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By: Raja Zahid A Khanazada  Dallas:Muslim Democratic Caucus of Texas hosted its seventeenth annual iftar dinner which was attended by many community leaders and more than twenty elected and party officials. The event organizers expressed their solidarity with Democratic Party. The Caucus leadership talking on Ramadan and fasting said that Islam’s essential and central message is peace. They said that …

Dallas Police said they have arrested a man after two people were found shot and killed at an apartment unit Friday morning. Officers responded about 3 a.m. to the 7400 block of East Grand Road. A male and female, identified as 31-year-old Fredi Mercado and 34-year-old Urania De Jesus, were found dead from gunshot wounds, police said. Friday afternoon, officers …

Former Texas Christian University quarterback Trevone Boykin has been arrested in connection to charges from 2018. The charges originate from an aggravated assault charge when Boykin allegedly attacked his girlfriend and broke her jaw at his home in March of 2018. Boykin denies the allegations. He was booked into the Tarrant County Jail Friday night with a bond of $60,000. …

A judge has vacated the federal death sentence for an Arkansas man convicted of killing a 16-year-old Texas girl in 1994, concluding the inmate can’t be put to death because he’s intellectually disabled. Attorneys for Bruce Carneil Webster had challenged his death sentence based on what they argued was previously unavailable evidence that showed medical professionals had determined before his …

A man was killed and another was seriously injured in a barrage of gunfire Thursday near Aldine. Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called out after a 911 caller heard several gunshots in the 5700 block of Easthampton Drive. When those deputies arrived, they found a man dead in the driver’s seat of Jeep Liberty, according to HCSO Homicide Lt. …

DALLAS (AP) — As Kiersten Smith watched an episode of “Grey’s Anatomy,” her fiance prepared a lazy Sunday lunch of grilled cheese and tomato soup. Just feet away, Eric Ridenhour said they were chatting when a crane crashed into their downtown Dallas apartment complex. “I had zero vision but I could feel the air in front of me when I …

Dallas police are recommending a murder charge against a Farmers Branch officer who fatally shot a man driving a stolen pickup last week. Juan “Johnny” Moreno Jr., 35, was killed June 12 after a Farmers Branch police officer opened fire when Moreno attempted to flee police in northwest Dallas. Because the shooting happened within the city of Dallas, officers with …

Two men have been charged with murder in the death of a 19-year-old man who crashed into a concrete pillar after being shot at in April in Lake Highlands. Orlin Steven Bonegos, 18, and Jose Henry Machado, 20, were arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service North Texas Fugitive Task Force and Dallas police in connection with the death of Ruben …

A Sacramento police officer is dead after being shot while responding to a domestic disturbance call Wednesday, police said. Officer Tara O’Sullivan, 26, was shot by a rifleman who blasted away at officers trying to rescue her, police said. 10-Year-Old Girl Becomes Youngest to Climb Yosemite’s El Capitan “This is not fair and it is not right,” said Sacramento mayor Darrell …

Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was shot in the back by a gunman who mistook him for the real target, another man who was seated at the same table at an outdoor cafe, Dominican officials said Wednesday. The Dominican Republic’s attorney general and national police director told reporters that the attempted murder was ordered from the United States by …