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Joe Biden Makes a Play for a Long-Red State
Joe Biden Makes a Play
for a Long-Red State
the rundown
Jul 14, 2020 11:05 AM CDT

Joe Biden Makes a Play for a Long-Red State

Campaign rolls out ads in Texas as polls show a tight race

(Newser) - Much of the Election 2020 coverage has focused on Joe Biden's lead in battleground states . Now it's beginning to appear that Texas, usually a safe Republican bastion, might be considered a battleground state itself. Coverage:
  • Ads: The Biden campaign is rolling out its first ad campaign in the
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Texas Supreme Court Rules on GOP Convention

7-1 majority said state party can't force Houston to host in-person convention

(Newser) - The all-Republican Texas Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from the Texas Republican Party, which was seeking a ruling allowing it to hold its in-person convention in Houston this week. The move "effectively kills" the party's plans to hold the gathering as planned, reports the Houston Chronicle . Last...

2 Texas Cops Killed in Shootout
2 Texas Cops Killed in Shootout
Jul 12, 2020 5:44 AM CDT

2 Texas Cops Killed in Shootout

McAllen officers were responding to domestic disturbance; suspect shot himself

(Newser) - Two police officers were shot and killed Saturday by a suspect who later fatally shot himself in a South Texas border town after responding to a domestic disturbance call, authorities said. McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez identified the slain officers as Edelmiro Garza, 45, and Ismael Chavez, 39. Garza...

Nation’s Busiest Death Penalty State Resumes Executions

Billy Joe Wardlow put to death in Texas for 1993 murder

(Newser) - A Texas inmate received lethal injection Wednesday evening for fatally shooting an 82-year-old man nearly three decades ago, ending a five-month delay of executions in the nation’s busiest death penalty state because of the coronavirus pandemic. Billy Joe Wardlow was put to death at the state penitentiary in Huntsville...

Houston Mayor Scraps Texas GOP Convention

'The public health concerns outweigh anything else'

(Newser) - Houston officials on Wednesday canceled the Texas Republican Party's in-person convention, saying the spread of the coronavirus made it impossible to hold the event as scheduled. Mayor Sylvester Turner said that the city's lawyers exercised provisions in the contract that the Texas GOP signed to rent the downtown...

Texas Records 10K New COVID Infections in One Day

It's a record for the state

(Newser) - Texas reported 10,028 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, making it the third state to record more than 10,000 in a single day (New York was the first, in April, and Florida the second, earlier this month). Texas' previous record for a one-day increase was 8,258, set on Saturday,...

Sheriffs Rebel Against Abbott's Mask Order, Won't Enforce It

Law enforcement officials in multiple counties say the mandate is 'unenforceable'

(Newser) - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did a 180 last week on wearing masks in public, requiring Texans to wear them in any county with more than 20 COVID-19 cases. But the mandate is now receiving backlash, with law enforcement officials in several counties noting they won't enforce the order. Per...

103-Year-Old Dives Right Out of the Sky

Al Blaschke said he wasn't doing it for himself

(Newser) - Falling from 14,000 feet up is hair-raising enough, but doing it at 103? "I never thought I would be around this long," Al Blaschke told ABC News after making his Guinness World Records-breaking leap with two grandsons. Blaschke, who tied the record back in 2017 at age...

Power Broker to Governor: Have the Guard 'Shoot to Kill'

Steve Hotze's message for the Texas governor doesn't exactly mince words

(Newser) - A conservative power broker told Texas' governor to have National Guard troops "shoot to kill" amid protests last month against racial injustice and police brutality, the AP reports. The Texas Tribune reports that Steve Hotze left that message in a voicemail (hear it here , with warning for language) to...

'Crazy' Numbers Rule Out Show by Vanilla Ice

Outdoor concert was planned for Austin

(Newser) - There will be no Vanilla Ice concert in Austin this weekend after all. "This date has been canceled and will be rescheduled for another time," a representative for the rapper said Thursday, CNN reports. The outdoor performance was planned for Friday at Emerald Point Bar & Grill, but...

Texas Governor Makes Big Shift on Masks

Greg Abbott makes them mandatory in nearly every county

(Newser) - Nearly everyone in Texas is now legally obligated to wear a mask when out in public. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott made it a rule Thursday in any county with more than 20 coronavirus cases, reports ABC13 in Houston. The rule means that anyone inside a business or a building open...

Loophole Allows Vanilla Ice Concert in Texas

Austin venue is technically a restaurant

(Newser) - Vanilla Ice seems disinclined to stop, collaborate, and listen to health authorities in Texas, where he is going ahead with a concert Friday despite the state's surge in coronavirus infections. Gov. Greg Abbott closed bars and placed limits on large gatherings last week, but the rapper's Austin concert...

In This State, the Party&#39;s Over
In This State, the Party's Over
Jul 1, 2020 5:00 PM CDT

In This State, the Party's Over

Other states and New York City are also reimposing or extending lockdowns

(Newser) - It's tough timing for California—but what can you do? On Wednesday, with July 4 around the corner, Gov. Gavin Newsom called on 19 counties to tighten their coronavirus restrictions. That means closing indoor dining at restaurants and indoor entertainment venues like arcades, bowling alleys, and movie theaters, as...

Fort Hood Soldier Kills Himself After Remains Found

Another suspect is now in custody

(Newser) - Authorities say a suspect wanted in the disappearance of a Fort Hood soldier killed himself early Wednesday—hours after remains believed to be those of Pfc Vanessa Guillen were found in a shallow grave around 30 minutes from the Texas base. Police in Killeen say the suspect, a junior soldier...

Texas Bar Owners Sue Governor: He's 'Acting Like a King'

Re-closing all bars is 'sentencing bar owners to bankruptcy'

(Newser) - More than 30 bar owners in Texas have filed a legal challenge against Gov. Greg Abbott's order Friday to close all bars for a second time. "Why does he continue unilaterally acting like a king?" says Houston lawyer Jared Woodfill, who filed the lawsuit in Travis County District...

Pence Cancels Political Events in 3 States

But he'll still visit Florida, Texas, and Arizona

(Newser) - Mike Pence called off campaign events in Florida and Arizona this coming week as the states experience a surge in new coronavirus cases, the AP reports. Pence will still travel to those states, which have set records for new confirmed infections in recent days, the White House confirmed, saying he...

Judge: Centers Holding Immigrant Kids Are 'On Fire'

Order mandates that children held in 3 Texas, Pa. facilities be released by July 17 due to pandemic

(Newser) - A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of children held with their parents in US immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration's prolonged detention of families during the pandemic. US District Judge Dolly Gee's order applies to kids held for more than 20 days at three family...

Texas Closes Down Its Bars Again
Texas Bars Must
Shut Down Again
Jun 26, 2020 10:40 AM CDT

Texas Bars Must Shut Down Again

Gov. Abbott also orders limits on restaurant dining as cases continue to spike

(Newser) - The governor of Texas ordered the closing of all bars again and scaled back restaurant dining Friday in the biggest retreat yet by any state, as the number of confirmed new coronavirus cases per day in the US hit an all-time high of 40,000, per the AP . Republican Gov....

Judge Says Lowe's Customer Smacked Him Over Mask Rule

Texas judge intervened after hearing man berate worker who told him he needed a mask

(Newser) - A San Antonio man who berated a Lowe's worker after being told he was supposed to wear a mask was spoken to by another customer—the judge who issued the order requiring masks. But after Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff tried to give the man his business card so...

18 Members of Texas Family Test Positive After Party

3 are still seriously ill with COVID-19 weeks later

(Newser) - Texas EMT Ron Barbosa says COVID-19 swept through his extended family after a single infected relative attended a surprise party for his daughter-in-law's 30th birthday. Barbosa says seven relatives were infected at the party, which around 25 people attended for various amounts of time, and they went on to...

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