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TikTok star arrested in Texas after therapist’s body was found murdered and wrapped in a tarp 400 miles away
3 months, 1 week ago

TikTok star arrested in Texas after therapist’s body was found murdered and wrapped in a tarp 400 miles away

The Independent  

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Texas man is exonerated after spending nearly 34 years in prison for wrongful conviction
4 months, 1 week ago

Texas man is exonerated after spending nearly 34 years in prison for wrongful conviction

LA Times  

Benjamin Spencer, who spent 34 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted, has been exonerated in Dallas. A wrongfully convicted Texas man who spent 34 years in prison for a killing in the 1980s was exonerated Thursday, saying that while he couldn’t get those years back, he was happy and moving forward. A Dallas County judge granted a motion by …

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Two dead and eight others injured in horror Arkansas shooting outside Mad Butcher grocery store
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Two dead and eight others injured in horror Arkansas shooting outside Mad Butcher grocery store

Daily Mail  

Two people have been killed and eight others including a police officer have been injured following a shooting outside of a grocery store in Arkansas. Law enforcement agencies responded to the Mad Butcher store in Fordyce on Friday morning to reports of a shooting. Law enforcement agencies responded to the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce on Friday morning to …

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When Texas jails issue tablets, it comes at cost for inmates and families
7 months, 4 weeks ago

When Texas jails issue tablets, it comes at cost for inmates and families

Raw Story  

"When Texas jails issue tablets, it comes at cost for inmates and families" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. In 2021, Bryan Collier, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said that tablets would “fundamentally …

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Bills’ Von Miller calls domestic abuse allegations against him ‘100 percent false’
1 year ago

Bills’ Von Miller calls domestic abuse allegations against him ‘100 percent false’

Associated Press  

Buffalo Bills edge rusher Von Miller on Thursday disputed the allegations that he assaulted his pregnant girlfriend, calling them “100 percent false” and “blown out of proportion.” Addressing the media for the first time since turning himself into police in suburban Dallas on Nov. 30, Miller indicated something happened between him and his girlfriend, but stressed it did not approach …

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Rural Texas Republicans' new ballot-counting plan a 'recipe for disaster': experts
1 year ago

Rural Texas Republicans' new ballot-counting plan a 'recipe for disaster': experts

Raw Story  

This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Bruce Campbell, the Gillespie County Republican Party chair who replaced Saiidi, told Votebeat last week there’s “no effort or willingness” from the party to back out of hand-counting. “We are choosing to not use any electronic devices during the 2024 election year,” …

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In Alabama, tornadoes rattle historic civil rights community
1 year, 11 months ago

In Alabama, tornadoes rattle historic civil rights community

Associated Press  

Zakiya Sankara-Jabar’s cellphone buzzed relentlessly as a deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes throughout the U.S. South laid waste to relatives’ homes and churches across a part of Alabama known as the Black Belt. Many of the civil rights movement’s most important struggles took place in the area, including “Bloody Sunday,” when nearly 58 years ago state troopers and deputized …

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Monkeypox vaccine strategy shift yields more supply for some, hurdles for others
2 years, 4 months ago

Monkeypox vaccine strategy shift yields more supply for some, hurdles for others

CNN  

CNN — Most places in the United States with heavy monkeypox caseloads have shifted their vaccination strategies to the Biden administration’s low-dose, intradermal approach – and they are reporting varying results so far. When asked “Has your jurisdiction implemented the intradermal vaccination strategy?,” 74% of survey respondents reported yes, 3% no, and 24% reported “partially.” So far, the US Department …

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Heavy rain floods streets across Dallas-Fort Worth area
2 years, 4 months ago

Heavy rain floods streets across Dallas-Fort Worth area

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Heavy rains across the drought-stricken Dallas-Fort Worth area on Monday caused streets to flood, submerging vehicles as officials warned motorists to stay off the roads and water seeped into some homes and businesses. “The Dallas-Fort Worth area was pretty much ground zero for the heaviest rain overnight,” said Daniel Huckaby, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The …

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Understanding citizens’ reluctance to pay taxes
2 years, 9 months ago

Understanding citizens’ reluctance to pay taxes

The Hindu  

‘Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? THE GIST In this research project, a team of four researchers studied well over 2,000 households in Dallas County, USA, to gauge how their willingness to pay property taxes changes with new information on how their tax money is spent by the government. Tax morale effects of perceived government spending,” a team of four …

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Voter turnout sagging in troubled voting rights hub of Selma
2 years, 10 months ago

Voter turnout sagging in troubled voting rights hub of Selma

Associated Press  

SELMA, Ala. — Fewer and fewer people are voting in Selma, Alabama. They lament that almost six decades after Black demonstrators on the city’s Edmond Pettus Bridge risked their lives for the right to cast ballots, voting in predominantly Black Selma and surrounding Dallas County has steadily declined. “You would think that Selma and Dallas County, we, of all places, …

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Voter turnout sagging in troubled voting rights hub of Selma
2 years, 10 months ago

Voter turnout sagging in troubled voting rights hub of Selma

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They lament that almost six decades after Black …

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Lawsuits: Dallas man charged in killings had more victims
3 years, 1 month ago

Lawsuits: Dallas man charged in killings had more victims

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Lawsuits allege a Dallas man already charged in the deaths of 12 elderly women also killed six other elderly people, which would bring the victim total to 18. The six lawsuits filed Tuesday in Dallas County accuse The Tradition-Prestonwood, an independent living facility in Dallas, of failing to keep residents safe and hiding suspicious circumstances surrounding deaths. The …

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Defiance of Texas ban on mask mandates continues to grow
3 years, 4 months ago

Defiance of Texas ban on mask mandates continues to grow

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — Defiance of Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates continued Wednesday as more Texas school districts and communities announced plans to require students to wear face coverings and another county scored a legal victory in its efforts to issue such mandates amid a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations throughout the state. Late Wednesday, officials in Fort Bend County, located …

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Dallas County judge asks for temporary restraining order against governor’s mask mandate ban
3 years, 5 months ago

Dallas County judge asks for temporary restraining order against governor’s mask mandate ban

CNN  

CNN — Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins asked a Texas court Monday for a temporary restraining order seeking to hold portions of Gov. Greg Abbott’s July executive order involving mask mandates “unenforceable,” according to a statement from the judge’s office. The governor also didn’t comment to CNN about the Dallas Independent School District’s decision to temporarily require staff, students and …

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Convictions of violent cops who kill Black people prove elusive. Dallas is becoming an exception
4 years, 6 months ago

Convictions of violent cops who kill Black people prove elusive. Dallas is becoming an exception

LA Times  

Two bailiffs stood before a massive Texas flag, clutching their duty belts, as the judge glimpsed over at the cop charged with killing 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, a Black high school student. “We the jury,” the judge said, reading the verdict in the murder case of Roy Oliver, a police officer in a suburb east of Dallas, “unanimously find the defendant …

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In Large Texas Cities, Access To Coronavirus Testing May Depend On Where You Live
4 years, 7 months ago

In Large Texas Cities, Access To Coronavirus Testing May Depend On Where You Live

NPR  

In Large Texas Cities, Access To Coronavirus Testing May Depend On Where You Live Enlarge this image toggle caption Dan Tian/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Dan Tian/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images As COVID-19 continues to spread across the country, state and local health officials rush to try to detect and contain outbreaks before they get out of control. To determine where permanent …

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Dallas salon owner jailed for defying virus shutdown order
4 years, 8 months ago

Dallas salon owner jailed for defying virus shutdown order

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Texas’ Republican governor and top law enforcement officer on Wednesday came to the defense of a Dallas hair salon owner who was jailed for keeping her business open in defiance of the governor’s restrictions meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus. “If you think the law is more important than kids getting fed, then please go ahead …

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Texas hair salon owner jailed for defying coronavirus shutdown
4 years, 8 months ago

Texas hair salon owner jailed for defying coronavirus shutdown

Al Jazeera  

Shelley Luther was issued a citation for keeping open her Dallas salon despite directives to close. The attorney general of the state of Texas, Ken Paxton, on Wednesday described as “outrageous” a judge’s order that the owner of a hair salon spend a week in jail after she continued to operate her business despite restrictions put in place because of …

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Counselor at Texas prison tests positive for COVID-19
4 years, 9 months ago

Counselor at Texas prison tests positive for COVID-19

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Texas — A counselor who works in a Texas prison has tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first time the disease caused by the novel coronavirus has been reported in the country’s largest prison system. Meanwhile, San Antonio-area officials reported their first COVID-19-related death and Dallas County health officials reported that county’s third and fourth deaths from the virus. …

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Diversity of jury seen as key factor in officer’s conviction
5 years, 3 months ago

Diversity of jury seen as key factor in officer’s conviction

Associated Press  

The questioning dragged on all day and into the evening as lawyers queried hundreds of prospective jurors for potential bias in the trial of Amber Guyger, the white Dallas police officer who fatally shot a black neighbor in his own living room. “Nothing makes those biases disappear when we enter a jury room.” Guyger’s attorneys tried unsuccessfully to get the …

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The Latest: Ex-Dallas officer jailed while awaiting sentence
5 years, 3 months ago

The Latest: Ex-Dallas officer jailed while awaiting sentence

Associated Press  

DALLAS — The Latest on the trial of a former Dallas police officer convicted of murder in the shooting death of her neighbor inside his apartment : 8:45 p.m. A white former Dallas police officer has been jailed pending sentencing for the shooting death of her black unarmed neighbor. ___ 5:15 p.m. Testimony has concluded for the day in the …

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Lawyers: Move trial for ex-cop charged in neighbor’s death
5 years, 6 months ago

Lawyers: Move trial for ex-cop charged in neighbor’s death

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Lawyers for a former Dallas police officer accused of fatally shooting a neighbor in his own apartment are asking that her murder trial be moved. Her lawyers said in a Monday court filing that “prejudicial” media coverage and public officials’ actions have made it impossible for the 30-year-old to get a fair trial in Dallas County. They also …

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