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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Officials Want To Revoke Gender Marker Changes On Trans People’s IDs

LOADING ERROR LOADING Texas officials are seeking to reverse the gender marker changes that trans people have already legally obtained on their driver’s licenses and state IDs, according to a letter that the head of the state’s Department of Public Safety sent to the Texas attorney general. But in August, after the state attorney general’s office raised concerns about the …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Uvalde Teacher Who Was Falsely Accused of Leaving Door Open: 'I Am Still Not OK'

Huff Post

A photo shows a memorial at Robb Elementary School on May 31, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas, following a school shooting that killed 21 people. Jae C. Hong via Associated Press A teacher who was falsely accused of leaving a school door open on the day of the May 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, said she is unable to claim …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

DPS reinstates Texas Ranger fired for Uvalde shooting response

Raw Story

"DPS reinstates Texas Ranger fired for Uvalde shooting response" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. DPS Director Steve McCraw said in a Friday letter to Christopher Ryan Kindell that Kindell could return to his former position now …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas trooper gets job back in Uvalde after suspension from botched police response to 2022 shooting

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety has reinstated a state trooper who was suspended after the botched law enforcement response to the shooting at a Uvalde elementary school in 2022. In a letter sent to Texas Ranger Christopher Ryan Kindell on Aug. 2 and released by the agency on Monday, DPS Director Col. Steve McCraw removed the …

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1 year, 4 months ago

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried goes to jail as judge revokes bail

The Hindu

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left a federal courtroom in handcuffs on August 11 when a judge revoked his bail after concluding that the fallen cryptocurrency wiz had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him. Judge Kaplan said there was probable cause to believe Bankman-Fried had tried to “tamper with witnesses at least twice” since his December 2022 arrest, most recently …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Judge sends FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to jail, says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses

Associated Press

NEW YORK — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left a federal courtroom in handcuffs Friday when a judge revoked his bail after concluding that the fallen cryptocurrency wiz had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him. The judge said he concluded there was a probability that Bankman-Fried had tried to influence both anticipated trial witnesses “and quite likely others whose names …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Sam Bankman-Fried is jailed; judge revokes bail, says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses

LA Times

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left a federal courtroom in handcuffs Friday after a judge revoked his bail after concluding that the fallen cryptocurrency wiz had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him. Kaplan said there was probable cause to believe Bankman-Fried had tried to “tamper with witnesses at least twice” since his December arrest, most recently by showing a journalist …

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1 year, 7 months ago

A year since 19 children and 2 teachers were massacred at a Texas elementary school, these questions remain unanswered

CNN

CNN — It’s been a year since 19 fourth graders and their two teachers were fatally shot inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, just two days before the summer break they had been eagerly awaiting. Matthew Busch for CNN Jose Mata, brother of shooting victim Xavier Lopez, carries a wooden cross decorated with a baseball bat to place it …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Families of Uvalde victims confront Texas’ police chief

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Family members of victims killed in the Uvalde school shooting confronted Texas’ police chief Tuesday in an emotional end to a day of protests at the state Capitol over gun laws. Velma Duran, whose sister Irma Garcia was one of two teachers killed at Robb Elementary School last May, scolded Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Texas state police won’t punish more officers over Uvalde

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas state police will not discipline any more of its officers over the Uvalde school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead as heavily armed agents hesitated to confront the lone gunman, a spokesperson confirmed Friday. It also raises new questions about how many of the nearly 400 law enforcement personnel who were at Robb …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Texas chief says state police ‘did not fail’ in Uvalde

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ state police chief said Thursday that his department “did not fail” Uvalde during the hesitant law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School shooting, as a Republican congressman joined angry parents of some of the 19 children killed in the May attack in calling for him to resign. Col. Steve McCraw, the head of the Texas …

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2 years, 3 months ago

2 more Texas DPS officers to be investigated over actions on day of Uvalde massacre

CNN

CNN — The Texas Department of Public Safety referred two more officers to the agency’s Office of Inspector General late last week for formal investigation over their responses to the Robb Elementary massacre in Uvalde, a department spokesperson told CNN on Tuesday. A total of 91 officers from department responded to the Uvalde shooting on May 24, according to a …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Exclusive: Texas DPS chief rejects claims of cover-up in Uvalde investigation and denies telling his captains ‘no one is losing their jobs’

CNN

Brownsville, Texas CNN — Texas’ top cop Col. Steven McCraw vowed Thursday to fire any member of his Department of Public Safety who did not do their job the day a gunman massacred 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images He told CNN Thursday that “no one gets a pass,” reiterating a …

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2 years, 5 months ago

TIMELINE: Texas elementary school shooting, minute by minute

Associated Press

On May 24, a gunman fatally shot 19 children and two teachers in two adjoining classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. 11:50 a.m. — Body camera footage shows an unknown officer saying, “They need to get out of the hallway.” The state House report says Coronado replies: “Chief is in there. No one has made contact with him.” …

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2 years, 5 months ago

TIMELINE: Texas elementary school shooting, minute by minute

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. 11:38 a.m. — An unknown officer says, “He’s contained …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Uvalde schools’ police chief resigns from City Council

Associated Press

The Uvalde school district’s police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead. “The mayor, the city council, and the city staff must continue to move forward …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Pete Arredondo resigns from Uvalde city council after botched response to school shooting

CNN

CNN — Uvalde school district police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo has resigned his separate position on the Uvalde city council in the wake of the massacre at Robb Elementary School in May, according to a resignation letter he sent to the city. “The Mayor, the City Council, and the City Staff must continue to move forward to unite our community, …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Uvalde schools police chief resigns from City Council

Al Jazeera

Pete Arredondo was elected to Uvalde’s City Council a few weeks before the May 24 shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. The head of the Uvalde, Texas school police force has quit his City Council seat amid criticism about his response to a mass shooting at a primary school, according to a resignation letter the city government released. …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Uvalde school police chief on leave after mass shooting

Firstpost

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell said that he put schools police Chief Pete Arredondo on administrative leave because the facts of what happened remain unclear Dallas: The Uvalde school district’s police chief was put on leave Wednesday following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Uvalde school police chief on leave after mass shooting

Associated Press

DALLAS — The Uvalde school district’s police chief was put on leave Wednesday following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead. Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell said that he put schools police Chief Pete Arredondo on administrative leave because the facts …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Unlocked doors were ‘first line of defense’ at Uvalde school

Associated Press

The Uvalde massacre began after the 18-year-old gunman entered the school through a door that could only be locked from the outside then got inside a classroom that had a busted lock, experts testified Tuesday. When doors are not secure, “your first step, your first line of defense has now been eliminated,” said Ken Trump, the president of the National …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Gun debate a side note in hearings on Uvalde shooting

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — The first public hearings in Texas looking into the Uvalde school massacre have focused on a cascade of law enforcement blunders, school building safety and mental health care with only scant mentions of the shooter’s AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle and gun reform. But the Republican-dominated committee examining the tragedy in Uvalde appeared to have little appetite for new …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Texas mental health services hadn’t reached Uvalde before shooting as teacher says gunman ‘scared’ her

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Texas mental health services …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Uvalde police could've ended rampage early on, says Texas top cop

Firstpost

Delays in the law enforcement response at Robb Elementary School have become the focus of federal, state, and local investigations Austin: Police had enough officers and firepower on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, and they would have found the door to the classroom where he was …

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Texas Officials Want To Revoke Gender Marker Changes On Trans People’s IDs

Uvalde Teacher Who Was Falsely Accused of Leaving Door Open: 'I Am Still Not OK'

DPS reinstates Texas Ranger fired for Uvalde shooting response

Texas trooper gets job back in Uvalde after suspension from botched police response to 2022 shooting

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried goes to jail as judge revokes bail

Judge sends FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to jail, says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses

Sam Bankman-Fried is jailed; judge revokes bail, says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses

A year since 19 children and 2 teachers were massacred at a Texas elementary school, these questions remain unanswered

Families of Uvalde victims confront Texas’ police chief

Texas state police won’t punish more officers over Uvalde

Texas chief says state police ‘did not fail’ in Uvalde

2 more Texas DPS officers to be investigated over actions on day of Uvalde massacre

Exclusive: Texas DPS chief rejects claims of cover-up in Uvalde investigation and denies telling his captains ‘no one is losing their jobs’

TIMELINE: Texas elementary school shooting, minute by minute

TIMELINE: Texas elementary school shooting, minute by minute

Uvalde schools’ police chief resigns from City Council

Pete Arredondo resigns from Uvalde city council after botched response to school shooting

Uvalde schools police chief resigns from City Council

Uvalde school police chief on leave after mass shooting

Uvalde school police chief on leave after mass shooting

Unlocked doors were ‘first line of defense’ at Uvalde school

Gun debate a side note in hearings on Uvalde shooting

Texas mental health services hadn’t reached Uvalde before shooting as teacher says gunman ‘scared’ her

Uvalde police could've ended rampage early on, says Texas top cop