‘She’s going to have the baby’: Mom says pregnant 11-year-old victim won’t have an abortion
After a man was arrested on suspicion of impregnating an 11-year-old girl, the victim’s mom says her daughter’s baby is innocent.
Dallas security guard indicted on murder charge in woman’s death outside a nightclub
Daniel Robert Taylor, 59, was indicted this week in the death of Shniquia Simington on March 11, 2018, at the Kings Cabaret.
Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild
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.
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The Best Thing in Texas: A San Antonio Native Stopped the San Diego Synagogue Shooting
”Armed only with a mean face,” former sailor and soldier Oscar Stewart became a hero.
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Sandra Bland Made Her Own Recording of the Traffic Stop that Led to Her Death
Dallas news station WFAA has the footage.
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Thefts of Austin-Based Car2Go Rentals Show the Vulnerability of Our App-Based Lifestyles
More than 100 of the company’s 400 cars in Chicago were stolen via its own app.
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‘Truth & Justice’ Podcast Offers $20,000 Reward for Info in Controversial Houston Murder Case
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.
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What Drove Houston’s Armored Car Robber to Cold-Blooded Crime?
New insights about Redrick “Red” Batiste emerge after his accomplices are found guilty.
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Texas May Outlaw Unsolicited Sexual Images. Would That Be Enforceable—and Does It Even Matter?
The potential legislation would be an example of law’s “expressive” power, potentially curbing behavior regardless of how many creeps are prosecuted.
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The Tragic Tale of Zero the Hero Dog
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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UT Has No Records Matching $500,000 “Donated” by Nonprofit Implicated in Bribery Scheme
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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The College Admissions Bribery Scandal Has Some Texas Connections
UT-Austin’s tennis coach and an exam administrator in Houston are facing federal charges.
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When Does an Accident Become a Crime?
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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