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After Beto O’Rourke came close to beating Ted Cruz in their thrilling 2018 Senate contest, Texas Democrats hoped they could use that momentum to oust John Cornyn in 2020. But less than four months from the March primary, the Democratic race for Senate is a sleepy affair, with the major candidates struggling to find traction with voters, spark energy in …

A man was shot in far northeast Dallas after being accosted by two robbers Friday night, police said. An image from the scene from video footage captured by Metro Video Dallas/Fort Worth.(Metro Video Dallas/Fort Worth) Officers were called about 10 p.m. to the 10000 block of Walnut Street, where they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound. He was …

Police in Pilot Point arrested a man after finding bombs in his car and a booby trap in his home rigged to harm anyone who entered the front door. Ruendi Sanchez Juarez is being held on $15,000 bail.(Denton County Jail) Ruendi Sanchez Juarez, 28, was arrested Friday on a charge of possessing prohibited weapons, namely an improvised explosive device, authorities …

A police officer at Parkland Health & Hospital System was arrested Sunday on several felony charges, including a sexual assault charge. Keivon Gamble, 28, was booked into the Dallas County jail on the rape charge, as well as two counts of assault. He was released Wednesday after posting a total $55,000 bond, jail records show. Dallas County Hospital District Police …

Supporters of Daniela Calderon-Rivera, the Dallas transgender woman who was shot multiple times at a bus stop in September, are demanding more action from authorities to bring her attacker to justice. At a rally in front of the Frank Crowley Courts Building on Thursday evening, Calderon-Rivera addressed the crowd, saying she is still suffering from the attack, battling depression and …

Two teenagers arrested in a deadly shooting at a Plano Airbnb were among several party- crashers who were asked to leave because they were suspected of shooting up a previous party, police said. Christian Treyshun Hill, 18, of Princeton turned himself in Thursday night, and Kemond Smith, 17, of Forney was taken into custody Monday, Plano police said. They were …

A 30-year-old man died Thursday night after a fight along LBJ Freeway, and Dallas police are searching for a suspect. Officers found Jonathan Nchekwube lying in the freeway near Royal Lane at about 6 p.m., police said. He later died at a hospital. There was no information about what the fight was about, and his cause of death was not …

A Dallas police officer was arrested early Friday morning on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Officer Jordan Brown, 31, was booked into the Dallas County jail just before 4:30 a.m., records show. His bail had yet to be set. The details of what led to his arrest were not released. Brown has been with the Dallas police since May …

A woman from Grand Prairie was arrested by the Secret Service on Thursday morning after she tried to drive into the White House grounds, authorities said. Joy Ihuoma Utokanandu, 42, was stopped shortly after she attempted to follow another vehicle past a checkpoint into the complex, the U.S. Secret Service said. Several surrounding streets were closed while D.C. police and …

A Red Oak man was sentenced to 80 years in prison for raping a teenage girl repeatedly after getting her drunk. Eric Shane Harris, 36, was convicted Thursday in an Ellis County courtroom on four counts of sexual assault of a child, according to the district attorney’s office. Erik Shane Harris(Ellis County Jail) Harris was sentenced to 20 years in …