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The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas, as it is placed on a Union Pacific train. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)

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Thousands salute Bush funeral train on final Texas ride

by Nomaan Merchant Associated Press, Juan A. Lozano Associated Press, and Will Weissert Associated PressDecember 6, 2018

Members of a group of clergy hold hands and sing in the middle of the street during a civil disobedience protest in front of Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Immigrant-rights advocates asked a federal judge to order the release of parents separated from their children at the border, as demonstrators decrying the Trump administration's immigration crackdown were arrested Tuesday at a rally ahead of a Los Angeles appearance by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

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States, immigrant supporters demand family reunifications

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, Will Weissert Associated Press, and Gene Johnson Associated PressJune 26, 2018

Beata Mariana de Jesus Mejia-Mejia, left, embraces her son Darwin Micheal Mejia as she speaks at a news conference following their reunion at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Friday, June 22, 2018, in Linthicum, Md. The Justice Department agreed to release Mejia-Mejia's son after she sued the U.S. government in order to be reunited following their separation at the U.S. border. She has filed for political asylum in the U.S. following a trek from Guatemala. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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For immigrants, still no word on when they will be reunited

by Will Weissert Associated Press, Amy Taxin Associated Press, and Colleen Long Associated PressJune 22, 2018

A robot is prepared for use at the scene of Walnut and 2nd Street in Pflugerville, Texas, on Wednesday, March 21, where Austin, Texas bombing suspect Mark Anthony Conditt lived.

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Police: Austin bomber’s motive still unknown, despite video

by Jim Vertuno Associated Press, and Will Weissert Associated PressMarch 22, 2018

Texas troopers help redirect traffic near the site of another explosion on Tuesday in Austin, Texas. Emergency teams were responding to another reported explosion in Texas’ capital, this one at a Goodwill store in the southern part of the city.

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With police near, suspected Austin bomber blows himself up

by Jim Vertuno Associated Press, and Will Weissert Associated PressMarch 21, 2018

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