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1. Lawyers seek removal of judge in Texas school shooting case

Attorneys for a man accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school in 2018 are seeking to have the judge handling the case removed, accusing him of bias for pushing to have experts deem the former student competent to stand trial. 

The shooter is accused of killing eight students and two teachers in May 2018 at Santa Fe High School near Houston.

2. Texas announces takeover of Houston schools, stirring anger

Texas officials on Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston’s nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and angering Democrats who assailed the move as political.

In a letter to the Houston Independent School District, Morath said the Texas Education Agency will replace Superintendent Millard House II and the district’s elected board of trustees with a new superintendent and an appointed board of managers made of residents from within the district’s boundaries.

3. Michael Irvin releases surveillance video in Marriott hotel encounter, refiles $100M lawsuit

On Tuesday, after several requests for the surveillance video of the incident from Marriott Hotels and Resorts, Irvin’s lawyer showed the video of his encounter with an unknown woman at Marriott hotel in Las Vegas.

According to court records, a staffer at a Marriott hotel in Arizona accused him of crude language and unwanted touching during an encounter on Feb. 5.

On Tuesday, Michael Irvin's lawyer revealed the surveillance video at the center of the ongoing situation at a Marriott hotel in Arizona where he's accused of inappropriate behavior. (Associated Press)

Around the Nation

1. Thousands of LA school district workers to hold 3-day strike

2. 'What You Won't Do for Love' singer Bobby Caldwell dies

3. Colombian coal mine blast kills 11, search on for survivors

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Deep in the Heart of Texas

Dallas Cowboys' Ezekiel Elliott runs during the second half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)

AP source: Cowboys to release 2-time rushing champ Elliott

The Dallas Cowboys plan to release running back Ezekiel Elliott, ending a seven-season run for a two-time rushing champion whose dominance faded, a person with knowledge of the decision said Wednesday. 

Elliott will be designated a post-June 1 cut, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the decision hasn't been announced. The move will save Dallas about $11 million under the salary cap this season.