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CIUDAD JUÁREZ – The deadly fire at a migrant detention center in this border city across El Paso is renewing calls by immigrant advocates to improve asylum processes for those trying to cross from Mexico to the U.S. – and to rethink how migrants are detained in Mexico. At least 39 people died Monday and about two dozen others were …

As defense lawyers await word on whether Dallas police evidence loss is impacting their clients’ murder cases, the county public defender’s office is demanding prosecutors provide answers. Public defender Brad Lollar asked judges to have prosecutors declare on the record whether data was deleted in seven cases he is assigned to, according to court documents. Lollar anticipates defense lawyers in the office will …

Members of the statewide Texas Neighborhood Coalition testified on Wednesday during a public hearing at the State Capitol against two House bills they believe would encourage short-term rentals in neighborhoods. Leaders in the TNC hold that House Bill 2367 and House Bill 2789, what they describe as “anti-neighborhood bills,” would preempt regulation or restriction of short-term rentals in municipalities such …

AUSTIN — For 40 hours a week, Angela Blankenship takes care of Rick Frame, who’s been paralyzed from the neck down since a 1999 motorcycle accident. She helps him eat, bathe and move, allowing the former tool designer to stay in his Arlington home. “I’m able to live my life my own way,” Frame, 59, said. “I’ve heard nothing but …

Dallas police released Wednesday a photo of a note they believe was left behind by a suspect in a 2021 fatal shooting in Rylie. The cryptic note, written in Spanish, roughly translates to: ”Young men with ‘the liras’ do not play.” Police did not share any additional information about the note or a potential suspect. Dallas police shared this cryptic note …

An officer fatally shot a man Monday morning while responding to a burglary call in DeSoto, police said. Shortly after 11:30 a.m., someone who lives in the 300 block of Polk Street called 911 and said an unknown man “brandishing an unknown item” was burglarizing their home. The man accused of the burglary, whom police have identified as Michael Christopher Nunez, …

A Granbury teacher is on administrative leave after leaving a gun unattended in a faculty restroom in early March. No injuries were reported at the high school, named after the district, and security officers secured the weapon, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. The teacher is a school marshal, which is why the educator was armed on campus. District officials did not …

CIUDAD JUÁREZ — More than three dozen migrants have died in a fire that started in a dormitory at an immigration detention center in Ciudad Juárez, just across from El Paso. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the blaze occurred when migrants set fire to mattresses in protest after learning they would be deported, but migrants and immigrant advocates …

Authorities are investigating a “confirmed homicide” related to a shooting in Fort Worth reported Monday evening, according to police. Shortly after 6:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to a possible shooting near the intersection of Martin Street and Miller Avenue in southeastern Fort Worth, according to police. Police have not released many details but said the victim, who has not been identified by …

A bill that would funnel public money to Texas private schools cleared its first major hurdle in the GOP-led Legislature. The Senate education committee on Tuesday approved legislation along party lines to create education savings accounts, which now heads to the full chamber for a vote. The centerpiece of the wide-ranging bill would create a school voucher-like program giving families $8,000, which could be …