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UVALDE, Tx. — Both parents and the grandma of the Texas school shooter Salvador Ramos had criminal records, including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and trying to pass off a fake check, The Post has learned.

The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa tour, which will pair a hologram of the late iconic musician with a band featuring some of his former collaborators, has announced the initial North American dates of the outing, which will kick off on April 19 at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY. The tour, whose East Coast stint will also feature stops in Boston, Albany, Baltimore and more, will offer a performance based on the audio from a batch of performances Zappa played at a Los Angeles rehearsal space in 1974. Included in the touring band will be guitarists Ray White...

Democrat Ophelia Ford squeaked past her Republican opposition Thursday to win election to the state Senate post formerly held by her bother. Unofficial returns from the Shelby County Election Commission had Ford with 4,332 votes to 4,320 votes for Milling ton businessman Terry Roland, a difference of 12 votes. In early voting, Roland had 1,195 votes to Ford’s 771 votes. John Ford, Ophelia’s brother, had held the seat for 31 years before resigning in May to face federal bribery charges.

DELANO -- Teresa Heinz Kerry promised Tuesday that her husband, if elected president, would work to establish universal health care for children and create an "earned legalization" program for immigrants. The wife of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, considered the front-runner in the Democratic presidential primary, spoke Tuesday night at the United Farm Workers' Forty Acres compound in Delano. Her appearance was part of the couple's campaign through the state in advance of the March 2 primary vote. Kerry, 65, took care to highlight differences between her husband's politics and those of President Bush -- especially in regard to immigrants and...