The longtime head of the Department of Public Safety will step down at the end of the year.
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U.S. indicts Guatemalan man over 2022 deaths of 53 migrants in San Antonio trailer
The indictment of the alleged leader of the human smuggling organization comes a day after Guatemalan authorities arrested him and six others in connection with the tragedy.
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Jury finds parents of student accused in Santa Fe school shooting not negligent
Jurors instead put the responsibility with the shooter and a firearms ammunition retailer in a trial over the 2018 shooting.
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Uvalde school shooting
Uvalde police failed to turn over some video footage from Robb Elementary shooting, department says
Chief Homer Delgado said the department has turned over the footage to the district attorney’s office and ordered an investigation into how the error occurred.
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When Texas jail standards push inmates to lockups in other states, oversight doesn’t follow
Jaleen Anderson’s mom is on a quest for details about her son’s death in a Louisiana prison that houses hundreds of Harris County inmates awaiting trial.
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Texas’ overcrowded and understaffed jails send people awaiting trial to other counties and states
Limits on who can be released without paying bail and difficulties hiring guards worsen the situation.
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Crews begin demolishing Sutherland Springs church where gunman killed more than two dozen in 2017
Some families wanted to preserve the sanctuary, which became the scene of the deadliest church shooting in American history.
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After Uvalde city officials end battle over shooting records, victims’ families say other agencies need to follow suit
The city’s release ends a legal battle with news outlets, but other government agencies are withholding materials.
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Texas executes Arthur Lee Burton for 1997 killing of Houston jogger
Burton was sentenced to death for killing Nancy Adleman, a mother of three, while she was jogging on a summer evening in Houston.