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In August of 2022, a resident of Denton, Texas, appeared before his school board to demand the removal of a salacious library book. He read aloud passages from the novel describing detailed sexual ...
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A jury on Thursday acquitted Marty Small Sr. of all four crimes he was charged with, including aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of his teenage daughter. By Tracey Tully Marty Small Sr., ...
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The ruling, handed down Tuesday by a three-judge panel in El Paso, orders Texas to revert to the congressional lines it used in 2022 and 2024, at least for now. The court concluded that the 2025 map, ...
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