# Texas

Texas court to hear fresh evidence supporting man convicted of Limerick priest’s murder

Fr Patrick Ryan was murdered at a hotel in Odessa in December 1981.

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Mar 21st 2023, 10:47 PM

# USA

Five women sue the state of Texas after they were denied abortions

The women all wanted to carry their pregnancies to term but discovered they were not viable.

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Mar 7th 2023, 9:00 PM

This year

2023

Texas police reopen investigation into 1981 murder of Irish priest

Fr Patrick Ryan was murdered at a hotel in Odessa in December 1981.

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Feb 9th 2023, 4:32 PM

# Execution

Texas executes man who admitted murders but said trial was tainted by racial bias

He admitted to shooting three teenagers dead 25 years ago.

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Feb 9th 2023, 7:22 AM

# Robert Fratta

Former Texas police officer who hired hitmen to kill wife is executed

Robert Fratta (65) was killed by lethal injection in Huntsville.

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Jan 11th 2023, 8:49 AM

Last year

2022

# texas here i come

Republic of Ireland international makes colleges' switch Stateside

Éabha O’Mahony has joined Texas from Boston College.

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Dec 15th 2022, 10:17 PM

# athena strand

FedEx driver arrested on suspicion of murdering girl (7) after delivering to her Texas home

The girl was found dead two days after being reported missing.

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Dec 4th 2022, 8:46 AM

# DNA testing

US Supreme Court hears case of Texas man on death row for murder

Reed, an African-American man, was convicted by an all-white jury in 1998 of rape and murder

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Oct 11th 2022, 9:12 PM

Uvalde school district suspend entire police force following outrage over officer

It follows the hiring of a former state trooper who was part of the police response during the shooting at Robb Elementary School in May.

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Oct 7th 2022, 10:40 PM

Officer in charge of Texas school shooting police response fired

Nineteen young children and two teachers were killed by a teenage gunman last May in America’s worst school shooting in a decade.

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Aug 25th 2022, 7:20 AM

# sandy hook shooting

Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4 million over hoax claims

The parents had sought at least $150 million in compensation for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

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Aug 4th 2022, 10:56 PM

# Conspiracy

Defamation trial between Alex Jones and parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims to begin

The trial will determine how much Jones must pay for falsely telling his audience the classroom shooting was a hoax.

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Jul 25th 2022, 6:49 PM

Investigation finds Texas school shooter left trail of ominous warning signs

Salvador Ramos, 18, murdered 19 children and two teachers in the rampage.

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Jul 19th 2022, 8:29 PM

Pregnant driver fined under carpool rules argues foetus is passenger following Roe v Wade ruling

She was driving in a lane reserved for vehicles carrying at least two people.

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Jul 12th 2022, 8:06 AM

# Rob Elementary

New report details missed chances to stop Uvalde school shooting

The report is another damning assessment of how police failed to act on opportunities to stop the massacre.

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Jul 7th 2022, 6:54 AM

Uvalde schools’ police chief quits council after shooting response criticism

It comes after allegations he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 pupils and two teachers dead.

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Jul 3rd 2022, 9:33 AM

# SAN ANTONIO

Migrants recount their journeys to US following Texas truck deaths

53 migrants died this week after the trailer they were in was abandoned in Texas.

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Jul 1st 2022, 8:27 AM

# Death Toll

Authorities face 'difficult process' to identify victims in Texas lorry trailer deaths

Dozens of bodies were discovered in a truck on the outskirts of San Antonio on the US/Mexico border on Monday.

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Jun 29th 2022, 4:34 PM

# SAN ANTONIO

Biden blames smuggling industry for migrants' deaths in Texas disaster

US police are investigating the grim discovery of about 50 bodies in and around an abandoned truck.

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Jun 28th 2022, 5:39 PM

# SAN ANTONIO

Bodies of 46 people found in southern Texas lorry trailer

Three people have been arrested.

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Jun 28th 2022, 8:44 AM

Uvalde school police chief put on leave after response called ‘abject failure’

The officer grew up in city where he also spent much of his nearly 30-year career in law enforcement.

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Jun 23rd 2022, 7:03 AM

# School Shooting

Top Texas officer: Uvalde police response was ‘abject failure’

Steve McCraw said officers would have found the door to the classroom where the assailant was holed up unlocked if they had bothered to check it.

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Jun 22nd 2022, 6:51 PM

# US

Matthew McConaughey makes emotional appeal for gun control at White House

The actor spoke powerfully about some of the children who died in his hometown of Uvalde two weeks ago.

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Jun 7th 2022, 10:45 PM

Police chief not told of children's calls during Uvalde shooting: state senator

The 911 calls ‘were not being communicated to the so-called incident commander’, Senator Roland Gutierrez told a news conference

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Jun 2nd 2022, 9:46 PM

Mourners say goodbye to teacher killed in Uvalde shooting and her husband

Irma Garcia was killed in the shooting and her husband Joe died two days later from a heart attack.

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Jun 1st 2022, 7:30 PM

Uvalde locals grapple with school chief’s role

Pete Arredondo has spent much of a nearly 30-year career in policing in Uvalde, returning in 2020 to take the head police job at the school district.

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May 31st 2022, 6:06 PM

Families begin to bury children murdered in mass shooting at Texas school

This week alone, funerals are planned for 11 children and teacher Irma Garcia.

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May 31st 2022, 11:16 AM

Biden vows action as Uvalde tells president to ‘do something’ following shooting

The US Justice Department announced on Sunday that it will review the police response and make its findings public.

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May 30th 2022, 8:19 AM

Biden arrives at Uvalde to meet relatives of school shooting victims

Harrowing accounts emerged of the ordeal faced by survivors of Tuesday’s attack on an elementary school.

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May 29th 2022, 7:29 PM

Harrowing new accounts emerge from Uvalde's young survivors

US President Joe Biden will visit the town tomorrow.

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May 28th 2022, 4:51 PM

Pro-gun NRA to hold convention in US state where school shooting killed 21

Former US president Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed that he will attend the NRA meeting.

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May 27th 2022, 11:50 AM

Husband of teacher slain in Texas massacre dies 'due to grief'

19 students and two teachers were shot dead by a gunman at around midday local time on Tuesday.

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May 26th 2022, 10:37 PM

What we know so far about the victims of the Uvalde shooting

The tragedy unfurled on Tuesday when an 18-year-old killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School.

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May 26th 2022, 1:58 PM

Texas shooting: Officials say gunman was in school for around 40 minutes before being killed

Details of how the mass shooting took place are beginning to emerge.

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May 26th 2022, 9:08 AM

'This is on you': Beto O'Rourke angrily confronts Texas governor over Uvalde school shooting

19 children and two teachers were killed in the shooting on Tuesday.

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May 26th 2022, 8:08 AM

# Robb Elementary

Texas school shooting: Gunman shared his plan on Facebook before carrying out attack

Robb Elementary in Uvalde County, Texas teaches children between the ages of seven and ten.

US President Joe Biden called for politicians to stand up to the gun lobby and act.

The shooting was the deadliest such incident since the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting in Connecticut.

Democrat Beto O'Rourke interrupted a press conference with Texas Governor Greg Abbott, saying he was doing "nothing".

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May 25th 2022, 7:21 PM

Explainer: What are the laws in Texas around buying and using semi-automatic weapons?

The shooting at Uvalde has once again raised the question of gun control in the US.

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May 25th 2022, 1:58 PM