Paul J. Weber, Author at Greenfield Recorder

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2019 file photo, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary and Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro speaks at the J Street National Conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Dem Julián Castro drops out of 2020 presidential race

by Paul J. Weber Associated PressJanuary 2, 2020

AUSTIN, Texas — Former Obama housing secretary Julián Castro, the only Latino in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race, on Thursday ended his campaign that had pushed the field on immigration and swung hard at rivals on the debate stage but…

High school students Celeste Lujan, left, and Yasmin Natera mourn their friend Leila Hernandez, one of the victims of the Saturday shooting in Odessa, at a memorial service Sunday, in Odessa, Texas.

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Texas gunman was fired from job, called FBI before shooting

by Paul J. Weber Associated Press, and Jake Bleiberg Associated PressSeptember 2, 2019

Shawn Terry, a Democratic candidate for the state Legislature in Texas, meets with supporters during a campaign event in Dallas on Saturday. Terry has already raised $235,000 as Democratic donors pour money into legislative races nationwide in hopes of flipping statehouse chambers in 2020.

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Dems spending millions to try to take back statehouses

by Brian Slodysko Associated Press, and Paul J. Weber Associated PressAugust 20, 2019

Law enforcement officials speak outside a FedEX Office store Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in the southwest Austin suburb of Sunset Valley, Texas, as authorities investigate a recent string of package bombs. (Reshma Kirpalani/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Another blast rocks Austin, but unrelated to other bombings

by Paul J. Weber Associated Press, and Will Weissert Associated PressMarch 20, 2018

An FBI official carries items into a FedEX Office store Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in the southwest Austin suburb of Sunset Valley, Texas, as authorities investigate a recent string of package bombs. (Reshma Kirpalani/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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New blast sends investigators to Texas FedEx center

by Paul J. Weber Associated Press, and Will Weissert Associated PressMarch 20, 2018

Investigators on Monday March 19, 2018, work at the scene of a bomb explosion on Dawn Song Drive in Austin, Texas, that seriously injured two men Sunday. Two people have now been killed and four wounded in bombings over a span of less than three weeks. ( Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Fear mounts in Austin as serial bomber uses tripwire

by Paul J. Weber Associated Press, and Will Weissert Associated PressMarch 19, 2018

Authorities work on the scene of an explosion in Austin on Monday, March 12, 2018. Two package bomb blasts a few miles apart killed a teenager and wounded two women in Austin on Monday, less than two weeks after a similar attack left a man dead in another part of the Texas capital. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Families of 2 Austin package bomb victims knew each other

by Will Weissert Associated Press, and Paul J. Weber Associated PressMarch 13, 2018

Authorities investigate an explosion at a home in Austin.

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Package bombs in Texas capital likely tied to earlier blast

by Will Weissert Associated Press, and Paul J. Weber Associated PressMarch 12, 2018

Law enforcement officials move flowers left at the scene of a shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday.

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Church gunman sent hostile text messages before attack

by Jim Vertuno Associated Press, Will Weissert Associated Press, and Paul J. Weber Associated PressNovember 6, 2017

Bailey LeJeaune, 17, and David Betancourt, 18, hold candles during a vigil in Sutherland Springs for the victims of a deadly shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. A man opened fire inside of the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing more than 20 people. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Church gunman was court-martialed, discharged from Air Force

by Nomaan Merchant Associated Press, and Paul J. Weber Associated PressNovember 6, 2017