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Texas In Brief
Officials: Man
that she had a weapon.
responded to an apart-
Small Texas church
Melissa Dunmore,
for supporters to monitor
rupt the voting process.
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safety push
dards for voting, rules
rights groups are encour-
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mobile home
On the
There were no apparent
will
Gainesville
WE TAKE THE DEN?SOUT OF ACCIDENTS
Appliance
Possible Election Day problems
worry civil rights advocates
shoots 2 during
assault, 1 dies
Girl, 2, found shot to
death in West Texas
Two men killed in early-morning
shooting outside Houston bar
Texas troopers to ride
some school buses in
Square
Downtown
Dunmore said.
Meanwhile,
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Some Texas troopers will
give up patrol cars and instead ride school buses in a
child safety effort.
The Texas Department of Public Safety says the
plan is part of National School Bus Safety Week,
which began Monday and runs through Friday.
It’s illegal in Texas to pass any school bus that is
stopped and operating a visual signal — either flash-
ing red lights or a stop sign. Troopers will be watch-
ing for drivers who violate the law, which could lead
to fines of up to $1,250.
A DPS statement says troopers in parts of Texas
will be riding on or following school buses to catch
violators.
Texas troopers, during 2015 and so far in 2016, have
issued nearly 1,100 tickets for illegally passing a
stopped school bus.
commands to drop it and
advanced toward them.
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For the 2012 election,
more than 780 federal
and Justice
congregation trying
to fund repairs
MARLIN, Texas (AP) — The small congregation of
historic Central Texas church popular with photogra-
phers and artists is working to raise money for
repairs to save the building.
The Waco Tribune-Herald (http://bit.ly/2e68svt )
reports that most Sundays, 10 to 15 people worship at
St. Paul United Church of Christ near Marlin. And
with efforts including bake sales and grant requests,
they’re looking to raise the money to make sure the
building constructed in 1920 is structurally stable.
Waco architect B.J. “Billy” Greaves says that for
now, the basement demands attention and putting it
on the path to stability will cost more than $300,000.
The fundraising campaign’s treasurer is Eileen
Vanous, a lifelong member of the church. The 84-year-
old says, “We cannot let this building go down.”
The church was founded in 1894 by German immi-
grants.
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places in five states.
With fewer federal elec-
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U.S. Department of Justice
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Police have not yet
released the woman’s
Gay said police adminis- name or the names of the
tered first aid to the two officers who fired
shots.
Police said they have
“We are deeply con-
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without casting a ballot,”
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Austin police fatally shoot woman
who pointed gun at them
police before they arrived ground, she continued to loss of life, it’s a very, very
say she wanted to be killed tragic event,” Gay said.
Gay said that the woman and she pointed the gun at
RICHMOND, Texas (AP) — Authorities say they
are investigating after a man shot two people — one
fatally — who approached and assaulted residents of
a Southeast Texas home.
The Fort Bend County sheriff’s office says their
preliminary investigation shows that two people
armed with a handgun approached and assaulted
residents of the home early Saturday morning.
During the assault, a resident retrieved his handgun
from within the home and fired on the two.
Officials say a 24-year-old died at the scene. A
20-year-old transported to a hospital and was expect-
ed to survive.
Officials say the two men who came to the house
had recently threatened the homeowner regarding a
burglary report filed last year. That report resulted
in the arrest and charging of the 20-year-old, but the
charge was later dismissed.
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — Investigators are try-
ing to determine what led to the fatal shooting of a
2-year-old girl at a West Texas mobile home.
The Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office on Monday
did not immediately release the name of the victim or
say who’s believed to have fired the weapon. Authorities
say the girl was dead at the scene Sunday afternoon at
a residence near San Angelo.
A sheriff’s office statement says deputies responded
to a 911 call and found the victim. Investigators say the
girl’s mother and three siblings — ages 1, 3 and 6 —
were at the home.
An autopsy has been ordered.
The sheriff’s office didn’t immediately release fur-
ther information.
pole was damaged by a review surveillance video
HOUSTON (AP) — getaway vehicle speeding from an adjacent gas sta-
Police investigators in from the scene. tion for clues.
Houston are trying to
determine what prompted witnesses to the shooting
a shooting that left two but investigators
men dead outside a bar.
Authorities say about a
dozen shots were fired
early Saturday morning
and when a bar manager
and others went outside
afterward they found the
men on the ground. The
two had been patrons of
the bar.
KPRC-TV reports that
police are trying to deter-
mine if a nearby utility
AUSTIN, Texas (AP)
Austin police officers Gay said that the woman and she pointed the gun at “Our thoughts and prayers
fatally shot a 26-year-old came out of a building at the officers, leading one of go out to the families of
woman early Sunday after the apartment complex them to fire on her again, the decedent, as well as
they say she pointed a gun with the gun pointed he said. The officers were the officers and their fami-
at them, refused their toward officers. then able to take the weap- lies.
“She extended the weap- on from her. He didn’t say
on toward the officers and if the gun was loaded.
Assistant Police Chief said: ‘Shoot me, shoot me.
Troy Gay said officers Kill me,”’ Gay said.
He said when she con- woman, who was taken to
ment complex after the tinued to come toward a hospital, where she died,
woman’s husband called police and refused com- He did not yet have infor- audio recordings of the
911 to say his wife was mands to drop the gun, mation on where she was incident but no video, and
behaving erratically and two officers opened fire. shot. there were no witnesses
needed help. The man told After she fell to the “Anytime that we have a to the shooting.
Department
databases and employees will be sent
There is going to be a North Carolina’s primary reporting systems for vul- instead to at least as many
nerabilities after hackers states as 2012. But she did
‘With the short hours attempted to breach sys- not say how many officials
we have and the high turn- terns in two states over the will go and how much
said Penda Hair, a civil out that generally occurs summer. Trump’s warning access they will have,
rights lawyer who repre- in a presidential election that the election might be
sented the North Carolina year, someone is going to rigged along with his call
NAACP in its bid to over- be in line,” said Dicks for supporters to monitor
turn that state’s voter ID Maxwell, president of the polling places has alarmed
law. New Hanover County some advocacy groups
With no national stan- branch of the NAACP. who say such comments
“Why penalize the citi- threaten to undermine
vary widely across states zens when you could have voter confidence in the
and even counties. extended the hours and election.
Voting experts and civil made it easier for them?”
State officials have said cerned about the chilling
aging voters to do their the county didn’t offer effect this call might have
research before heading Sunday voting in 2012 and on the electorate and
to the polls. That includes that the current plan rep- minority voters in particu-
checking to ensure they resents an increase in eve- lar,” said Kristen Clarke,
are registered and finding ning hours available dur- president of the Lawyers’
their voting location, as ing early voting. Committee for Civil Rights
ATLANTA (AP) — New well as understanding Long lines led to frustra- Under Law. “And we are
ID requirements, their rights if they face tion during Arizona’s concerned about the dis-
Unfamiliar or distant poll- any problems. March primary, when ruption this will cause for
ing places. Names missing “People should not leave some voters in the Phoenix election workers.”
from the voter rolls. without casting a ballot,” area waited hours to cast Clarke and others say
Those are just some of said Wendy Weiser, head ballots after county elec- Trump supporters at the
the challenges that could of the democracy program tion officials opened 60 polls could lead to intimi-
disrupt voting across the at the Brennan Center for polling stations — fewer dation at a time when the
country through Election Justice at NYU’s School of than half what is typical.
Day. While most elections Law. “If you are an eligible
have their share of glitch- voter, you should be able 26-year-old social worker tial changes to its federal
es, experts worry condi- to have your vote counted from Phoenix, still doesn’t election monitoring pro-
tions are ripe this year for no matter what anyone is know if her primary ballot gram following the 2013
trouble at the nation’s saying.” was counted. She waited Supreme Court decision
polling places. Adding to the potential an hour to vote, only to be that struck down a portion
This is the first presi- for confusion are new told she wasn’t registered of the Voting Rights Act.
dential election year with- voter ID laws in nine despite checking her sta-
out a key enforcement states as well as reduced tus before heading to her
provision of the federal hours for early voting and polling place. She said she observers
Voting Rights Act, and 14 changes to polling loca- won’t be deterred and Department staff were
states have enacted new tions in some states. plans to vote early this sent to 51 jurisdictions in
registration or voting In North Carolina, at time. 23 states. Now federal
restrictions. Adding to the least two counties no Ion- “If we stop voting every election observers can be
uncertainty is a call by ger offer Sunday voting, time it was hard or it was sent only to those loca-
Republican presidential Deborah Dicks Maxwell, denied, women wouldn’t tions where there is a
candidate Donald Trump 60, said she is worried that have the right to vote, court order, which exists
along with early voting black people wouldn’t for only a small number of
the polls for voter fraud hours largely limited to have the right to vote;
and concerns by the fed- between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Dunmore said,
eral government that — will make it harder for Meanwhile, some
hackers could try to dis- people to cast ballots in states have accepted an Attorney General Loretta
her home county of New offer from the federal gov- Lynch said last week that
All this has civil rights Hanover. She said Sunday ernment to check their Justice
advocates on guard. voting was popular during voter
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lot going on in this elec- in March,
tion that we are going to
have to watch out for,”
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