ST. LOUIS — The unmistakable pop of a gunshot ricocheted through the park in the humid air, and Montez Wayne could only hope that the bullet did not have his name on it. He sprang from his seat beneath a sprawling bald cypress, ready to make his move.
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Texas—A conservative student group at the University of Texas canceled their “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game” on Tuesday, saying they feared retaliation by campus officials and counter-protests that could endanger their volunteers.
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The chapter of Young Conservatives of Texas at the University of Texas at Austin is planning on doing a silly thing on Wednesday. It has announced a game it calls “Catch an Illegal Immigrant,” in which students will walk around campus with the words “Illegal Immigrant” pinned to their clothing. People who spot and escort
IRVINE, Calif. — IT’S the latest fad among state officials looking to make voting harder: We’re not racist, we’re just
Officials at the University of Texas at Austin on Monday criticized a conservative-student group’s plan to hold a game in which students can win $25 gift cards if they “catch” people walking around the campus wearing “illegal immigrant” labels.
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DETROIT — A Dearborn Heights, Mich., homeowner was charged Friday with second-degree murder, manslaughter and felony firearms possession in the death of Renisha Marie McBride, a 19-year-old woman who was shot in the face as she stood on the man’s porch
Many Americans have come to
doubt the proposition that college delivers a path to prosperity.
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AUSTIN, Tex. — An affirmative-action program at the University of Texas at Austin that takes applicants’ race into account was unnecessary because the campus had achieved a “critical mass” of minority students, lawyers for the white applicant who sued the university told a federal appeals court here on Wednesday in a case with high stakes
A white, antigay activist who said he was tired of “corruption and shenanigans” on the Houston Community College’s Board of Trustees pulled off a startling upset in the board election this month after running a campaign that strongly implied he was black. Now the Democrat he defeated, a 24-year veteran of the board who actually