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After a roughly 20-minute hearing, Judge Austin Reeve Jackson rejected arguments by Roberson's attorney that his execution should be further delayed because of a pending appeal to the state's highest criminal court.
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The Denton Police Department arrested a Krum man on a murder charge Monday for allegedly selling fentanyl that killed a man in December.
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State District Judge Amber Givens was admonished and reprimanded by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for complaints filed several years ago.
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Dallas and the Texas Attorney General's office jointly asked a court to issue a temporary injunction blocking a voter-approved measure decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana.
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The Texas Department of Public Safety now says five people, not six, were killed in Saturday’s multi-vehicle crash on I-20 near Terrell. The update issued Tuesday corrects an earlier report attributing the discrepancy to a clerical error made by hospital staff during the initial response.
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Six-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez was last seen alive in October 2022. His mother was indicted for capital murder a year later and suspected of fleeing the country.
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Spencer Swearnger died at Parkland Hospital in November 2023 after he allegedly drank excessive amounts of toilet water in his jail cell. It was the third water intoxication death at the jail.
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Three 18-wheelers and four cars were involved in the crash when a driver fell asleep and crashed into multiple vehicles.
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A North Texas man charged with capital murder after slipping mifepristone into his girlfriend’s food signals another attempt to rein in abortion pills.
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The city council approved a $250,000 settlement with the family of Andre Craig, 57, who was killed when a Fort Worth police officer ran a red light and hit him while pursuing a stolen car.
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Cameron Turner, 23, pleaded guilty to unlawfully carrying a weapon in a prohibited place just before jurors would be selected in his trial Monday.
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The Miami-Dade County jail began reducing inmate populations more than a decade ago by changing how it processes mental health-related offenses.
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Carolyn "Carolina" Rodriguez shouted and swore at a meeting in January. A jury ruled she was criminally disruptive.
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A private Bible college in Dallas is speaking out after learning that Vance Luther Boelter — the 57-year-old man accused in a series of politically-motivated shootings in Minnesota — briefly attended their program over two decades ago.