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Authorities Believe ‘Domestic Situation’ May Have Motivated Gunman in Texas Church Shooting
Authorities say that a “domestic situation” within the Texas gunman’s family may have sparked the horrific shooting that left 26 dead in a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church. “The suspect’s mother-in-law attended this church,” Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Freeman Martin told reporters Monday morning, according to the New York Times. “We know that he…
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Trump Says Texas Shooting Is a ‘Mental Health Problem,’ but Was It?
President Donald Trump is insisting that the horrific mass shooting at a Texas church Sunday was not “a guns situation” but, rather, an issue with mental health—because that’s always how these conversations go. “I think that mental health is your problem here,” Trump told reporters at a press conference in Tokyo Monday, according to Time…
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Devin Patrick Kelley Identified as Gunman in Texas Church Mass Shooting
Updated Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, 9:10 p.m. EST: Several reports have identified the man who fired numerous times inside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, as 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley. The New York Times confirms that at least two anonymous law-enforcement sources told the outlet that Kelley, who lived in New Braunfels, Texas,…
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Odell Beckham’s Father Arrested on Gun Charges, Weed Possession: Report
Odell Beckham Sr., the father of New York Giants’ star Odell Beckham Jr., was arrested in Texas on drug and gun charges Wednesday, authorities said. According to TMZ Sports, officials in Texas say that Beckham Sr. was carrying weed and a gun on him when he was busted. Details about the arrest are unclear, but…
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Texas Father Who Reported His 3-Year-Old Daughter Missing Believed to Have Dumped Her Body: Report
Sometimes the sum of the story is just this: Jesus Effing Christ. A missing toddler in suburban Dallas apparently did not wander off, but died in front of her father by choking, and he then dumped the 3-year-old’s body in a culvert, authorities say. Wesley Mathews reported his daughter, Sherin Mathews, missing on Oct. 7.…
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Paris, Texas, Is Site of Racial Animosity Again as Confederate Flags Pop Up at High School
Paris, Texas, a town with a long history of racial strife, is back in the news again after students at Paris High School adorned the backs of their pickup trucks with large Confederate rebel flags Tuesday. Photos of the racist display quickly circulated through social media as parents and students expressed outrage over the flags’…
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Texas Lawmaker Who Called 2 Black Prosecutors Racial Slurs Refuses to Resign
Today in peak “I’m not racist but,” a Texas lawmaker who brazenly used the n-word to describe two black prosecutors is refusing to resign, all while insisting he’s for the fair treatment of all Americans. #SureJan. According to NBC News, in a City Hall meeting earlier this week, Brownsville, Texas, City Commissioner-at-Large Cesar De Leon…
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2 Houston High School Players Kicked Off Football Team for Racial-Injustice Protest During Anthem
Two players on a private high school football team in Crosby, Texas, were kicked off the team for protesting racial injustice during the national anthem Friday. Cedric Ingram-Lewis, 16, raised his fist, and his cousin Larry McCullough, 18, knelt and were summarily told to take off their uniforms and leave the field, according to the…
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3 Brothers From White Settlement, Texas, Accused of Luring Black Teen Into Meeting, Fatally Shooting Him
Three brothers from White Settlement, Texas, are expected to be charged with capital murder in the shooting death of an 18-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas. According to WFAA, 23-year-old Sean Garrison, 18-year-old Tyee Garrison and their 17-year-old brother are currently awaiting arraignment on the charges and are in police custody. Authorities executed an arrest warrant…
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Mother Desperate to Find Son in Puerto Rico Begs Trump to Stop Talking About Football and Help
It’s been over a week since Jacqui Gormley has heard from her son, who was in Puerto Rico with his grandmother when Hurricane Maria hit. Desperate and running out of options, Gormley had a strong message for President Donald Trump during an interview with CNN’s Brooke Baldwin. “I really don’t need to hear about who’s…