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Billboards sprout in Texas linking Ted Cruz to riot, demand he resign for fueling Trump’s election lies


February 2, 2021

WASHINGTON — A group of anti-Trump Republicans has posted billboards around Texas trying to make Sen. Ted Cruz squirm by implicating him in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol and demanding he resign. Cruz repeatedly blamed President Donald Trump’s defeat on fraud, a claim he persisted in leveling even after dozens of state and federal courts threw out such …

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Teen killed in overnight gunfight in Garland, police say


February 2, 2021

A teenager was found dead Monday after an overnight gunfight, Garland police say. Officers were called just after noon to the 500 block of West Interstate 30, near Broadway Boulevard, where a man had been found dead behind a building. He was identified as Rhamil Reason, 18, of Dallas. Police said that, based on surveillance footage, it appears that Reason …

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Gov. Abbott says Texas must be ‘Freedom Capital of America’ in State of State speech that plays to GOP base


February 2, 2021

AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott took his State of the State speech on the road late Monday, stressing that after a tough year of the coronavirus pandemic and recession, “normalcy is returning to Texas.” In a television program broadcast live from a small business in the Central Texas town of Lockhart, Abbott hailed the “Texas model” of low taxes and …

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Cancer survivor finds vaccine elusive even as supply gradually ramps up at regional hubs


February 2, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Seeing people getting that coveted vaccine shot in the arm day after day makes 70-year-old Judy Thrasher wonder why she still can’t get a shot. “It is somewhat frustrating that someone my age, with immune-compromised issues, cannot get the vaccine,” she said Thrasher is a leukemia survivor. Having undergone extensive treatment, she continues to follow up …

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What you need to know about coronavirus


February 2, 2021

Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19. Here are the answers to key questions about the outbreak: Dallas leaders urge everyone to register for COVID-19 vaccines. (Video: Everton Bailey, Jr./DMN What is the virus? Scientists have identified the virus as a novel, or new, coronavirus. The name …

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Woman with $8 to Harris County leaders on rent relief: Release the millions


February 2, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — After receiving nearly $100 million in rent relief, Harris County and Fort Bend County will soon start the process to help struggling renters. Rent is due Monday, and for some Harris County neighbors, they don’t know how they’ll be able to afford it. “I have a total of $8.37 in my account,” said Houston resident Carolyn …

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