From The Newsroom: Suspended Irving Teen Speaks, Census Spotlights Health Coverage

四虎影院 | By Courtney Collins

Published September 16, 2015 at 6:44 PM CDT

Irving school and police officials talked with reporters Wednesday afternoon.

The top local stories this evening from the 四虎影院 Newsroom: Ahmed Mohamed spoke at press conference outside his home Wednesday.

He was handcuffed and questioned about bomb-making after bringing a homemade clock to school. Now, the 14-year-old freshman says he might not go back to MacArthur High School. His family also spoke at the press conference.

The U.S. Census reports the biggest drop in the nation's uninsured rate in years. Texas has seen gains in health insurance coverage too, but the state ranks dead last nationwide.

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Courtney Collins

Courtney Collins has been working as a broadcast journalist since graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2004. Before coming to 四虎影院 in 2011, Courtney worked as a reporter for NPR member station WAMU in Washington D.C. While there she covered daily news and reported for the station鈥檚 weekly news magazine, Metro Connection.

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