Article 60V5W First Thing: at least 46 people found dead in Texas trailer truck

First Thing: at least 46 people found dead in Texas trailer truck

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Further 16 people in hospital after tragedy in San Antonio. Plus, Louisiana judge blocks abortion ban

Good morning.

Forty-six people were found dead and 16 others were taken to hospital after being found inside a tractor-trailer rig yesterday on a remote back road in south-west San Antonio, Texas officials have said.

Has anyone been arrested? Three people were taken into custody but it was unclear if they were connected to human trafficking, McManus said. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have launched a federal investigation into the deaths, with support of local police and the border force.

What else do we know? Here's everything we know about the trailer truck deaths so far.

What's happening in California? California voters will decide in November whether to guarantee the right to an abortion in their state constitution.

What has Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said about the supreme court justices? The congresswoman says Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch lied under oath to Congress about their views on Roe.

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