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Texas schools may be fined $1,000 if they have mask mandate after Governor Greg Abbott bans Covid rules in exec order
Updated: May 18 2021, 17:32 ET
TEXAS schools may be fined $1,000 if they have a mask mandate, after Governor Greg Abbott bans Covid rules in an executive order.
Abbott issued an executive order on Tuesday banning local government officials from requiring mask-wearing.
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Local governments or officials that attempt to impose a mask mandate or impose a limitation inconsistent with the order can be subject to a fineCredit: Getty Images - Getty
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Abbott s decision to prohibit mandatory mask wearing has been slammed as a big mistake Credit: AP
Updated: May 18 2021, 15:54 ET
A MAN allegedly waited until his wife went into hospital to give birth so he could rape and murder his stepdaughter, it was reported.
The 34-year-old, who has not been named, has been arrested in connection with the murder of six-year-old Ana Paula Soares Marx but reportedly hid past convictions for murdering and raping his own mother.
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Her stepdad has been arrested in connection with her deathCredit: Newsflash
Ana s body was found floating in the Preto River in Brazil on the morning of 16th May, three days after she went missing.
Her stepfather, who was already under suspicion over her disappearance, was arrested shortly after her body was found with signs of violence, O Globo reports.
Updated: May 18 2021, 15:05 ET
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THIS is the moment a Hamas suicide submarine was destroyed in Gaza by a lethal Israeli airstrike, as Benjamin Netanyahu defies calls for a ceasefire.
The Israel Defence Forces announced it had stopped an attack by a remote-controlled drone submarine intended to disable its Navy ships.
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The autonomous submarine was being launched from northern Gaza when it was blown up by the Israel Defence ForceCredit: IDF
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A Palestinian man stands next to a car that was hit by an Israeli airstrike, near the beach in Gaza CityCredit: AP
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The vehicle tracked by the IDF, which was claimed to have been carrying Hamas militantsCredit: IDF
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Georgian robbery suspect pictured at court after being quizzed over murder of Brit mum in front of her baby in Athens
Updated: May 18 2021, 20:17 ET
A GEORGIAN man suspected of being part of a gang of burglars who brutally killed a young Brit mum has been pictured for the first time.
Caroline Crouch was tortured by the sadistic thieves in front of her 11-month-old baby into revealing where cash and valuables were kept after they burst into her Athens home just before dawn.
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The suspect has been linked to a similar robberyCredit: Athena
They tied up and gagged the 20-year-old and her husband Charalambos Babis Anagnostopoulos, 32, and eventually made off with £30,000 in cash and jewellery.
Updated: May 18 2021, 16:53 ET
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PRESIDENT Joe Biden threatened to run over a reporter for asking a question about Israel as he test drove Ford s new electric truck on Tuesday.
In footage of the incident shared to social media, a reporter can be heard asking Biden: Mr. President, can I ask you a quick question on Israel before you drive away since it s so important?
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Footage of the exchange was shared online, showing Biden jokingly threatening to run the reporter overCredit: C-SPAN
Biden replies no you can t , before jokingly adding: Not unless you get in front of the car as I step on it.