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A man was fatally shot during an argument at a Fort Worth bar Saturday, police said. Officers were called about 9:30 p.m. to the La Botica bar in the 3700 block of Hemphill Street, near I-35W and West Biddinson Street, where they found the wounded man on the floor. The victim, whose name was not released, was taken to a …

A woman was arrested Saturday in Louisiana in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man in Arlington earlier this month, police said. Leah Franklin, 31, faces a murder charge in the Jan. 11 death of Antonio Daniel Merle. Leah Franklin, 31, faces a murder charge in connection with the death of Antonio Merle, police said.(Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office) Merle …

AUSTIN — President Donald Trump took a victory lap for recent wins on international trade deals in front of a group of farmers at the annual American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Austin on Sunday. The thousands of farmers who attended Trump’s keynote address were enthusiastic about the president’s policies but appeared less so about his attacks on political opponents, …

Thousands of people marched Sunday through downtown Dallas, celebrating a century of women’s political power to bring change and calling for more — more political power and more change. The city’s Women’s March, one of many this weekend across the nation, honored the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment as it rallied people to prepare for Election Day. With primaries …

Early last year a high-level official who helped Beto O’Rourke weigh whether to get into the presidential election examined the field and came up with the following conclusion: “If all Beto has to do is get by Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, I like his chances.” At the time O’Rourke, the former congressman from El Paso, was running third in …

WASHINGTON – The Navy plans to name its newest supercarrier for World War II icon Doris “Dorie” Miller, the mess attendant from Waco who became a surprise hero of Pearl Harbor when he manned a machine gun that he and other black sailors had been excluded from using. Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly will announce the honor Monday — Martin …

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s legal team issued a fiery response ahead of opening arguments in his impeachment trial Saturday while House Democrats laid out their case in forceful fashion, saying the president had “abandoned his oath“ and betrayed the public trust. The dueling statements previewed arguments both sides intend to make once Trump’s impeachment trial begins in earnest on …

AUSTIN — The fight for control of the Texas House is on, and North Texas will be the major battleground. With Democrats nine seats away from a majority, the first campaign finance reports of 2020 filed last week clearly showed where the most competitive races are, the strongest fundraisers and who needs additional help. Nine of the top 20 fundraisers …

Two men were injured in a pair of unrelated shootings between Friday night and Saturday morning, Dallas police said. One of the shootings happened around 3 a.m. Saturday in the 10000 block of Royal Lane, police said. When officers arrived, they found a man shot in the shoulder area. According to police, the suspect, who is still at large, provided …

A 15-year-old boy arrested in connection with the shooting of an 18-year-old man at a high school basketball last week faces a murder charge after the victim died Saturday, Dallas police said. Marc Strickland died about 3 p.m., police said. According to a report by KDFW-TV (Channel 4), he died shortly after being removed from life support. Strickland was shot during …