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AUSTIN — Texas had never elected an openly gay, Black legislator until this year. By November, its voters might be sending as many as three to the state House. Earlier this month, Jolanda Jones became the first openly LGBT Black state lawmaker when she beat her challenger in the special election to replace retiring Rep. Garnet Coleman in his Houston seat. Sworn in last week, the …

From the empty swing set outside Robb Elementary School — where last week 19 children and two teachers were killed in the deadliest school shooting in Texas history — is a clear view of the Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home. The two buildings, their purposes once obverse, are now irreversibly linked, as this is where Uvalde starts to say goodbye. Hillcrest, …

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government introduced legislation Monday that would put a freeze on importing, buying or selling handguns. “We are capping the number of handguns in this country,” Trudeau said. The regulations to halt the growth of personally owned handguns is expected to be enacted this fall. “It will be illegal to buy, sell, transfer …

Months before the U.S. Supreme Court leak revealed that the nation’s highest court was poised to overturn the landmark abortion case Roe vs. Wade, the Rev. Daniel Kanter was among the Texas faith leaders working to help those grappling with the state’s own restrictions on abortion. In wake of Senate Bill 8, the six-week ban that went into effect on Sept. 1, some North Texas …

May will end on a very warm and windy note today. A south breeze will be strong throughout the day around 20-25 mph. In addition, skies will be mostly sunny as temperatures climb into the middle 90s. With the humidity in play, it will feel like the upper 90s. Dry weather is expected today and Wednesday before thunderstorm chances arrive …

It’s been a challenge for Sarah Brooke to feed her baby since he was born six months ago. First, she had difficulties breastfeeding. Her son, Solo, couldn’t tolerate any cow’s milk, so she cut it out of her diet, but he continued to vomit. She switched to formula, but the vomiting and constipation continued. After several emergency room visits and …

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The blame for an excruciating delay in killing the gunman at a Texas elementary school — even as parents outside begged police to rush in and panicked children called 911 from inside — has been placed with the school district’s homegrown police chief. It’s left residents in the small city of Uvalde struggling to reconcile what they know of the well-liked local lawman after …

UVALDE, Texas — El presidente de Estados Unidos Joe Biden y la primera dama Jill Biden consolaron el domingo a una ciudad golpeada por el dolor y la ira, ofreciendo su pésame en un sitio de homenaje a 19 estudiantes y dos profesoras que perdieron la vida en un tiroteo en una escuela primaria de Texas. La visita a la ciudad …

Hundreds of flights worldwide were canceled by midday Sunday, adding to the mounting number of scrubbed flights during the busy Memorial Day holiday weekend in the U.S. Just over 1,200 flights had been canceled as of 1 p.m. Dallas time Sunday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. That followed more than 2,300 cancellations Friday and another 1,500 on Saturday. More than …

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department said Sunday it will review the law enforcement response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead. The review comes amid mounting pressure and questions about the shifting and at times contradictory information about what happened in the shooting last Tuesday at Robb Elementary School and how …