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on May 17, 2015 in World News

9 dead in Waco, Texas, shooting

9 dead in Waco, Texas, shooting Gunfire erupted Sunday among rival biker gangs in Waco, Texas, leaving at least nine people dead, according to police. Authorities had anticipated trouble and pre-positioned officers. “There were at least three rival gang groups here this morning for whatever reason. As they were here, we had officers on scene. We expected issues,” said Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton, a police spokesman. The fight broke out at Twin Peaks restaurant and spilled into the parking lot. It quickly escalated from hands and feet, as weapons, to gunfire, Swanton said. He told reporters that eight people were… View Article

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on August 17, 2014 in World News

Mexico protests Texas National Guard troops on US border

Mexico protests Texas National Guard troops on US border Mexico’s foreign ministry late Friday protested Texas Governor Rick Perry’s deployment of National Guard troops to the southern US border to halt the surge of child migrants. Mexico “reiterates, in a firm and categorical way, its rejection of this measure,” read a statement from the foreign ministry. “No circumstance at all or change in border security exists that justifies this measure taken by the state.” The troop deployment “does not contribute in any way to solving the immigration problem,” and is inconsistent with US-Mexico talks aimed at “building a modern, prosperous… View Article

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on August 17, 2014 in World News

Perry Indictment Looks Pretty Sketchy

David Axelrod: ‘Perry Indictment Looks Pretty Sketchy’ Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry was indicted by a grand jury Friday for using his budget powers to force the removal of a District Attorney arrested last year in a humiliating and very public drunk driving incident. Saturday morning, however, Perry finds himself with the unlikeliest of defenders. Using his Twitter account, David Axelrod, a senior aide and confidante to President Obama, wrote: “Unless he was demonstrably trying to scrap the ethics unit for other than his stated reason, Perry indictment seems pretty sketchy.” Even Ben White of the left-wing Politico came to… View Article

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