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![U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Perry, center, and his attorney Doug O'Connell, left, walk out of the courtroom during jury deliberations in his murder trial, Friday, April 7, 2023, at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center in Austin, Texas. Perry was convicted of murder on Friday for fatally shooting Garrett Foster, an armed protester in 2020, during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)]()
Abbott's pardon in BLM protest killing isn't justice (Editorial)Gov. Abbott appeared to cave to political pressure when he requested a pardon for Daniel Perry, convicted of murder in death of Garrett Foster at BLM protest.By Houston Chronicle Editorial Board -
![People read books that have been banned while Llano County officials read the Declaration of Independence at a celebration.]()
By Houston Chronicle Editorial Board![FILE - Justice Clarence Thomas sits during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, on Friday, April 23, 2021. Supreme Court justices have long prized confidentiality. It's one of the reasons the leak of a draft opinion in a major abortion case last week was so shocking. But it's not just the justices' work on opinions that they understandably like to keep under wraps. The justices are also ultimately the gatekeepers to information about their travel, speaking engagements and health issues. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)]()
By Houston Chronicle Editorial Board![The District B Hot Team, is the city's way of cleaning up illegal dumping sites in the area. The city recently allocated money for 14 more cameras to catch illegal dumpers. Cynthia Bailey's hot team tries to locate dumping sites and clean them up as quickly as possible. Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, in Houston. ( Steve Gonzales / Houston Chronicle )]()
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![The Deerwood apartment complex at 5800 Woodway Dr. on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023 in Houston. After a ritzy neighborhood learned the Houston Housing Authority had plans to add affordable units to a luxury apartment near them, they began sending emails. They reached out to the apartment complex, their city council person and Mayor Turner who later said he would pause such affordable housing deals until further review.]()
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![Left: Mayor Sylvester Turner flashes the Houston Cougar sign as he posed next to the NCAA National Champion trophy on display in front of the Fan Jam Truck as the 2023 NCAA Men’s Final Four Houston Local Organizing Committee (HLOC) unveiled the Fan Jam Truck—an interactive pop-up truck—as it arrives in Houston to pass the Men’s Final Four host city torch from New Orleans to Houston for the 2023 NCAA Men’s Final Four Division I basketball tournament at Discovery Green on Friday, April 15, 2022 in Houston. Right: Gov. Ned Lamont tweeted a photo of himself with Radenka Maric, the UConn president, as they sat together for two games at the men's basketball Final Four in Houston Saturday and Monday.]()
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![Kris Workman, with his wife, Colbey Workman, and friend Benny Ramirez, visits the memorial inside First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017. The visit was Kris' first time back at the church since he was shot and paralyzed there Nov. 5.]()
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![These are solar panels at the Alamo 6 Solar Farm in Pecos County, Texas built by San Antonio-based OCI Solar Power.]()
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![This artist sketch depicts former President Donald Trump, seated center, watching as Assistant District Attorney Christopher Conroy, left, outlines the case against him during Trump's arraignment in court, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in New York. Seated with Trump from left are defense attorneys Todd Blanche, Susan Necheles, Trump, Joe Tacopina and Boris Epshteyn. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)]()
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![Authorities investigate the scene of a fatal shooting Thursday March 30, 2023, near the intersection of San Felipe and Mid Lane in Houston. No arrests have been made, and authorities believe the shooting was a targeted killing.]()
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![Tuesday's Texas A&M vs. Texas baseball game in College Station was interrupted by a streaker (holding sign on the warning track) rushing the field at Blue Bell Park.]()
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![State Sen. Paul Bettencourt speaks during a press conference about a new property tax proposal, at the Westin Galleria hotel, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Houston. ( Jon Shapley / Houston Chronicle )]()
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![Composite image: (Left to right: Kinder Institute for Urban Research associate director Ruth N. López Turley and Rice University sociology professor, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Houston (Photo credit: Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle). Nyla McCullum, 18, a senior at Wheatley High School, poses outside the school on March, 11, 2023 in Houston, Texas (Photo credit: Sharon Steinmann, Houston Chronicle.) Harold V. Dutton Jr., State Rep 142 (D) (Photo credit: Jill Karnicki, Houston Chronicle).]()
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![A young girl places an item at a growing memorial,Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Nashville, at an entry to Covenant School for the victims of Monday' shooting.]()
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![Mike Morath, Commissioner of the Texas Education Agency, speaks with the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board on Saturday, March 25, 2023 in Houston. The Texas Education Agency is beginning its takeover of the Houston Independent School District.]()
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![Mike Morath, Commissioner of the Texas Education Agency, speaks with the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board on Saturday, March 25, 2023 in Houston. The Texas Education Agency is beginning its takeover of the Houston Independent School District.]()
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![A large âWelcome to Mexicoâ sign hung over the Bridge of the Americas is visible as President Joe Biden, second from left, talks with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers as he tours El Paso port of entry, Bridge of the Americas, a busy port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border, in El Paso Texas, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)]()
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![Industry in Mont Belvieu on Thursday, April 15, 2021.]()
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![Gov. Greg Abbott speaks about a school voucher plan during a rally Tuesday March 21, 2023, at Cypress Christian School in Houston. Abbott and his allies say the voucher effort is about school choice. Critics say they are private school vouchers that allow people to take money out of the public school system to benefit private schools.]()
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![Governor of Texas Greg Abbott is pictured on his office chambers at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 23, 2023.]()
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![Photo grid composite. Top row: Jose Altuve lies on the ground after being hit by a pitch during the fifth inning of Saturday’s World Baseball Classic Quarterfinal game against the United States in Miami. (Eric Espada, Stringer / Getty Images) Whataburger has laid off some of its corporate employees. (Mike Sutter/staff.) Bottom row: Mr. Pickles, a 90-year-old radiated tortoise who also happens to the Houston Zoo's oldest animal, just became a father again to three hatchlings. (Houston Zoo). The cover of "Lonesome Dove."]()
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![The Branch Davidians' Mount Carmel compound outside of Waco, Texas, burns to the ground during the 1993 raid by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). Nearly 80 members of the religious group were killed in the fire, which ended the 51-day standoff between the Davidians the ATF. | Location: Near Waco, Texas, USA.]()
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![Karla Mattox, center, a member of the Houston Educational Support Personnel union, speaks during a TEA community meeting demanding that Alejandro Delgado, TEA Deputy Commissioner, Office of Operations, answer their questions. To her left is Wretha Thomas, who is also a HESP member. The TEA hosted the first of four community meetings where people can come ask questions and learn more about the state takeover of HISD at Westbury High School on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 in Houston.]()
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![FILE - This Feb. 6, 2015, file photo shows a Measles, Mumps and Rubella, M-M-R vaccine on a countertop at a pediatrics clinic in Greenbrae, Calif. A study released this week has found that a 2016 California law intended to improve childhood vaccination rates had the greatest effect on high-risk areas where the rates were the lowest. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)]()
