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Another Texas execution delayed on religious freedom claimsThis case may find its way to the Supreme Court.By JUAN A. LOZANO
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![Motorists drive past a closed "Ben & Jerry's" ice-cream shop in the Israeli city of Yavne, about 30 kilometres south of Tel Aviv, on July 23, 2021. - On July 19, Vermont-based Ben & Jerry's announced it would no longer sell its ice cream in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, namely the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which have been under control of the Jewish state since 1967.]()
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![File-This July 27, 2021, file photo shows Simone Biles, of the United States, waiting to perform on the vault during the artistic gymnastics women's final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo. Biles' sponsors including Athleta and Visa are lauding her decision to put her mental health first and withdraw from the gymnastics team competition during the Olympics. It's the latest example of sponsors praising athletes who are increasingly open about mental health issues. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)]()
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![The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on September 02, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court voted 5-4 not to stop a Texas law that prohibits most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.]()
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- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears’ new attorney petitioned Monday to oust her father from the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years and replace him with a professional accountant. By ANDREW DALTON
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![FILE - In this July 26, 2021, file photo, Alexis Sablone of the United States smiles during the women's street skateboarding finals at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Games are shaping up as a watershed for LGBTQ Olympians. Openly gay Sablone says "it's about time."]()
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![Rae Martinez outside the House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin on Thursday May 6, 2021, protests House Bill 6, a bill that would create new election-related crimes, boost penalties for existing crimes and raise the profile of partisan poll watchers. (Jay Janner /Austin American-Statesman via AP)]()
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![Expansions at the Frito-Lay facility at 3310 Texas 36 in Rosenberg will increase the footprint from 488,900 square feet to 801,936 square feet by the fourth quarter of 2022.]()
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![Fans and supporters of pop star Britney Spears protest at the Lincoln Memorial, during the "Free Britney" rally, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Washington. Rallies have been taking place across the country since the pop star spoke out against her conservatorship in court last month.]()
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![SF Pride Board President Carolyn Wysinger holds a transgender flag during Marsha P. Johnson Solidarity Rally at African American Art & Culture Complex on Fulton Street in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, June 28, 2020. The event aims to hold space for the voices of Black Trans community and also making space to listen to the Black Trans family.]()
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![Houston's Hispanic community is saddened by the erasure of their beloved Pancho Claus. (Screengrab courtesy of Pancho Claus via Instagram)]()
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![A rally partcipant holds up a sign during the Planned Parenthood Action Fund's Stand with Texas Women Rally at Discovery Green in Houston, Texas July 9, 2013. A reader is outraged with the Texas House's recent interest in limiting female rights to health care and abortion.]()
- Texas Democrats said they are urging Congress again to pass federal voting laws, acknowledging that Gov. Greg Abbott would continue to call special sessions until the GOP elections bill was passed. By ABBY LIVINGSTON AND ALEXA URA
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![Footballs are seen before a non-district high school football game at Woodforest Bank Stadium, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Shenandoah.]()
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![World War II veteran Maj. Fannie Griffin McClendon at her home shows an image of herself in during her time in the military, Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Tempe, Ariz. McClendon had a storied history as a member of the 6888th Central Directory Postal Battalion battalion that made history as being the only all-female, black unit to serve in Europe during World War II.]()
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![FILE - JULY 2, 2021: It was reported that Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson will not be able to participate in the 100-meter event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for marijuana at the U.S. Olympic Trials in June, July 2, 2021. EUGENE, OREGON - JUNE 19: Sha'Carri Richardson reacts after competing in the Women's 100 Meter Semi-finals on day 2 of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 19, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)]()
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![FOR METRO - Students jog around the Baylor University campus Sunday Feb. 12, 2012 in Waco, TX. Baylor University freshman William Patterson was found dead in his burning car early Thursday on Eastland Lake Road near the campus. (PHOTO BY EDWARD A. ORNELAS/SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS)]()
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![Shea Serrano at his San Antonio office in October 2019.]()
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![WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 20: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on voting rights on Capitol Hill on April 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Among the other witnesses who will testify are U.S. Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT); Stacey Abrams, Founder of Fair Fight Action; and Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)]()
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![Texas Governor Greg Abbott, center, seated next to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, left, and Speaker Dade Phelan prepares to sign a bill in Alamo Hall at the Alamo on Thursday, June 17, 2021.]()
- A man police say yelled racist slurs in front of a residence in Mount Laurel, N.J., on Friday, gave out his address to a person filming him, and then challenged them to visit his home. By Julian Mark
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![The sun rises during the annual Dawn at the Alamo ceremony, held on the anniversary of the 1836 battle, in 2019.]()
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![Brooke Eden, left, and Trisha Yearwood collaborate for Yearwood's 1991 smash, "She's in Love With the Boy" at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. They changed the lyrics to "She's in Love With the Girl" in honor of Pride Month and Eden's recent engagement to her partner, Hilary Hoover.]()
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![Rainbow flag flies against blue sky in the Castro. Pride flag]()
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![Preschool children visit the site where George Floyd was murdered by then Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, as the kids took a field trip to the memorial, Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Minneapolis. Chauvin is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday.]()
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- CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — A California man who claims he provided the tortillas that San Diego-area high school students threw at the basketball team of a mostly Latino high school last weekend has said that his intentions were not racist.
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