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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 …

Our sunny and dry weather will continue into Memorial Day. The unofficial start to summer will certainly feel like it, with highs in the low to mid-90s. Also, the south wind has increased once again. And that gusty south wind has brought Gulf moisture back to North Texas, leading to higher humidity levels. That has led to heat index values …

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden grieved with the shattered community of Uvalde on Sunday, mourning privately for three hours with anguished families left behind when a gunman killed 19 schoolchildren and two teachers. Faced with chants of “do something” as he departed a church service, Biden pledged: “We will.” At Robb Elementary School, Biden visited a memorial of 21 …

UVALDE – It’s the first time a sitting U.S. president has visited this Texas town, but for residents, the honor did not dim their determination to push for real change five days after a school shooting left 19 children and two teachers dead. “The president is coming to console our people, but must also give answers and not allow these …

MEXICO CITY — A group of U.S. state legislators from Texas, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and North Carolina toured Mexico and said they are impressed by efforts to expand abortion access south of the border. The legislators last week visited the country’s three largest cities, Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey to meet with activists and Mexican legislators. They praised the efforts of Mexican …

Immediately after the Uvalde massacre, most Texas Republicans retreated to their familiar position that stricter gun laws wouldn’t stop such mass shootings from happening again. But the pain, anguish and anger over 19 elementary school students and two teachers being slaughtered by an 18-year-old man spraying ammunition from an assault-style weapon could — at long last — force Texas Republican lawmakers reconsider their …

ADDISON — Cleo Vazquez has traded his education in a high school classroom for a view of the runway and planes taking off at Addison Airport just north of Dallas. Between studying math, English and science, the 14-year-old Vazquez spent the last three months at Rising Aviation High School studying to get an FAA remote pilot certificate to fly drones and taking the certification test, …

A Silver Alert was issued Saturday afternoon for a 78-year-old man last seen in Farmers Branch two days ago. Authorities say Pat Wester has been diagnosed with a cognitive impairment and that his disappearance is a credible threat to his safety. Wester was last seen about 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the 12000 block of Wilmington Drive, near Valley View and …

WASHINGTON — Conventional wisdom since George P. Bush’s defeat Tuesday night holds that a dynasty that produced two presidents and a senator has now ended. In truth, the Bush dynasty was already dying by the time Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stomped its embers, fending off his challenge in the Republican primary runoff by a decisive 68-32 margin. Bush’s dad, …

UVALDE — In this small city of inconsolable souls, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller called children to the altar as he recited the names of each victim in an elementary school shooting. The living were stand-ins for the lives loved and lost. There were 19 names of children, most only 10 years old, and two of teachers. This week, the archbishop’s focus …