After a 6-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba in Southeast Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration after water samples tested positive for the deadly ameba.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was in Dallas Thursday to announce legislative proposals that give harsher penalties to people involved in riots, which includes mandatory jail time.
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