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A person was taken to a hospital after being struck by a DART train Thursday while riding an electric scooter in downtown Dallas. DART police responded shortly before noon to an accident involving an Orange Line train heading southbound and a person on an electric scooter at Olive Street, DART spokesperson Gordon Shattles said. He said the person was in …

The state of Texas filed a lawsuit Tuesday in an effort to shut down a Tarrant County strip club that has been the site of numerous violent crimes in recent years. The public-nuisance lawsuit against Temptations came just two days after the latest deadly shooting at the club and Tarrant County Commissioner Manny Ramirez calling for the club to be closed. The filing, …

AUSTIN — The House has tapped two high-profile lawyers to make the case to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton in a Senate trial this summer. Dick DeGuerin and Rusty Hardin will prosecute the case against Paxton, a third-term Republican impeached for alleged bribery, abuse of office and other misdeeds. The trial, in which the senators will serve as jurors and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick as …

A former Arlington police officer who fatally shot a man as he drove away from a traffic stop in 2018 plead guilty and was given six years of deferred adjudication. Bau Tran, 40, accepted the plea bargain agreement May 26 after pleading guilty to a felony charge of criminal negligent homicide, according to court documents. Tran was placed on deferred adjudication probation …

A nun accused of violating her vow of chastity with a priest has been dismissed from a secluded Arlington monastery, the Fort Worth Catholic diocese announced Thursday. In a statement posted on its website, the diocese said it found the Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach guilty of violating her vow, which the church considers adultery. The announcement comes one day after the diocese said …

A Central Texas school district superintendent was among seven men arrested in an underage sex sting operation in Harris County, authorities said. Michael Stevens, 47, was arrested Thursday on a charge of online solicitation of a minor, Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen said in a social media post. Stevens is the superintendent of Itasca ISD in Hill County, …

Less than four weeks after a shooter killed eight people May 6 at Allen Premium Outlets, hundreds gathered at the mall for its reopening Wednesday to shop, dine and spend time with each other, marking the first full week of summer vacation. After the mass shooting shook mall employees and the community at large, shopping center officials said they plan to ramp up …

Four weeks into Dallas’ ransomware attack, the city’s communications, outreach and marketing director emailed directions to the mayor and City Council on Wednesday to share little to no details about how it’s being handled. Catherine Cuellar told elected leaders and some top administrative officials in an email obtained byto stick to a handful of sentences when asked by residents about the …

WASHINGTON — The House overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan deal Wednesday night to suspend the debt ceiling and avert a looming government default, as Texans from both parties lined up behind what even supporters described as a mixed bag. President Joe Biden has sought to sell the deal to fellow Democrats by emphasizing how it preserves major priorities from his first two …

A suspect has been arrested in a fatal shooting outside of a Fort Worth apartment building in April. Jacoby Roberts, 23, turned himself in Wednesday to the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office bond desk, Fort Worth police said. He was arrested on a capital murder by terror threat charge and remains in custody as of Wednesday evening, court records show. Police …