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Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell was shot in Florida and sustained a minor wound, the team announced on social media.
Campus anti-war protesters dig in from New York to California as universities and police take action
Student anti-war protesters at U.S. college campuses are digging in and vowing to keep their demonstrations going, while some universities have moved to shut down encampments after reports of antisemitic activity among the protesters.
Student anti-war protesters dig in as faculties condemn university leadership over calling police
Student anti-war protesters at U.S. universities are digging in and vowing to keep their demonstrations going, while several school faculties have condemned university presidents for calling law enforcement.
Takeaways from AP's investigation into fatal police encounters involving injections of sedatives
An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts.
At least 15 people died in Texas after medics injected sedatives during encounters with police
An investigation by The Associated Press has found that at least 15 people died in Texas over a decade following physical encounters with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative.
Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts.
Prosecutors want a reversal after a Texas woman's voter fraud conviction was overturned
Prosecutors in Texas asked the state’s highest criminal appeals court on Thursday to reverse a ruling that overturned a Fort Worth woman’s voter fraud conviction and five-year prison term for casting an illegal provisional ballot.
U.S. labor secretary says UAW win at Tennessee Volkswagen plant shows southern workers back unions
Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su says workers at southern auto plants should be free to unionize without employer or political interference, even as some southern states pass new laws meant to inhibit organized labor.
Colleges nationwide turn to police to quell pro-Palestine protests as commencement ceremonies near
With graduations looming, student protesters continue to doubled down on their discontent of the Israel-Hamas war on campuses across the country as universities, including ones in California and Texas, have become quick to call in the police to end the demonstrations and make arrests.
Police clash with students and make arrests at Texas university as Gaza war campus protests grow
Police have tangled with student demonstrators in Texas and California while new encampments sprouted at Harvard and other colleges as school leaders sought ways to defuse a growing wave of pro-Palestinian protests.
Relatives of those who died waiting for livers at now halted Houston transplant program seek answers
Several relatives of patients who died while awaiting a new liver say they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by a Houston doctor accused of manipulating a hospital waitlist.
County in rural New Mexico extends agreement with ICE for immigrant detention amid criticism
County commissioners in rural New Mexico have extended authorization of a migrant detention facility in cooperation with federal authorities over objections by advocates for immigrant rights who allege inhumane conditions.
