Good evening, Texas. We're wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.
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As tropical moisture moves into Texas, Wednesday is likely to be the wettest day of the week with multiple rounds of heavy rain for South and Coastal Texas. Austin and Waco will see considerably less rainfall than San Antonio, and DFW may even manage to stay completely dry. Temperatures will drop into the 80s for most, but dry conditions and 90s will return statewide by this weekend.
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Today's Big Stories
1. Gov. Abbott offers additional $10,000 reward for information on Round Rock shooting
The Office of the Governor’s Public Safety Office is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the person or persons involved in the shooting that killed two and injured fourteen others during a Juneteenth celebration at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock on Saturday.
In addition to the state reward, Williamson County Crime Stoppers is offering $5,000 and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is offering $5,000, bringing the total reward amount up to $20,000.
2. Texas doctor charged with taking private patient information on transgender care
A Texas doctor who calls himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors is accused of illegally obtaining private information on patients who were not under his care from the nation's largest pediatric hospital.
Federal prosecutors said Dr. Eithan Haim, a 34-year-old surgeon, snatched the information and shared it with a conservative activist with “intent to cause malicious harm” to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston.
3. Schumer to bring bill restoring Roe to floor as Democrats set up next abortion messaging push
Speaking on the Senate floor on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that he had taken the first procedural step to bring up the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act, which the Democratic leader said would affirm a woman’s “fundamental right to choose” and codify into federal law practices under Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the right to an abortion.
Since April 2021, the House Ethics Committee has been reviewing whether the four-term Republican, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., engaged in a long list of behaviors that violated House Rules or standards of conduct.
“Based on its review to date, the Committee has determined that certain of the allegations merit continued review. During the course of its investigation, the Committee has also identified additional allegations that merit review,” the Committee said in a statement.
Notes for Tomorrow
Wednesday, June 19
- Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., on the anniversary of Union soldiers telling enslaved African Americans in Galveston, TX, that the Civil War had ended, and they were free (1865)
- 60th anniversary of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 being approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the U.S. Senate
- 2024 Country Radio Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Awards ceremony.
- Ellen DeGeneres begins North American farewell tour titled 'Ellen's Last Stand... Up'
In Case You Missed It
A rendering of Netflix House, to be located at Galleria Dallas in 2025. (Netflix)
Galleria Dallas to get Netflix House ‘entertainment concept’ in 2025
The streaming giant on Tuesday announced that Galleria Dallas is one of two U.S. shopping centers that will be home to Netflix House, described as a “new entertainment concept.”
Currently under construction at the 1.9-million-square-foot shopping center, a news release says Netflix House will feature “your favorite Netflix stories and characters beyond the screen year-round.”