Perspectives

DPS director says he won’t resign

Sat, 11/05/2022 - 12:00am

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw is fending off calls for his resignation in light of his department’s handling of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde last May, in which 19 students and two teachers died. However, McCraw said “every responding officer needs to be accountable for their actions,” according to the Austin American-Statesman. The Texas Rangers, an arm of the DPS, reportedly are investigating several troopers among the 90 who were on the scene. Sgt. Juan Maldonado was fired recently for his role in the shooting response.

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Did Texan help Nazi war criminal commit suicide?

Wed, 11/02/2022 - 12:00am

The Oct. 28, 1946 issue of Time magazine posed the question the whole world was asking: “How did Hermann Goring kill himself?”

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Early voting underway across state

Sat, 10/29/2022 - 12:00am

Early voting in this year’s midterm elections began Monday and continues through Friday, Nov. 4. Election Day is Nov. 8. Voters will pick the state’s next governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, land commissioner, agriculture commissioner and comptroller in statewide races.

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Classroom smells

Sat, 10/29/2022 - 12:00am

Every day in my high school homeroom smelled different. Not better, but different. At that moment, we teens were bound together by one goal. We wanted to smell better, and we wanted to smell stronger. This required experimentation.