Authorities are searching for Francisco Oropeza, a 38-year-old Texas man accused of shooting five people, including an 8-year-old boy, on Friday night. The search area has been widened to 20 miles from the scene of the shooting, and investigators have found clothes and a phone in a rural area. The San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office is leading the investigation, with assistance from the Texas Rangers, and the public has been warned not to approach Oropeza if they see him.
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Five people, including an 8-year-old child, were tragically killed in a shooting at a home in Cleveland, Texas on Friday night. The San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office is searching for the suspect, believed to be about 10-12 miles away from the scene. Three additional victims were taken to the hospital, while two others were evaluated on scene and released.
Five people were killed in a shooting at a home in southeast Texas late Friday night, with four pronounced dead at the scene and an 8-year-old pronounced dead at the hospital. The San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office is continuing to investigate the incident and is asking anyone with information to contact them. Residents of Cleveland, Texas, where the shooting occurred, are mourning the loss of the five victims and hoping for answers.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) has requested documents from Harlan Crow, a Texas billionaire who has donated millions to conservative causes, to investigate whether his gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas violated federal tax law. Chief Justice John Roberts has responded to a request from Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) for Roberts to testify about Thomas’s relationship with Crow by providing a statement of ethics principles and practices to which all current Supreme Court members subscribe. Wyden's letter to Crow requests documents and communications related to the gifts, as well as any records of payments made to Thomas or his wife, to investigate whether the gifts violated federal tax law.
President Joe Biden has announced his bid for reelection, setting himself up as the Democratic Party's bulwark against the Republican Party led by Donald Trump. His campaign has hired Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Quentin Fulks, and Jen O'Malley Dillon as campaign manager, deputy campaign manager, and campaign manager respectively. With the president's announcement, the race for the White House is officially underway.
Key takeaways: The Supreme Court has paused lower court rulings that would have imposed restrictions on mifepristone. This ruling keeps the drug accessible while the…
The Supreme Court has granted the Justice Department's request to leave in place the FDA's approval of the widely used abortion pill mifepristone, preserving access to the drug and reinstating steps that make it easier to obtain. This decision is a victory for abortion rights advocates, who argued that the restrictions on the drug were medically unnecessary. The case is expected to be heard by the full 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in the coming months.
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