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Concerns over bathroom bill effect on businesses ahead of...

SAN ANTONIO - As the Tuesday start of the special session draws near, concerns over the effects of the so-called "bathroom bill" are picking up again in the Alamo City. Supporters of the original bill, Senate Bill 6, were unable to pass it through the legislature during the regular session. Now, passing such a bill is on Gov. Greg Abbot's list of priorities for the special session. The original bill would have required people to use bathrooms in public schools and public buildings that correspond to the sex on their birth certificate and not how they identify their gender. It would have also prohibited political subdivisions , such as municipalities, from creating their own policies on bathroom or locker room access . Opponents of the bill said it discriminated against transgender people. While an identical version to SB 6 has not been filed for the special session, Rep. Ron Simmons, R-Carrollton, has filed two bills that appear to touch on the issue. The bills, House B...

British woman, 47, dies after being found 'bleeding in the bath' with serious injuries in Gran Canaria

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A BRITISH woman has died after reportedly being found bleeding in the bath tub in her home in Gran Canaria as her husband sat watching television . Local media reports say the 47-year-old Donna Cowley was pronounced dead in hospital after police found her with horrific injuries at her apartment in Mogan, Gran Canaria. Bahia Azul complex in Mogan" /> The woman was found with horrific injuries in the Bahia Azul complex in Mogan The woman is said to have been 'heavily bleeding' after suffering several blows and died after suffering a cardiac arrest at the University Hospital of Gran Canaria. Her 80-year-old British partner - who is being held in connection with her death - was said to have been sat on the sofa watching TV when officers stormed into his home in the early hours of Friday morning. Spanish newspaper La Provincia reports the man resisted arrest and assaulted at least one police officer . He could face a either a charge of domestic violence or homicide d...

Inside the post-match celebration with Denis Shapovalov

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MONTREAL — It was not quite 10 minutes after he had kissed the blue court, thanked the Montreal crowd and waved to his mother — who anxiously sat in the corner, behind the baseline and above the wall. It was not long after he’d left the court, to the kind of thunderous roar that Jarry Park had reserved for a Bill Stoneman no-hitter or Gary Carter home runs . It was not quite 11:00 on Thursday evening, after he’d passed the throng of hundreds waiting for him along the outdoor concourse, through a dark tunnel into an indoor building and a plush, empty, carpeted locker room . It was not quite 10 minutes after the greatest accomplishment of Denis Shapovalov’s young life that this 18-year-old stood shirtless in the middle of that locker room with his physiotherapist, Nick Martichenko, his coach, Martin Laurendeau, and Canadian Olympic doctor , Nick Sauve, and breathlessly wondered aloud , “What the hell just happened?” And nobody in the room could really answer his question. Canadian tennis...