Standing Rock leader seeks White House halt to Dakota Access pipeline
Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault II said he contacted the White House and met with North Dakota Senators to stop the 3.8 billion dollar four state Dakota Access pipeline crossing the Missouri near the reservation. He urged peace amid protests, noting arrests and a federal restraining order against protesters and safety concerns for workers.
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Aetna to Exit Texas ACA Individual Market Next Year
Aetna will abandon Affordable Care Act exchanges in Texas and 10 other states next year amid financial losses. The insurer reported about 84,000 Texas individual marketplace customers and a $200 million Q2 pretax loss, with total pretax losses over $430 million since 2014. Experts caution on future rate impacts as participation shrinks.
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AT&T Raises Some Data Plan Prices Across Plans
AT&T joins Verizon in higher data plan prices with more data per plan, reducing cost per gigabyte. Existing plan holders may keep their rates unless they switch, while access charges shift to 20 per line, with discounts for contracts ending. Caps are slowed rather than charged, mirroring rivals.
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Houston mother charged in drowning of two children
Sheborah Thomas, 30, is charged with two counts of capital murder for killing her 5-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son in the bathtub at her home. Her attorney said she has a history of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and is in a catatonic state undergoing mental health evaluation.
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Sheborah Thomas
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Abilene Man Receives 60 Year Hammer Death Sentence
Cody Adam Alvarez, 33, was sentenced in Abilene to 60 years for the 2015 hammer beating death of Alexis Baker. He pleaded guilty to murder after prosecutors said he demanded money from an ATM, then argued with Baker in her car before the fatal attack. The body was found by Baker’s mother in her Abilene home.
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Cody Adam Alvarez
Alexis Baker
Taylor County
Jim Hicks
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Baker
Hicks
Warden suspended after prison guard killed
An assistant warden was suspended for seven days and placed on four months probation after a inmate killed correctional officer Mari Johnson at Robertson Unit near Abilene. Dismissal was recommended for Maj Edward McQuade and food service managers Gregory Cruse and Patrick Roach following findings that security procedures were not followed.
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Jason Clark
Jimmy Webb
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Clark
Maj
Edward McQuade
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Patrick Roach
Mari Johnson
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