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Numerous showers and thunderstorms roll across Texas today with ample moisture support at the surface. Have your umbrella ready and that rain jacket on. It will be a wet forecast the next couple days until a big cool down heads in midweek. 

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Today's Big Stories

1. Officials: 3 dead, 6 injured in shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison

Three people are dead, including the alleged juvenile shooter, and six others were sent to area hospitals for injuries after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis., the Madison Police Department said Monday afternoon.

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said police responded to reports of an active shooting an Abundant Life Christian School at 10:57 a.m.

Upon arrival, police found multiple people were injured from gunshot wounds. In accordance with protocol, Barnes said police worked to immediately “stop the killing, stop the dying and find out who’s doing this.”

2. As Trump threatens mass deportations, Central America braces for an influx of vulnerable migrants

Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, which have the largest number of people living illegally in the U.S., after Mexico, could be among the first and most heavily impacted by mass deportations. Migrants and networks aiding deportees in those Northern Triangle countries worry their return could thrust them into even deeper economic and humanitarian crises, fueling migration down the line.

Approximately 560,000 Hondurans, about 5% of the country's population, live in the U.S. without legal status, according to U.S. government figures. As deportations by both U.S. and Mexican authorities spike, smugglers are offering migrants packages in which they get three tries to make it north.

Local sheriff opening jail for mass deportations after Trump’s campaign promise. (Sheena Elzie/Spectrum News)

3. Holiday shipping deadlines are fast approaching

With Christmas and Hannukah right around the corner, gift givers who plan to ship presents to their loved ones are running up against shippers’ deadlines to get them there on time. 

Following are the deadlines for major shippers in the United States to deliver domestic parcels by Dec. 24.

4. Renard Johnson elected El Paso mayor in runoff election

Renard Johnson will be the next mayor of El Paso after defeating his opponent Brian Kennedy in a runoff election.

Johnson won with a little over 56% of the vote, compared to Kennedy’s 43%, as reported by the El Paso County Votes website. Just over 8% of registered voters participated in this election.

Notes for Tomorrow 

Tuesday, Dec 17

  • Electoral College meets to certify presidential election results
  • The Oscars preliminary shortlists announced
  • Court hearing for suspect charged in Gilgo Beach serial killings case
  • House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on CJIS oversight
  • Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on legalized sport betting
  • Ursid meteor shower active

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