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Reassurance is coming from Dallas Police Department. They say they’re doing what they can to protect members of the LGBTQ community. They’re investigating several recent attacks on transgender women, in addition to the murder of Muhlaysia Booker last weekend. A town hall meeting Thursday night was planned long before Booker’s death but it definitely helped shape the conversation. The evening …

AUSTIN — A federal judge in Texas has said victims of the 2017 church massacre in Sutherland Springs can continue their lawsuit against the U.S. government for its role in the shooting. U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez’s Thursday ruling is a huge victory for the nine families in the case, which allows them to put federal authorities on trial for alleged negligence. Rodriguez dismissed the government’s motion to throw out …

Kaden Brown didn’t want to go to the Resource Center alone Thursday. As a black, transgender woman, she always fears attending public events. Now, after Muhlaysia Booker’s death, she’s even more worried. “But you have to show up. If we aren’t here, we are going to continue to attend vigils,” said Brown, who brought her boyfriend along to make her …

Two men face up to life in prison after pleading guilty this month to trafficking charges in connection with a human-trafficking ring operating in Fort Worth and Northlake, federal officials say. Joshua Glaze, 30, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to commit sex trafficking through force, fraud or coercion. Faizal Sabar, 34, pleaded guilty to the same charge May 13, according to …

Dallas is better than this Re: “Trans woman found slain — Victim of last month’s video-recorded beating fatally shot on street,” Monday Metro & State story. My heart is heavy as I find myself asking, once again, “What kind of a world are we living in?” Within the past few days, three of my transgendered siblings, all women of color, have …

Carrollton police led a 41-year-old man away in handcuffs Tuesday night after a seven-hour standoff at a residential complex. Police were called to the Rosemeade Townhomes in the 1100 block of East Branch Hollow on a tip that a man wanted on a parole violation was there with a motorcycle that had allegedly been stolen, KTVT-TV (Channel 11) reported. The man, Marvin James Jr., punched …

A man suspected of kidnapping a child he met on Snapchat was arrested Tuesday after the girl ran into a restaurant and asked for help, Azle police say. Diamond Marquis Williams (Tarrant County Jail) About 9:30 a.m., the man accused of taking the girl went into a pawn shop on Boyd Road, near Jacksboro Highway, and left her unattended in …

Salem was found with Michael Webb early Sunday morning. Editor’s note: Due to the horrifying nature of this crime and the fact that the victim is a minor, WFAA will no longer show Salem Sabatka’s picture. Less than 24 hours after she was kidnapped from her mother while taking a walk in their Fort Worth neighborhood, 8-year-old Salem Sabatka is back …

An 8-year-old girl is safe after she was kidnapped while on a walk with her mother Saturday evening in Fort Worth, police say. Fort Worth police tweeted at about 2:27 a.m. Sunday that they had located Salem Sabatka and that the suspect, later identified as 51-year-old Michael Webb, was in custody. Webb now faces a felony charge of aggravated kidnapping. Photo …

Fort Worth leaders and residents Sunday embraced a good Samaritan credited with leading police to a kidnapping victim and the man accused of snatching her from her mother’s arms. Jeff King is a care admissions pastor at Bear Creek Bible Church. King received a hero’s welcome in Fort Worth on Sunday evening. “I feel like God allowed me to be a …