Gunman kills 5 neighbors, including child, in San Jacinto County home, sheriff says
The suspect, who is still being sought, had been asked to stop shooting his rifle in his front yard because of a sleeping baby, according to authorities. Full Story
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Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff was a reporting fellow at the Tribune in the fall of 2020. A graduate of the Medill School at Northwestern, Dan has worked as a freelance reporter for The Washington Post, an investigative reporter for the Medill Investigative Lab, a senior editor for North by Northwestern Magazine and an engagement intern at the New York Daily News. He speaks Hebrew and Arabic and is a founding member of Reporters Without Borders Northwestern.
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![The exterior of the Cleveland home where a person killed five people at a home late Friday.]()
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Eligible Texans can’t get answers about the COVID-19 vaccine. It’s not clear who — if anyone — has them.
Getting the COVID-19 vaccine to the people eligible to receive it has proven far from easy. Its rollout in Texas has been marred by poor messaging from state officials, technical errors, logistical delays and supply shortages. Full Story
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![A patient received a COVID-19 vaccine at DHR Edinburg Conference Center. Dec. 19, 2020.]()
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More people in Texas are hospitalized for COVID-19 than at any other time during the pandemic
The previous high of nearly 10,900 was broken as more than 11,300 Texans with COVID-19 were hospitalized Monday. Full Story
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"We need to be at the table": Texans with disabilities worry changes in legislative process during the pandemic could shut them out
COVID-19 rules and accommodations are still uncertain in the Capitol, though many people with disabilities don't plan to give testimony in person because of fears of exposure. Full Story
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“We are fighting back”: Texas health care workers receiving vaccines look forward to the end of a tragic year
The arrival of the vaccine signaled an emergence from what countless health care workers called the darkest time in their careers. Full Story
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![A vial containing the Pfizer-BioNTech CODID-19 vaccine is prepared to be administered to health care workers at the UT Health/Dell Medical School in downtown Austin on Dec 15, 2020.]()
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Planned Parenthood urges Texas to let it stay under Medicaid program
The group cautions that the more than 8,000 Texans on Medicaid who rely on Planned Parenthood could lose coverage during a pandemic. Full Story
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COVID-19 vaccine doses are arriving in Texas, giving weary health care workers hope after months of peril
From the Rio Grande Valley to the Texas Panhandle and from the Gulf Coast to West Texas, some 110 medical facilities are slated to receive the first allocation of 1.4 million doses earmarked for Texas. Full Story
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![A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is seen ahead of being administered at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland Dec. 8, 2020.]()
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Coronavirus is ablaze in West Texas as tourists flock to Big Bend and Marfa. Hospitals are running out of overflow options.
Presidio and Brewster counties, home to the popular tourist destinations, along with nearby Culberson County, lead the state in cases per 1,000 residents in the last two weeks. All of West Texas is dealing with increasing COVID-19 cases while low on hospital beds. Full Story
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Texas shut down bars to slow the spread of coronavirus — but allowed thousands to open through a restaurant loophole
As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations balloon, public health experts and local officials worry the loopholes are one reason behind the recent rise. Full Story
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![From left, Malachi Bryant and Jay Smith, dance together on their first date at Veranda Rooftop Bar and Patio in San Marcos. Gov. Greg Abbott recently allowed bars to reopen at 50% capacity. Oct. 17, 2020.]()
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Williamson County judge pleads guilty for violating his own stay-at-home order, will pay $1,000 fine
In exchange for the guilty plea, two charges related to the incident — abuse of official capacity and official oppression — are being dropped. Full Story
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