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Bastrop traffic 5 dead in shooting

operation leads
to deportations at newspaper office
Sheriff says stops had he arrested her.
Attack in Maryland could be Shooter’s motive unclear.
“nothing to do with Nine minutes later, Eugenio one of the nation’s deadliest ‘There is no room for
Orozco, 42, was pulled over in the
targeting anybody.” same area by a sheriff ’s deputy against journalists. violence,’ White House says.
for having an obscured license
By Sean Collins Walsh plate. When the deputy asked
and Brandon Mulder Orozco for his driver’s license,
scwalsh@statesman.com Orozco instead handed over a
bmulder@acnnewspapers.com Mexican ID card.
Driving without a license is a
BASTROP — At 7:23 p.m. Satur- misdemeanor that can land a
day, 27-year-old Jacqueline Beni- motorist in jail. But the officer
tez-Quintana was driving in west- then learned that Orozco did in
ern Bastrop County when she was fact have a valid driver’s license.
pulled over by a sheriff ’s corpo- He arrested Orozco anyway for
ral for failing to use her blinker a different misdemeanor: fail-
while changing lanes. When the ure to display a license upon the
officer, Brandon Stark, learned
she was driving without a license, Bastrop continued on A9

First responders descend on the scene of a mass shooting at The Capital Gazette newsroom in
Annapolis, Md., on Thursday. A single suspect was taken into custody. JOSHUA MCKERROW / CAPITAL GAZETTE / TNS

By Brian Witte reports identified the suspect as 695

Associated Press Jarrod Warren Ramos, who filed N 70
Baltimore
an unsuccessful defamation suit 20 miles
Twenty-four people were arrested Saturday night in a heavily ANNAPOLIS, MD. — A gunman against the paper in 2012 over an 270 Annapolis
Hispanic part of Bastrop County during a “zero tolerance” traffic opened fire at a newspaper office article about his guilty plea in a 495
enforcement operation. LYNDA M. GONZALEZ / AMERICAN-STATESMAN in Maryland’s capital Thursday, criminal harassment case. 50
killing at least five people and Phil Davis, a courts and crime Washington
wounding several others before reporter for the paper, tweeted Multiple
being taken into custody in what that the gunman shot out the glass 95 fatalities in
CONTINUING COVERAGE AUSTIN TAXI RULES appeared to be one of the deadli- door to the office and fired into newsroom
est attacks on journalists in U.S. the newsroom, sending people MD. shooting

Austin deregulates history, police and witnesses said. scrambling for cover.
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city cab fare rates

page at The Capital Gazette. Media Shooting continued on A10 Source: maps4news.com/©HERE STAFF

TEXAS ABORTION LAWS

Ordinance could help panies that have cut deeply into
taxis compete with Lyft,
Uber starting in July.
cabs’ market share in Austin and
threatened their continued exis-
tence. The taxi reform ordinance
Texas abortion foes see opportunity
approved by the council unani-
By Ben Wear mously is an attempt by the coun- Tougher laws eyed after
bwear@statesman.com cil to level the playing field in a Kennedy; justice was a
ground-transportationgamewhere
Cab fares in Austin will no lon- ride-hailing services have been key vote on the issue.
ger be set by the city government, largely unregulated while cabs
the Austin City Council decided have faced strict city oversight. By Chuck Lindell
Thursday. “The marketplace has finally clindell@statesman.com
Instead, the city’s four taxi fran- changed to an environment where
chises will be able to set their we’re pretty comfortable say- Justice Anthony Kennedy’s
own fares and change them in ing we should not be pulling all decision to retire from the U.S.
response to the market, much Supreme Court is a game changer
like the ride-hailing service com- Taxis continued on A10 for Texas abortion opponents,
providing motivation to enact
tougher regulations when the
Legislature meets in January and
inspiring hope that current legal
fights over Texas restrictions will
break their way. Abortion protesters march in Austin in 2015. Justice Anthony Kennedy’s
Kennedy was a swing vote who retirement “is a phenomenal opportunity for the pro-life movement,”
tended to side with the court’s one leader said. STEPHEN SPILLMAN / FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN 2015
liberal wing on abortion issues,
providing crucial support for rul-
ings that preserved the right to sparked almost euphoric spec- for Texas Right to Life.
abortion as well as a 2016 deci- ulation among abortion oppo- “Some legislators immediately
sion striking down Texas regu- nents about how best to attack reached out and said, ‘We can do
lations that would have closed Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that
most abortion clinics in the state. established a right to abortion. Abortion continued on A10
Kennedy’s departure — along “Justice Kennedy’s retirement
Genet Gobaw of ATX Coop Taxi waits at Austin-Bergstrom with President Donald Trump’s is a phenomenal opportunity ALSO INSIDE
International Airport on June 21. Four taxi franchises will soon be standing promise to nominate for the pro-life movement,” said » Republican, Democratic
able to set and change their own fares. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN judges who oppose abortion — John Seago, legislative director leaders spar on vacancy, A5

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The Seattle Times Though Xbox designers may
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trouble controlling his Xbox con- tive Controller, they do know
troller. His diminished finger dex- there is a dedicated following
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