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SAN ANTONIO (AP) —
San Antonio police are trying to identify a baby whose body was found dumped in a large bag alongside Interstate 37.
Sgt. Javier Salazar says a highway worker found the bag Monday as he prepared to mow some grass near the interstate, just south of downtown. Salazar says the worker opened the bag and discovered the body.
Salazar says the baby appears to have been very young, possibly a newborn. He couldn't say how or when the baby died and provided no information on the gender of the child. An autopsy has been ordered.
He says the bag was the size of a gym bag or large purse.
No arrests have been made.
VAN, Texas (AP) —
A tornado that cut through an East Texas town, killing two and injuring dozens, was on the ground for nearly 10 miles and left a path of destruction 700 yards wide.
Van Zandt County emergency management coordinator Chuck Allen said Tuesday the two people killed Sunday night in Van were retired Garland police Lt. David Tapley and his wife Brenda.
Allen says two people are hospitalized in critical condition. The twister, with sustained winds of about 140 mph, injured approximately 50 people. Authorities have accounted for all residents in the damaged area, about 70 miles southeast of Dallas.
Allen says the storm damage throughout the county amounts to "several millions of dollars." He says authorities will be watching for profiteers preying on people struggling to recover.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —
The Texas Senate has approved a plan that would allow shoppers to buy guns, ammunition and hunting supplies without having to pay sales taxes during the last weekend in August.
The state already designates annual sales tax-free weekends for the purchase of some school supplies and energy-efficient appliances. Sen. Brandon Creighton's plan would extend the same exemption to firearm purchases.
The Conroe Republican noted that Louisiana established in 2009 a tax-free weekend for guns, ammo and hunting supplies during the first weekend in September.
He said Texas' failure to follow suit has put hunting and firearms retailers near the border with Louisiana at a disadvantage.
According to a legislative analysis, Creighton's plan would cost the state more than $11 million in lost sales tax revenue during Texas' two-year budgetary cycle.