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Gov. Greg Abbott said he will introduce a statewide ban on public camping at the legislative session. It was viewed as a shot at Austin's leadership.

Gov. Greg Abbott calls for another fix to 'broken bail system' FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Texas Gov. Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a news conference before signing a "Texas Backs the Blue Pledge" at the Austin Police Association on Thursday Sept. 10, 2020, in Austin, Texas. ( Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)Jay Janner, MBR / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, center, takes part in a roundtable discussion on public safety and law enforcement, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Eric Gay, STF / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 3of...

Daphne Nelson had just finished making coffee when she read the message from her neighbor back in Houston: Someone had shot her son. It was morning on Nov. 26, 2016, at Camp Taji, an American-controlled base 17 miles north of Baghdad, where she worked as a manager for a supplies and logistics firm contracted by the military. Every day, she got in early. She made her coffee, she fed her fish, and she got ready for the morning meeting. When she read the Facebook message, she was alone. “They just did a drive-by shooting on your house,” her neighbor wrote. Then, in the next message: “They ...

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