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A man accused of shooting into the wrong Old East Dallas apartment and killing a 9-year-old girl tampered with his electronic ankle monitor about a week before his upcoming trial and is on the lam, according to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. Tyrese Simmons, 23, was set to stand trial for murder before a Dallas County jury next week …

Dallas’ head of information technology says the city has almost fully restored its system after a ransomware attack four weeks ago. Chief Information Officer Bill Zielinski told The Dallas Morning News that the city estimates being “more than 90% complete” in restoring IT systems and services since the cyberattack. “Following the initial attack on May 3, the city has worked with its cyber …

AUSTIN — Texas’ two top GOP leaders are edging further apart on how to cut property taxes. Could a long summer of sniping, not compromising, lie ahead? Here’s what’s at stake: The state has gobs of extra money and during last fall’s campaign, Gov. Greg Abbott promised a historic amount of property tax relief. But not until near the end …

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed into law a ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, making Texas the most populous state to outlaw such treatment. The law, which contradicts the recommendations of major U.S. medical organizations, goes into effect on Sept. 1. It will require the state to revoke the medical licenses of doctors who provide treatments like puberty …

The man accused in the Deep Ellum bar shooting that left two people dead in March had posted a video of himself on Instagram wearing the same outfit the gunman wore the night of the slayings, Dallas police wrote in an arrest-warrant affidavit. Police said Thursday that investigators determined 25-year-old Tommy Spell, who has been jailed since March 27 on unrelated charges, was …

Authorities sounded the “all clear” after a man called in a bomb threat to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Friday. Uvalde police said the man, who provided a name, called their dispatch line about 10:40 a.m. and said he had placed explosives around the school, where an 18-year-old gunman opened fire May 24, 2022, killing 19 elementary students and two …

Dallas police say a 25-year-old man held in the Dallas County jail since March on unrelated charges has been identified as the suspect in a Deep Ellum bar shooting that left two people dead and one injured. Tommy Spell was arrested March 27 on one count of aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated assault and three counts of deadly conduct, …

A Fort Worth man was sentenced to life in prison by a jury Thursday in Tarrant County for charges related to the death of his infant son, who was 10 weeks old at the time he was beaten to death in 2018. According to Tarrant County authorities, 31-year-old Joseph Matthew Welborn pled guilty to injury to a child causing serious bodily …

AUSTIN — Attorney General Ken Paxton will not be paid while awaiting a Senate impeachment trial, according to the State Comptroller’s Office. Paxton’s $153,750 annual salary is on hold after the GOP-led House impeached him and effectively suspended the third-term Republican from the job. An exact date hasn’t been set, but the Senate will begin a trial on whether to remove Paxton from office …

With summer festivals and gatherings on the horizon, the Centers for Disease Control is raising the alarm for a potential resurfacing of mpox — a virus that disproportionately affected gay and bisexual men last year. “Spring and summer season in 2023 could lead to a resurgence of mpox as people gather for festivals and other events,” the agency wrote in a …