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Javier Ambler, 40, died while being arrested by police in Texas in March 2019.
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A new law in Texas will prevent reality TV shows from partnering with state law enforcement, after a man died in 2019 while in police custody as cameras from the show Live PD filmed his arrest.
Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Javier Ambler Act into law on Wednesday, effective immediately.
The bill passed in the Texas House 110 to 34 on April 15 and passed in the Senate on May 13 with a 27 to 3 vote.
Travis Co. officials conducting fatality review of NW Austin triple homicide
Travis County performing fatality review in NW Austin triple homicide
In the coming weeks, Travis County will look at what, if anything, could have stopped Sunday s triple homicide in Northwest Austin.
AUSTIN, Texas - Travis County is conducting a fatality review of the April 18 triple homicide in Northwest Austin. Meaning county officials are examining, what, if anything, could have been done to prevent the violence. Is there something we could have done that we didn’t see, explained retired Travis County Court 4 Judge Mike Denton.
Austin police say Amanda Broderick, 35, her 17-year-old daughter Alyssa Broderick and Alyssa Broderick’s boyfriend 18-year-old Willie Simmons III were killed by former Travis County Sheriff’s Office Detective Stephen Broderick. Stephen Broderick was Amanda Broderick’s estranged husband and Alyssa Broderick’s adoptive father.
Triple homicide suspect at center of child sexual abuse investigation fox7austin.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fox7austin.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
White House reassigns Betsy Weatherhead, climate change report coordinator under Trump
The White House has removed Betsy Weatherhead, an experienced atmospheric scientist, from her role leading the U.S. National Climate Assessment and reassigned her to the U.S. Geological Survey,
The Washington Post reports. Weatherhead was put in charge of the U.S. government s definitive report on the effects of climate change last November by Kelvin Droegemeier, director of President Trump s White House Office of Science Technology Policy (OSTP). Officials at President Biden s OSTP made the decision to return her to USGS, the
Post reports.
Weatherhead s appointment surprised many science policy experts, but pleasantly so, because she accepts the scientific consensus that climate change is happening and poses a serious threat to the planet and the economy, the