The top local stories this evening from 四虎影院 News:
A jury sentenced a former Farmers Branch police officer to 10 years in prison for the shooting death of a 16-year-old who had burglarized his SUV. Former officer Ken Johnson Tuesday from the same Dallas County jury that found him guilty of murder and aggravated assault last month.
Other stories this evening:
- While many Americans will be focused on this fall's midterm elections, Mexican nationals living in Texas are keeping an eye on Mexico's presidential election in July. And Mexicans living in North Texas, and across the state, could play a big role in the outcome, according to Dallas Morning News border correspondent Alfredo Corchado. He Texas Standard guest host Laura Rice about the tight presidential race.
- Many American news outlets have framed China's emergence as a global and economic leader as happening overnight. It's what journalist Scott Tong calls the "Instant China" narrative. , he talked with Krys Boyd about learning more about the country's complex history from his own relatives.
- A 2010 Washington University study says kids with college savings accounts are much more likely to go to college than kids without them. 四虎影院鈥檚 Courtney Collins Woody Widrow with the RAISE Texas organization about what families on a tight budget can do to carve out room to save.
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