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Two separate investigations will review Child Protective Services’ handling of a Dallas toddler’s case after the child was found dead Thursday in a landfill, a day after his aunt and caregiver reported him missing. Police believe they found 18-month-old Cedrick Jackson’s remains Thursday morning in a landfill on the Garland-Rowlett line. The Dallas County medical examiner had yet to positively …

A bystander was killed in the crossfire and a second man was wounded as two groups exchanged gunfire in downtown Dallas on Friday evening. Dozens of officers were called to Elm and North Griffin streets, near the Crowne Plaza hotel, just after 6:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found one man dead and a second man who had been wounded by gunfire. …

A Fort Worth man was arrested after police say he took a picture under a woman’s skirt on an escalator at the Hulen Mall on Thursday night. Weldon R. Howard (Fort Worth Police Department) Police were called to a report of a disturbance at the mall in the 4800 block of Overton Ridge Boulevard just before 8:45 p.m. The woman told …

Members of a family were severely burned Thursday night when a road-rage shooting ignited fireworks inside their pickup in Houston. Two children, ages 1 and 2, were in critical condition after the 9 p.m. attack at a convenience store in the 1800 block of West Mount Houston Road, in northwest Houston. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said a dispute between …

Joe Landers turned his lifelong love for horses into a lucrative business, first by breeding them on his Texas ranch and then running a pharmacy catering to their race performance needs. But it was the Weatherford man’s love of money, federal authorities say, that made him part of a growing problem in the horse racing industry that is putting profits …

Garland police are looking for a man who robbed a gas station at gunpoint last month. Police say this man robbed a Garland Texaco on June 21. (Garland Police Department) Police released surveillance footage Friday showing the man walking into the Texaco Food Mart in the 700 block of West Walnut Street, near Glenbrook Drive, around 7:30 p.m. June 21. The …

Dozens of Dallas police officers on Friday received letters notifying them they’re under internal investigations for their social-media posts. The announcement comes about a month after researchers with The Plain View Project published a database of years of public Facebook posts from eight departments that the database’s creators said “could undermine public trust and confidence in police.” The posts included …

West Virginia coal executive Chris Cline and six others died Thursday after a helicopter carrying the seven Americans to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, crashed off Grand Cay island in the Bahamas. Cline’s attorney Brian Glasser told to NBC News that one of Cline’s daughters, the helicopter’s pilot and friends of Cline were also among those killed. A statement from the Royal …

A sheriff says a brother fatally shot his sister and wounded three others before killing himself at a housewarming party in Southeast Texas. The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to a home at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. The woman was dead, while the suspect later died at a hospital. Two other women and a man who …

Someone shot fireworks at a Dallas police squad car, shattering the driver’s side window and sending glass flying at the two officers inside, police say. It happened at about 10:45 Thursday night at the Volara Apartments located at 3550 East Overton Road. According to police, a group of people at the complex were upset at the officers’ presence. Someone in …