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At the ‘Super Bowl of Swine,’ global barbecuing traditions are the wood-smoked flavor of the day
7 months, 2 weeks ago

At the ‘Super Bowl of Swine,’ global barbecuing traditions are the wood-smoked flavor of the day

Associated Press  

MEMPHIS, Tennessee — The smell of wood fire wafting on the breeze is the first sense that gets triggered at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Memphis, where smoke is as essential an ingredient as salt. Adriano Pedro, left, and Bruno Panhoca of Brazil smile as they pull lamb from the grill at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, …

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3 Austin officers are cleared in a fatal shooting during a standoff where an officer was killed
11 months, 4 weeks ago

3 Austin officers are cleared in a fatal shooting during a standoff where an officer was killed

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A grand jury has cleared three Texas police officers who fatally shot a man who shot and killed another officer and is believed to have killed his mother and brother. Kevin De La Rue in the November shooting death of Ahmed Mohamed Nassar, District Attorney José Garza said in a news release Thursday. The status of the …

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Texas police officer indicted in fatal shooting of man on his front porch
1 year ago

Texas police officer indicted in fatal shooting of man on his front porch

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — An Austin, Texas, police officer has been indicted for deadly conduct in the fatal shooting of a man standing on his own front porch. Video and audio show Austin police officers arrived at Moonesinghe’s home in November 2022, yelled “drop your gun,” then fired at Moonesinghe, who was holding an AR-15-style weapon. “The fact that Officer Sanchez …

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Texas prosecutor drops charges against 17 Austin police over tactics used during 2020 protests
1 year, 1 month ago

Texas prosecutor drops charges against 17 Austin police over tactics used during 2020 protests

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas prosecutor whose office oversaw indictments against more than 20 Austin police officers for tactics used during the 2020 protests that followed George Floyd’s killing said Monday he was dropping most of the cases and would ask the Justice Department to investigate instead. Garza said his office “would continue to hold law enforcement who break the …

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California judge halts district policy requiring parents be told if kids change pronouns
1 year, 4 months ago

California judge halts district policy requiring parents be told if kids change pronouns

Associated Press  

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A judge on Wednesday halted a Southern California school district from requiring parents to be notified if their children change their gender identification or pronouns at school. San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Thomas S. Garza ruled after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino Valley Unified School District for adopting a policy requiring schools …

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Barrels Of Drinking Water For Migrants Walking Through Texas Have Disappeared
1 year, 4 months ago

Barrels Of Drinking Water For Migrants Walking Through Texas Have Disappeared

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING HEBBRONVILLE, Texas — As one of the worst heat waves on record set in across much of the southern United States this summer, authorities and activists in South Texas found themselves embroiled in a mystery in this arid region near the border with Mexico. John Meza volunteers with the South Texas Human Rights Center in Jim Hogg …

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Texas prosecutor drops domestic violence case against Beard
1 year, 10 months ago

Texas prosecutor drops domestic violence case against Beard

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas prosecutor on Wednesday moved to dismiss a felony domestic violence case against former Texas basketball coach Chris Beard, in part because of the alleged victim’s wishes not to prosecute. Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza said that “after a careful and thorough review of the evidence” and considering the wishes of Randi Trew, Beard’s fiancée, …

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Mexico blames anesthesiologist for 35 meningitis deaths
1 year, 11 months ago

Mexico blames anesthesiologist for 35 meningitis deaths

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Authorities in Mexico said Tuesday they have arrested an anesthesiologist they blame for an outbreak of meningitis that has killed 35 patients and sickened 79. The doctor, whose name was withheld, apparently carried his own morphine from one private hospital to another, spreading a fungal infection that contaminated the medication at the first clinic, authorities said. Some …

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Court revives claims by Texas death row inmate backed by DA
2 years ago

Court revives claims by Texas death row inmate backed by DA

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday revived claims by a Texas inmate who has the rare support of the state prosecutor’s office that put him on death row. The justices threw out a Texas appeals court ruling that refused to grant the inmate, Areli Escobar, a new trial. But a later audit turned up problems at the lab that …

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GOP’s Ken Paxton wins 3rd term as Texas attorney general
2 years, 2 months ago

GOP’s Ken Paxton wins 3rd term as Texas attorney general

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won reelection Tuesday, adding to Republicans’ decades of dominance in the state’s top offices despite a slew of legal problems and dysfunction in his agency. Paxton secured a third term as Texas’ top lawyer, setting up America’s biggest red state to continue mounting conservative legal challenges to the administration of Democratic President Joe …

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Diana Kennedy, food writer devoted to Mexico, dies at 99
2 years, 5 months ago

Diana Kennedy, food writer devoted to Mexico, dies at 99

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Diana Kennedy, a tart-tongued British food writer devoted to Mexican cuisine, died Sunday. Her long-time friend Concepción Guadalupe Garza Rodríguez said that Kennedy died peacefully shortly before dawn Sunday at her home in Zitacuaro, about 100 miles west of Mexico City. Mexico’s Culture Ministry said via Twitter Sunday that Kennedy’s “life was dedicated to discovering, compiling and …

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In Uvalde, closeness complicates accountability for shooting
2 years, 5 months ago

In Uvalde, closeness complicates accountability for shooting

Associated Press  

UVALDE, Texas — After the massacre at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School in May, Jesse Rizo was worried about his old friend, police chief Pete Arredondo. “But I also want to hold people accountable who don’t perform their jobs properly.” The 50-year-old Arredondo, who as head of the school district’s small police department was one of the first officers on the …

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School police chief a no-show at Uvalde City Council meeting
2 years, 7 months ago

School police chief a no-show at Uvalde City Council meeting

Associated Press  

UVALDE, Texas — The school district police chief criticized for waiting too long before law enforcement confronted and killed the gunman during a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school did not appear at a City Council meeting in Uvalde on Tuesday, despite being newly elected to the panel. Mayor Don McLaughlin said he was unable to explain why the …

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Uvalde’s Xavier Lopez: His smile would ‘cheer anyone up’
2 years, 7 months ago

Uvalde’s Xavier Lopez: His smile would ‘cheer anyone up’

Associated Press  

UVALDE, Texas — Xavier Lopez had a smile that lit up the room. “He was funny, never serious and his smile,” Felicha Martinez told the Washington Post. It would always cheer anyone up.” Xavier, 10, was among the 19 children and two teachers killed on May 24 when a gunman burst into Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. This has …

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The AP Interview: BLM’s Patrisse Cullors denies wrongdoing
2 years, 8 months ago

The AP Interview: BLM’s Patrisse Cullors denies wrongdoing

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — No, insists Patrisse Cullors, former leader of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation: Despite allegations of financial improprieties, neither she nor anyone else in leadership misused millions of dollars in donations. He said the property purchase could be weaponized by movement opponents, leading possible donors to shy away from Black-led social justice organizations: “That’s the thing …

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The AP Interview: BLM’s Patrisse Cullors denies wrongdoing
2 years, 8 months ago

The AP Interview: BLM’s Patrisse Cullors denies wrongdoing

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — No, insists Patrisse Cullors, former leader of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation: Despite allegations of financial improprieties, neither she nor anyone else in leadership misused millions of dollars in donations. He said the property purchase could be weaponized by movement opponents, leading possible donors to shy away from Black-led social justice organizations: “That’s the thing …

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The AP Interview: BLM's Patrisse Cullors denies wrongdoing
2 years, 8 months ago

The AP Interview: BLM's Patrisse Cullors denies wrongdoing

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He said the property purchase could be weaponized by movement opponents, leading …

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Prosecutor ran on changing Austin before police indictments
2 years, 10 months ago

Prosecutor ran on changing Austin before police indictments

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Jose Garza ran for district attorney in Austin on promises to hold police accountable in Texas’ capital city. Garza said the indictments were not politically driven and that “our community is safer when our community trusts law enforcement.” Community activists who have long criticized the city’s handling of the protests, which included officers firing beanbag rounds into …

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Sources: 19 Austin police officers indicted over protests
2 years, 10 months ago

Sources: 19 Austin police officers indicted over protests

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas grand jury indicted 19 Austin police officers on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for their actions during 2020 protests over racial injustice that spread nationwide following the killing of George Floyd, according to people familiar with the matter. Garza said his office prosecutes anybody who causes harm “regardless of who causes it.” …

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Sources: 19 Austin police officers indicted in protest probe
2 years, 10 months ago

Sources: 19 Austin police officers indicted in protest probe

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas grand jury indicted 19 Austin police officers on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for their actions during 2020 protests over racial injustice that spread nationwide following the killing of George Floyd, according to people familiar with the matter. Casaday, the president of the Austin Police Association, called the move “devastating” for law …

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Texas soldier who shot protester indicted on murder charge
3 years, 6 months ago

Texas soldier who shot protester indicted on murder charge

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — An Army soldier who shot and killed an armed protester after driving into a crowd demonstrating against police violence in the Texas capital last summer has been indicted on a murder charge, authorities said Thursday. Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza said in a press conference Thursday that the grand jury returned indictments against Perry for the …

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Head of St. Louis Pandemic Task Force being deployed
3 years, 6 months ago

Head of St. Louis Pandemic Task Force being deployed

Associated Press  

St. LOUIS — Dr. Alex Garza, the head of the St. Louis-area’s pandemic task force, will be deployed to Kuwait in July as part of his military service. Garza, who became known after conducting most public briefings and interviews as commander of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, said Wednesday he will be deployed for four months. Representatives of …

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‘Couldn’t stay quiet': Capitol cop’s mom wants Jan. 6 probe
3 years, 7 months ago

‘Couldn’t stay quiet': Capitol cop’s mom wants Jan. 6 probe

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Brian Sicknick’s family wants to uncover every detail about the Jan. 6 insurrection by pro-Trump rioters, when the Capitol Police officer collapsed and later died. “I couldn’t stay quiet anymore.” The Capitol Police are caught in the middle of a political firestorm involving the lawmakers they are sworn to protect. “Police officers were being attacked.” Garza also spoke …

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Iowa’s Luka Garza named AP men’s college player of the year
3 years, 9 months ago

Iowa’s Luka Garza named AP men’s college player of the year

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Luka Garza knew what everyone expected before returning for a final run as Iowa’s unquestioned star. It definitely became something that helped me out a lot and contributed to my being able to be there and be in the moment every single game and every single day.” Garza was second to Dayton’s Obi Toppin for last year’s award. …

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