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Weeks after a federal judge declared hot conditions in Texas prisons unconstitutional, a bill requiring air conditioning in those facilities by 2032 has gained traction in the House.

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A man convicted in 2022 of fatally shooting a woman in Garland the year before was denied his right to appeal “through no ...

The government claims he’s a member of the MS-13 gang, which his wife and attorney deny, and deported him to El Salvador ...

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The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso — one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S.