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New federal grants aim to help officers de-escalate situations while responding to calls through reality-based scenarios that focus on how to prevent the use of force and direct people in need to mental health services or other social programs. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, joined Dallas leaders Wednesday to praise the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act, which authorizes $124 million …

Everybody in Dallas has a hot take on the topic of parking. The small business owner who can’t open because his site doesn’t have sufficient city-required spots. The developer who had to shave off part of his charming building to make the numbers work. The office worker who is unable to find a spot he can squeeze into because the parking-garage …

On Sept. 25, Tua Tagovailoa banged his head on the turf after being knocked to the ground in a game against the Buffalo Bills. Stumbling to his feet, the Miami Dolphins quarterback was evaluated for a concussion but returned to the field for the second half. Tagovailoa was carried off his next game Sept. 29 on a stretcher, hospitalized with …

A man was arrested Tuesday after he shot and killed another man earlier in the day in South Dallas. Bradley Eakin, 27, faces a murder charge and is being held at the Dallas County Jail on a $1 million bond, records show. It was unclear whether he had an attorney. Officers responded to the 2400 block of Coombs Street, near South Cesar …

In November, the research company OpenAI released a bot called ChatGPT. The bot has since gone viral, and has been used to write code, poetry and even an architectural review of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. ChatGPT composes everything from one-word responses to entire essays. But how does it actually work, and could its written responses replace human creations and …

Texas restaurateur Paul Mangiamele has been cooking up a comeback for iconic Dallas chain Steak and Ale for nearly a decade. Plans are finally in place to bring the family-friendly prime rib restaurant back to Dallas-Fort Worth. The first reimagined Steak and Ale in Texas will be in Grand Prairie, just off of Interstate 30, Mangiamele says. It won’t be the first …

A powerful storm system is bearing down on North Texas this Wednesday morning. Brief showers and thunderstorms will roll through with a threat for damaging winds and hail early this morning. The line of storms will quickly depart to the east by mid-morning. Strong winds are expected to remain in the wake of the departing rain chances. Winds will gust …

SAN MIGUEL de ALLENDE, Mexico — Nearly 20 years ago, Charlie Hall took his pain, rooted in childhood humiliation, and left Dallas for Mexico. He was looking for what he called a “rebirth.” “We all deserve a second chance,” Hall said. “Just like Mexicans find a second chance in the United States, I’m living proof that Americans, especially someone like …

In Dallas County, someone accused of a crime can wait months and sometimes years in jail for a case to be resolved due to chokepoints in the criminal justice system. County commissioners have been reviewing underlying reasons for a growing backlog of felony cases, uncovering problems largely exacerbated by the pandemic. Commissioner John Wiley Price has spearheaded these conversations, with …

Voters in two Dallas ISD districts will have the chance to weigh in on contested school board races. Whoever is elected will work with Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde in overseeing a vision for the state’s second-largest district. DISD is working to catch children up after pandemic-induced setbacks and aiming to make campuses safer. Trustees face important decisions about the district’s nearly $2 …