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AUSTIN, Texas AP 鈥?Cracks are widening in a standoff over a new GOP voting bill in Texas. The return of some Democrats who had fled to Washington, D.C., last stanley cup month to block new election laws left Republicans needing just five more lawmakers Tuesday to get back to work in the state House of Representatives. The Texas Legislature has been at a standstill since more than 50 Democrats took off last month in protest of the measures. The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a decision that could allow Democratic lawmakers to be arrested or detained for refusing to show up.Democrats have until Thursday to respond to the state Supreme Court s decision.The Austin American-Statesmen reports that the stanley cup head of the House Republican Caucus said he hoped arrests wouldn t be necessary. I think it s incredible that we would have to consider arresting people to have them perform the office they campaigned for and honor the obligation they swore to uphold, Rep. Jim Mur stanley cup phy reportedly told reporters Tuesday.However, Democrats The Austin American-Statesmen are facing pressure to hold out. More than 20 voting-rights, abortion-rights and progressive groups sent a letter to the Democrats to stand the li Gldc World population will peak in 2064, study says
DENVER, Colo. 鈥?Matthew Dolloff, the man accuse af1 d of shooting Lee Keltner while acting as a security guard outside of a protest in Denver last Satur yeezy day, will be charged with second-degree murder.The Denver District Attorney s Office said formal charges against the 30-year-old Dolloff would be filed Monday.Lee Keltner, 49, was leaving the Denver s Civic Center Park when he and Dolloff got into an alleged altercation that ended with Dolloff shooting Keltner, according to witnesses, video, photos and an arrest affidavit.Keltner was pronounced dead at Denver Health Medical Center.There had been a Patriot muster in nearby Civic Center Park and adidas campus a competing BLM-Antifa Soup Drive, as it was branded, in the hours before the incident.Dolloff faces between 16 and 48 years in prison if he is convicted of second-degree murder, the district attorneys office said.Dolloff was working as a private security guard who was hired by Denver NBC affiliate 9News through Pinkerton, though Pinkerton said in a statement Monday that Dolloff is not a Pinkerton employee but rather a contractor agent from a long standing [sic] industry vendor and that it would cooperate with the investigation.9News manageme |
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