Kristie Rieken, Ap Sports Writer Updated 1:18 am CDT, Tuesday, August 20, 2019 FILE - In this July 4, 2018, file photo, Milwaukee Brewers' Keon Broxton makes a leaping catch at the wall on a ball hit by Minnesota Twins' Brian Dozier during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Milwaukee. Everyone has seen an outfielder receive a tip of the cap or a jubilant fist bump from a pitcher after a home run robbery. This is a story about what happens after they leave the field. less FILE - In this July 4, 2018, file photo, Milwaukee Brewers' Keon Broxton makes a leaping catch at the wall on a ball hit by Minnesota Twins' Brian Dozier during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Milwaukee. ... more Photo: Morry Gash, AP Photo: Morry Gash, AP Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close Image 1 of 5 … [Read more...] about Home run robbers get praise — and swag for spectacular plays
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Democrats spending millions to take back statehouses
Brian Slodysko and Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Updated 9:18 pm PDT, Monday, August 19, 2019 Shawn Terry, a Democratic candidate for the state legislature in Texas, meets with supporters during a campaign event in Dallas on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. Terry has already raised $235,000 as Democratic donors pour money into legislative races nationwide in hopes of flipping statehouse chambers in 2020. less Shawn Terry, a Democratic candidate for the state legislature in Texas, meets with supporters during a campaign event in Dallas on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. Terry has already raised $235,000 as Democratic donors ... more Photo: Paul J. Weber, AP Photo: Paul J. Weber, AP Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 Shawn Terry, a Democratic candidate for the state legislature in … [Read more...] about Democrats spending millions to take back statehouses
US sued over Honduran man’s suicide after family separation
Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Updated 3:51 pm CDT, Monday, August 19, 2019 HOUSTON (AP) — A new lawsuit blames the Trump administration's family separations for the death by suicide of a Honduran father after being separated from his 3-year-old child. The widow of Marco Antonio Muñoz sued the U.S. government and South Texas' Starr County, which operated the local jail where he died. The Texas Civil Rights Project, which announced the lawsuit Monday, said it was the first known lawsuit that linked a person's suicide to the zero-tolerance policy enacted last spring and ended amid worldwide condemnation. Muñoz, 39, was found unresponsive in his jail cell on the morning of May 13, 2018. Two days earlier, the lawsuit alleges, Muñoz had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in South Texas without authorization along with his wife, Orlanda del Carmen Peña Arita, and their child, who was then 3. At the time, border agents were charging parents with … [Read more...] about US sued over Honduran man’s suicide after family separation
Governor brings big tech to the table after El Paso attack
Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Updated 3:33 pm CDT, Monday, August 19, 2019 Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a memorial service for the victims of the Aug. 3 mass shooting, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at Southwest University Park, in El Paso, Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a memorial service for the victims of the Aug. 3 mass shooting, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at Southwest University Park, in El Paso, Texas. Photo: Jorge Salgado, AP Photo: Jorge Salgado, AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a memorial service for the victims of the Aug. 3 mass shooting, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at Southwest University Park, in El Paso, Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a memorial service for the victims of the Aug. 3 mass shooting, Wednesday, … [Read more...] about Governor brings big tech to the table after El Paso attack
Widow of migrant who took his own life sues US government
Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Updated 2:51 pm CDT, Monday, August 19, 2019 HOUSTON (AP) — The widow of a Honduran man who died took his own life after being separated from his 3-year-old child has sued the U.S. government and the South Texas county that jailed him when he died. The Texas Civil Rights Project on Monday announced the lawsuit on behalf of the widow of Marco Antonio Muñoz, who died in May. Muñoz was found unresponsive on May 13, 2018, in a jail cell in Starr County in South Texas. His death occurred during enforcement of President Donald Trump's zero-tolerance policy that resulted in thousands of family separations. The lawsuit claims Muñoz "yelled and screamed in desperation" when he was taken away. It says U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Starr County should have known he was a danger to himself. CBP declined to comment. Starr County did not immediately respond to a request for comment. … [Read more...] about Widow of migrant who took his own life sues US government