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MIAMI — The United States freed a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in exchange for the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the South American country and the return of a fugitive defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who is at the center of a massive Pentagon bribery scandal, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. The American detainees were …

A man died at a hospital Wednesday after he was found shot in Uptown Dallas, police said. Dallas police officers responded around 5 p.m. to a shooting call in the 2200 block of McKinney Avenue, near North Pearl Street, where they found a man shot on the sidewalk. The man, who was not identified, was taken to a hospital, where …

Wednesday will be our last completely dry day for awhile. A series of storm systems will move across Texas Thursday through Sunday bringing waves of showers and perhaps even occasional thunderstorms. Potential rainfall during that time will range from an inch to as much as three inches. Of course it won’t rain constantly as there will be several hours each …

Candy that sent eight Granbury children to the hospital this month has tested negative for drugs, police say. Blood tests of the students also showed no evidence of drugs, police Chief Mitch Galvan said in a news release Tuesday. “It is not known what caused the reported issues with the students, but the testing indicates that it was not caused by any …

MCALLEN — El Paso County and a group of immigration rights groups led by the ACLU of Texas sued the state on Tuesday, challenging a sweeping and controversial immigration law that allows for state and local police to arrest undocumented migrants. The lawsuit comes a day after Gov. Greg Abbott signed the law and hours after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the …

WASHINGTON – It’s been six months since the death of Dallas mail carrier Eugene Gates Jr., who collapsed on the job during a heat wave, but his widow, Carla Gates, still can’t bear to part with his clothes or change anything around their house. “It’s devastating to lose your loved one that way,” she said. “Your life will never be the …

Texas will authorize state and local police to arrest migrants believed to be in the state illegally and granting state judges the power to order them to return to Mexico under a law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday. El Paso County and a group of immigration rights groups led by the ACLU of Texas sued the state on …

The state should loosen its oversight of DeSoto schools, the person appointed to intervene in the embattled school district said. AJ Crabill — who was brought in by the Texas Education Agency to help turn DeSoto ISD around after financial mismanagement and poor governance — said at this week’s school board meeting that the district is ready for him to step …

A 25-year-old man was arrested Monday in western Tennessee in connection with a fatal shooting last week in a Rylie business, Dallas police said. The U.S. Marshals arrested Kemone Rudd in Ripley, Tenn., on a murder charge. Police said Rudd is being held in Lauderdale County jail and is awaiting extradition. Officers responded about 5:40 p.m. Dec. 14 to the 2500 …

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race. The decision …