A 17-year-old arrested in connection with the death of University of Texas at Austin student Haruka Weiser is in the care of the Texas foster youth system, an official said Friday.
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El Paso Doesn’t Want ID as “Sanctuary City”
An El Paso-based immigrant rights group could see its hopes for a municipal ID card dashed after leaders there determined that issuing the card could prompt immigration hardliners to label the town a sanctuary city.
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Bernie Tiede Painted As Victim, Calculating Killer
Attorneys painted two vastly different pictures of the former Carthage mortician Wednesday during opening statements in his second sentencing trial for Marjorie Nugent’s 1996 murder.
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Killer Executed in 12-Year-Old Boy’s Death
Pablo Lucio Vasquez, who admitted to slitting the throat of a 12-year-old boy and beating him to death before stealing a ring and necklace from the body 18 years ago, was executed Wednesday evening.
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New Effort to Wipe Out Carrizo Cane Reignites Environmental Debate
A state plan to eradicate invasive Carrizo cane along the Rio Grande — cited by Gov. Greg Abbott as a border security priority — is finally getting some funding after sitting dormant for almost a year.
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Texas Supreme Court Rules on Who Owns Dog
The dog days are over for a Houston family who successfully affirmed their ownership rights over a German Shepherd after a three-year legal battle that ended up at the Texas Supreme Court.
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In Texas, “El Bronco” Talks Immigration and Security
Jaime Rodríguez Calderon, the charismatic governor of Nuevo León known as “El Bronco,” visited Texas on Thursday to talk immigration, gun running and the future of politics in Mexico.
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New Sentencing Trial for Bernie Starts Wednesday
Bernie Tiede — who in 1996 killed his elderly companion, Marjorie Nugent, and inspired a Richard Linklater dark comedy — could learn in just a few weeks whether he’ll remain free, return to a life sentence or land somewhere in between.
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Border Patrol Union Endorses Trump for President
The national union that represents more than 16,000 agents of the United States Border Patrol issued its first-ever endorsement of a presidential candidate on Wednesday by throwing its support behind Republican Donald Trump.
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Execution Stayed for Dallas Accountant Who Gunned Down Daughters
A federal appeals court on Wednesday stayed the execution of a Dallas accountant who shot and killed his two daughters in 2001. John Battaglia’s lawyers argue he is not mentally competent enough to be put to death.
