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in PoliticsIn the wake of the massacre in Uvalde, Texas, where was the sale and purchase of handguns banned?
Answer: A week after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in their classroom in Uvalde, Texas, Canada’s government introduced legislation to implement a “national freeze” on the sale and purchase of handguns (and some toys that look like guns.) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters, “We need only look south of the border to…
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in PoliticsIs Matthew McConaughey running for Texas governor in 2022?
Answer: About two weeks before the candidate filing deadline for the Texas primary, Matthew McConaughey, 52, posted a video on Twitter and Instagram on Nov. 29, 2021, stating that a run for Texas governor is “a path that I’m choosing NOT to take at this moment.”
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in PopWho founded the Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas?
Answer: The 30-year-old Houston native Travis Scott founded the Astroworld Festival in 2018. Get the facts.
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in PoliticsWhat are the 2021 Texas and Mexico abortion laws?
On Sept. 2021, a Texas law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy went into effect the same week Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled to decriminalize abortions.