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![U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), pictured here at a 2020 hearing on Capitol Hill, pulled no punches answering his colleagues' tweets in the wake of the deadly school shooting and an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. (Photo by Leah Millis-Pool/Getty Images)]()
Arizona congressman calls Ted Cruz a 'f--king baby killer'Rep. Ruben Gallego answered his colleagues tweets of 'thoughts and prayers' with aggressive and explicit language and demanding they do more about gun control.By Matthew Kitchen
Houston & Texas
![U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), pictured here at a 2020 hearing on Capitol Hill, pulled no punches answering his colleagues' tweets in the wake of the deadly school shooting and an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. (Photo by Leah Millis-Pool/Getty Images)]()
Arizona congressman calls Ted Cruz a 'f--king baby killer'Rep. Ruben Gallego answered his colleagues tweets of 'thoughts and prayers' with aggressive and explicit language and demanding they do more about gun control.By Matthew Kitchen
National News
![FILE - Kansas City Federal Reserve President Esther George listens during a closed door meeting with representatives of the marijuana industry in Colorado, on April 9, 2015, in Denver. George, said Wednesday, ay 25, 2022, that she will retire in January, as required by the Fed's mandatory retirement rules.]()
Kansas City Fed President Esther George announces retirementWASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Esther George, said Wednesday that she will retire in January, as required by the Fed's mandatory retirement rules....By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
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![Britain's Prime Minister Bortis Johnson walks in Downing Street to a press conference in London, Wednesday, May 25, 2022.A report into lockdown-breaching U.K. government parties says blame for a "culture" of rule-breaking in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office must rest with those at the top. Senior civil servant Sue Gray's long-awaited report was published Wednesday.]()
UK's Johnson faulted for lockdown parties but won't quitLONDON (AP) — An investigative report released Wednesday blamed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other senior leaders for allowing boozy government parties that broke the U.K.’s COVID-19...By JILL LAWLESS
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Church leaders confronted the pastor when the woman told others about a “long-held secret.”
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Applications for the pilot program are due by midnight Wednesday.
![HOUSTON, TEXAS - MAY 30: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks during the George Floyd Commemorative Concert at The Fountain of Praise Church on May 30, 2021 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)]()
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Several Houston-based organizations have condemned the photos.
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![Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, pictured here in July during the Conservative Political Action Conference, successfully fended off challenger George P. Bush in the Republican primary runoff. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)]()
Texas AG Ken Paxton defeats George P. Bush in primary runoffThe race made national headlines as a referendum on the Bush family name and legacy.By Katharine Jose
![A monstrous tornado touched down near Morton, Texas on Monday, astounding storm chasers and awing locals.]()
'Insane' tornado touches down near Morton, TexasThe massive twister didn't cause any injuries, but dropped the jaws of locals and storm chasers alike with its immense size.By Dan Carson
![The University of Texas at San Antonio joins the University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Tech University, the University of Houston and the University of Texas at Dallas in reaching Texas Tier One status.]()
5th Texas university achieves Tier One statusThe university now qualifies the school for access to $6 million in state funding annually to help attract prominent scholars and improve university research initiatives.By Kate McGee
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![This March 2022 photo provided by Manny Renfro shows his grandson, Uziyah Garcia, while on spring break in San Angelo, Texas. The 8-year-old was among those killed in Tuesday's shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24 in Uvalde, Texas. (Manny Renfro via AP)]()
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![People are helped crossing the street to Uvalde Memorial Hospital, where several people believed to be hurt in a shooting at or near a school are being treated in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. A large police presence at the hospital was keeping most people out.]()
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![President Joe Biden speaks to the nation about the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, from the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, as first lady Jill Biden listens.]()
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![FILE- In this Dec. 14, 2012, file photo, parents leave a staging area after being reunited with their children following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Once again, multiple people were killed in a shooting at an elementary school, this time in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday, May 24, 2022.]()
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![TOKYO, JAPAN - MAY 24: U.S. President Joe Biden attends the Quad Leadersâ summit on May 24, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan. U.S. President Biden arrived in Japan after his visit to South Korea, part of a tour of Asia aimed at reassuring allies in the region. Biden will also take part in the Quad Leaders' summit during his visit. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)]()
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![A cross and Bible sculpture stand outside the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. On Tuesday, top administrative leaders for the SBC, the largest Protestant denomination in America, said that they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse.]()
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![Texas leaders, including Gov. Greg Abbott and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner are offering their condolences following a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas Monday.]()
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![FILE - U.S. President George W. Bush, reacts, after shoes were thrown at him, by a correspondent, during a joint press conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, not seen, in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2008. Bush is facing criticism after mistakenly describing the invasion of Iraq — which he led as commander in chief — as “brutal” and “wholly unjustified,” before correcting himself to say he meant to refer to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He added, “Iraq, too — anyway.” The 75-year-old former president made the comment during a speech Wednesday night in Dallas, jokingly blamed the mistake on his age.]()
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![TOPSHOT - An officer walks outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. - An 18-year-old gunman killed 14 children and a teacher at an elementary school in Texas on Tuesday, according to the state's governor, in the nation's deadliest school shooting in years. (Photo by allison dinner / AFP) (Photo by ALLISON DINNER/AFP via Getty Images)]()
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![US Jackie Galloway celebrates after winning against Mexico's Maria del Rosario Espinoza Espinoza in their womens taekwondo bronze medal bout in the +67kg category as part of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, on August 20, 2016, at the Carioca Arena 3, in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)]()
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![HOUSTON, TEXAS - MAY 30: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks during the George Floyd Commemorative Concert at The Fountain of Praise Church on May 30, 2021 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)]()
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![Walmart logo at the entrance to Walmart logo store on on Paseo de Montejo. A Corpus Christi Walmart's Facebook post promoting a new brand of ice cream went viral.]()
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![Joy boone, owner of Daniel Boone Cycles on Crawford Street in Houston, is the owner of a vintage bike collection and wants to expand to a full-fledged Houston Bicycle Museum. Check out some of the cool rides in her collection.]()
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![FILE - This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. A leading doctor who chairs a World Health Organization expert group described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as "a random event" that might be explained by risky sexual behavior at two recent mass events in Europe. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)]()
