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Man charged with lying to police about gun used by Louisiana shooter
by Victoria Craw on April 22, 2026 at 12:50 pm
Authorities have traced the gun used in Sunday’s deadly shooting to a 56-year-old Shreveport man, who said it had been taken from his truck.
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Once accused of election fraud, former small-town mayor leaves court to applause
by Daniel Wu on April 22, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joe Ceballos, a green card holder from Mexico and former mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, pleaded guilty to misdemeanors but avoided jail time for voting as a noncitizen.
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5th Circuit allows Texas to require Ten Commandments in classrooms
by Laura Meckler on April 22, 2026 at 12:42 am
The ruling sets up a likely Supreme Court battle over whether the Texas law violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
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Louisiana gunman who killed eight children masked his rage before rampage
by Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Daniel Wu, Danielle Paquette, Chris Hacker on April 21, 2026 at 9:00 am
On social media, the shooter seemed like a doting father. Domestic violence experts say a pending divorce and a criminal history were common red flags.
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An American hostage’s mother on her new memoir of ‘love and pain’
by Joanna Slater on April 21, 2026 at 9:00 am
“When We See You Again” is Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s excavation of grief for her only son, Hersh, taken hostage by Hamas in 2023 and killed by his captors in 2024.
