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A man was found dead on a road in Fort Worth on Friday, police said. Police responded about 11 a.m. to a shooting call in the 3600 block of Reed Street, in southeast Fort Worth. Officers found a man lying in the road with “apparent injuries,” police said. His identity was not released, and the cause of his death has …

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton cautioned the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas to remain vigilant about election fraud, and touted his record on taking the Biden Administration to court. Paxton was a player in former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Paxton’s long-shot lawsuit to nullify 10.4 million votes was roundly rejected …

WASHINGTON — Democrats are on the cusp of passing the most significant climate legislation in history, but the final product is a far cry from where they started. The latest version of the so-called “budget reconciliation” package features hundreds of billions of dollars for climate and energy, including incentives to boost renewable energy production and the adoption of electric vehicles. It includes …

A 35-year-old man will spend the rest to his life in prison after a jury convicted him in the 2017 slaying of his girlfriend in Fort Worth. Q’Juan Tiakei Holmes, 35, was found guilty of capital murder Friday in the death of 41-year-old Angela Gagne, a mother of five. He was automatically sentenced to life without the possibility of parole because …

Dallas police have identified a second suspect in a slaying that left a man and woman dead and two young children unattended at their home for several days. Authorities said Friday that Infant Johnson, 23, fatally shot Jimena Nunez Sandoval, 24, and David Stewart, 27, at their northeast Dallas apartment in late June. Police have already arrested another man on a capital …

WASHINGTON — The federal government declared a public health emergency Thursday to bolster the response to the monkeypox outbreak that has infected more than 6,600 Americans. The announcement will free up money and other resources to fight the virus, which may cause fever, body aches, chills, fatigue and pimple-like bumps on many parts of the body. “We are prepared to take our …

WASHINGTON — News of Houston native Brittney Griner’s conviction and sentencing on drug charges in Russia drew mixed reactions from Texas politicians Thursday. Democrats and some Republicans expressed deep disappointment and vowed to keep fighting for her release. But some in the GOP expressed continued concerns about Griner stemming from her stance on the national anthem in 2020. After the U.S. Olympic …

AUSTIN — A Texas jury on Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, marking the first time the Infowars host has been held financially liable for repeatedly claiming the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history …

Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick called for unity in the Republican Party in wake of contested primaries as he spoke on the opening day of a major conservative gathering in Dallas. Patrick spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday afternoon, focusing on faith and telling the crowd it’s time for the GOP to build a united front to take …

Frequently employing war-like rhetoric, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday told a crowd of conservatives in Dallas that the future of “Western civilization” is in peril — attacking progressives while imploring right-wing Americans and Hungarians to “know how to fight.” “The West is at war with itself,” Orbán said on Thursday, opening the three-day Conservative Political Action Conference. “We have seen …