tensions
MINNEAPOLIS — For days, Luis Ramirez had an uneasy feeling about the men dressed as utility workers he’d seen outside his family’s Mexican restaurant in suburban Minneapolis. They wore high-visibility vests and spotless white hard hats, he noticed,...
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Austin ISD walkouts singled out by GOP
After days of walkouts on public school campuses across Texas, two state Republican leaders set their sights on a familiar target to rein in the student-led fight against immigration enforcement. They took aim at the Austin Independent School...
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Parents of victim sue Camp Mystic
The parents of an 8-year-old Austin girl whose body has not been recovered since she was swept away in the July Fourth flood at Camp Mystic have sued the camp’s owners and management, alleging they failed to have an evacuation plan required by state...
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Paxton sues to shut down CAIR-Texas
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday moved to shut down the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Texas branch with a lawsuit that seeks to block the advocacy group from owning property in the state or recruiting members. “Sharia law and the...
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TEA warns of walkout sanctions
The Texas Education Agency warned school leaders Tuesday that educators who encourage or assist student walkouts for political protests could face professional sanctions — and that school districts that fail to enforce attendance laws risk state...
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Hegseth’s remarks mirror those of Kelly, the senator he censured
He said the Pentagon was led by “political generals” who got ahead by embracing progressives’ pet causes: “social justice, gender, climate extremism crap.” He castigated the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both...
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ICE is at the heart of shutdown debate
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson faces tough days ahead trying to muscle a federal funding package to passage and prevent a prolonged partial government shutdown as debate intensifies over the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration...
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What Uvalde acquittal means for ex-chief
The recent acquittal of former Uvalde school police officer Adrian Gonzales, who stood trial for how he responded to a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, didn’t surprise local attorneys who followed his case. They saw the indictments against...
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SpaceX blast sparks safety concerns
STARBASE — The latenight blast sent a fireball more than 2,000 feet into the South Texas sky and shook a mileslong swath of the Rio Grande Valley with the force of the military’s most powerful bombs. It triggered dozens of 911 calls, tied up first...
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Austin Dems join calls for ICE to pause action
Against a backdrop of daily protests and mounting public pressure, local Democratic leaders gathered Friday at Festival Beach in East Austin to call for a pause in federal immigration enforcement that they say is increasingly affecting Austin...
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Lawmaker urges Minn. boy’s release
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said a 5-year-old Minnesota boy who is being held at a South Texas facility should be immediately released, describing the boy’s detention as inhumane and “emblematic of the monstrosity of the (Immigration and Customs...
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Tensions still high in Minn. despite talks
MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents, but there was little evidence Wednesday of any significant changes following weeks of...
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ICE raid rumors grip Austin
As a winter storm bore down on Austin late last week, residents braced for an onslaught of ice — and, many feared, ICE enforcement in the city. Rumors that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were preparing a major operation in Austin...
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Getting warmer — for now
While sunshine helped temperatures rebound slightly and melt some ice Monday, don’t get too comfortable — another very frigid day lies ahead today. High atmospheric pressure remains locked in place, bringing clear skies and light winds. That setup...
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One dead as ice, sleet hit Austin
At least one person died from exposure overnight Saturday after an ice storm swept through Central Texas, according to city officials. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson called the death “preventable” during a Sunday news conference, urging residents to use...
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Central Texas settles into a quiet wait
The Austin area on Saturday morning felt suspended in a quiet before the storm. Roads were wet but passable, though traffic was nonexistent. Neighborhoods were hushed. At grocery stores that had been overrun days earlier, a smattering of shoppers...
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