North Texas (DFW) News, Events, and Information
Saturday’s killing of a Fort Worth woman at the hands of a cop was followed by the usual selective shaping of the narrative by law enforcement.
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Last September, law enforcement officers were confounded by a murderer targeting prostitutes along the border. As the investigation intensified, they discovered that the killer had been hiding in plain sight.
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The lieutenant governor’s pledge to “take an arrow” from the NRA is a surprise, but the move is not as politically risky as it looks.
The post Dan Patrick Is a Sworn Enemy of Gun Control, So Why Is He Proposing Background Checks Now? appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Of the four major mass shooting suspects in Texas in recent years, the only one who it would impact is the man who wants to die as soon as possible.
The post The Governor Wants “Expedited Executions” For Mass Shooters. But Who Would That Deter? appeared first on Texas Monthly.
What politicians like Matt Schaefer are really saying is that no number of victims is worth the discomfort of a fairly small number of gun owners.
The post Video Games and Godless Hearts: The Texas Gun Debate Is at a Depressing Dead End appeared first on Texas Monthly.
A non-profit compiled racist, sexist, and xenophobic social media posts from police in Dallas and Denison.
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After Josefina De León’s daughter went missing in the Mexican State of Tamaulipas in 2012, she was determined to find her. Seven years later, she hasn’t given up.
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He called himself the Tiger King and plastered his face on highway billboards in Texas and Oklahoma. He bred big cats, bears, baboons, and more. He lived, with a parade of partners, on the grounds of his private zoo. He threatened a rival with murder—repeatedly, on YouTube—and tried to hire a hit man to do the deed.
The post Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild appeared first on Texas Monthly.
”Armed only with a mean face,” former sailor and soldier Oscar Stewart became a hero.
The post The Best Thing in Texas: A San Antonio Native Stopped the San Diego Synagogue Shooting appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Dallas news station WFAA has the footage.
The post Sandra Bland Made Her Own Recording of the Traffic Stop that Led to Her Death appeared first on Texas Monthly.
More than 100 of the company’s 400 cars in Chicago were stolen via its own app.
The post Thefts of Austin-Based Car2Go Rentals Show the Vulnerability of Our App-Based Lifestyles appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Bob Ruff is working on his fifth Texas case in fewer than four years, this time hoping to prove the innocence of Sandra Melgar in the killing of her husband, Jaime Melgar.
The post ‘Truth & Justice’ Podcast Offers $20,000 Reward for Info in Controversial Houston Murder Case appeared first on Texas Monthly.
New insights about Redrick “Red” Batiste emerge after his accomplices are found guilty.
The post What Drove Houston’s Armored Car Robber to Cold-Blooded Crime? appeared first on Texas Monthly.
The potential legislation would be an example of law’s “expressive” power, potentially curbing behavior regardless of how many creeps are prosecuted.
The post Texas May Outlaw Unsolicited Sexual Images. Would That Be Enforceable—and Does It Even Matter? appeared first on Texas Monthly.
A heroic pet was shot and died protecting his family in Houston, proving once more that dogs are the best of all of us.
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A nonprofit that was allegedly used to funnel bribes allowing rich parents to fraudulently get their kids accepted to elite universities had earmarked more than $500,000 in “donations” to the University of Texas-Austin from 2015 to 2016, according to the …
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UT-Austin’s tennis coach and an exam administrator in Houston are facing federal charges.
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Driving through a dangerous curve in Tyler, James Fulton crossed into oncoming traffic and killed a young woman. He wasn’t drunk, and the cops said the crash was an accident. But the Smith County DA saw it differently.
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