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SANTA FE, Texas >> A 17-year-old armed with a shotgun and a pistol opened fire at a Houston-area high school Friday, killing 10 people, most of them students, authorities said. It was the nation's deadliest such attack since the massacre in Florida that gave rise to a campaign by teens for gun control.
Multiple deaths have been reported from a shooting at Santa Fe High School. The gunman has been identified as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, and he has been charged with capital murder.
The Santa Fe school district issued an alert... . In this image taken from video law enforcement officers respond to a high school near Houston after an active shooter was reported on campus, Friday, May 18, 2018, in Santa Fe, Texas.
Cynthia Dunbar wants a "biblical litmus test" for politicians, and has called for making the judicial branch "subordinate" to Congress. Cynthia Dunbar has called public schools "tyrannical," and was at the center of the Texas schoolbook controversy years ago -and is now the favorite to win a Congressional seat in Virginia.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., promotes this year's renewal of the farm bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 17, 2018.
In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published its Spring 2018 rulemaking agenda; the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it will seek public comments on whether its 2013 Disparate Impact Regulation is consistent with the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v.
Texas Democrats are faced with a vexing choice: pick a candidate for governor that on paper matches up better against incumbent Republican Greg Abbott, or stick with a rebuilding plan and nominate the progressive candidate that could better appeal to the Hispanic voters seen as the key to sustainable success? That's the backdrop of Tuesday's Democratic runoff for governor between former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez and Houston investor Andrew White, the son of former governor Mark White. White is telling Democrats that he's the best hope of beating Abbott, but many progressive primary voters see Valdez as more reflective of their liberal leanings.
While sugarcane aphids have been difficult to suppress in past years due to their natural traits and limited insecticide options, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research study shows resistant sorghum varieties and beneficial predators could provide a solution. Dr. Ada Szczepaniec, AgriLife Research entomologist at Amarillo, recently authored "Interactive effects of crop variety, insecticide seed treatment, and planting date on population dynamics of sugarcane aphid and their predators in late-colonized sorghum" in the Crop Protection journal.
Bush was in town for the Atlantic Council's annual fundraiser, where he received the Distinguished International Leadership Award from the influential think tank. More than 800 guests from 70 countries - including former presidents, prime ministers and military leaders - gave the 43rd president a warm, enthusiastic welcome.
That's according to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who warned in a commencement speech on Saturday at Rice University in Texas that "an endless barrage of lies" and a trend toward "alternate realities" in national politics pose a dire threat to U.S. democracy. The 76-year-old billionaire, who flirted with an independent presidential run in 2016, did not call out any politicians by name.
Americans are facing an "epidemic of dishonesty" in Washington that's more dangerous than terrorism or communism. That's according to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who warned in a commencement speech on Saturday at Texas' Rice University that "an endless barrage of lies" and a trend toward "alternate realities" in national politics pose a dire threat to U.S. democracy.
The difficulty in getting voters to show up for a runoff election is a big problem in Texas. There are hot spots around the state that might engage more voters, but generally speaking, it's hard enough to get voters to the table once - and harder still to get them to come back for seconds.
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, speaks with reporters as he leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. One of the most seasoned pro-marijuana activists in the political world has created a super PAC with one goal this November: to unseat notoriously anti-pot Rep. Pete Sessions .
A barrier-breaking Texas sheriff who is now running for governor is testing the patience of some Democrats heading into a primary runoff this month. A barrier-breaking Texas sheriff who is now running for governor is testing the patience of some Democrats heading into a primary runoff this month.
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, a Democrat candidate for the 7th Congressional District, and her husband, Scott Fletcher, leave after voting in the primary runoff at St. Anne's Church, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Houston.
A Washington consultant who has lobbied for foreign governments in the past helped the Environmental Protection Agency prepare for a trip that administrator Scott Pruitt and his staff were to take last year, according to emails obtained by the Sierra Club and subsequently CBS News. According to those internal EPA emails, first reported by the New York Times , Matthew Freedman, the CEO of the firm Global Impact, Inc., was closely involved in the details of planning the trip, in which Pruitt was supposed to meet with Australian officials about environmental issues.
The group also wants to emphasize the attorneys they suggest are national caliber mesothelioma attorneys who consistently get the best financial compensation results for their US Navy Veteran clients" NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA, May 2, 2018 / EINPresswire.com / -- The Texas Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "We are now offering on the spot access to the nation's leading mesothelioma attorneys for a US Navy Veteran in Texas who has recently been diagnosed with mesothelioma-especially if they served on a nuclear submarine or aircraft carrier. The goal we have for these unique Navy Veterans is for us to assist them in receiving the very best possible financial compensation settlement.
Advocacy groups said Friday that Texas is poised to unfairly distribute billions in federal funding provided for housing repairs following Hurricane Harvey's devastation - prioritizing wealthy homeowners over poorer victims in ways that could constitute racial discrimination. At issue is a draft state rebuilding plan that says homeowners may only be eligible for federal assistance, regardless of income, if they suffered $8,000 in property damages.