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ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home hospice care in Plains, Ga., a statement from The Carter Center confirmed Saturday. After a series of short hospital stays, the statement said, Carter “decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of …

An off-duty Dallas police officer was arrested Saturday evening on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, police said. Senior Cpl. Allison Brockford, 45, was taken into custody about 7 p.m. by the Dallas Police Department. Police did not say where in Dallas Brockford was arrested or release any additional details about the case. Brockford did not appear in jail records Saturday …

Dallas voters could have only one choice for mayor listed on the general election ballot for the first time in more than half a century and are guaranteed to select at least two new members to the City Council when the polls close May 6. The deadline to file and qualify for the upcoming election was 5 p.m. Friday. Candidates …

AUSTIN — A fight is brewing over whether the GOP-led Legislature will fund a $3.3 million settlement that Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office struck with a group of whistleblowers. Last week, Paxton’s agency agreed to pay the money to four former top aides who alleged in a lawsuit that they faced retaliation after accusing Paxton of serious crimes. But the deal is now facing pushback …

Expect a chilly start to your weekend as Saturday morning temperatures fall into the upper-20s to lower-30s. By the afternoon, highs will climb into the lower to mid-50s, still below normal for this time of year. There will be a quick warm up for Sunday as temperatures climb into the lower to mid-70s due to a breezy south wind. Monday …

Mesquite police arrested a man this week in the slaying of another man found fatally shot in his apartment last week. Jonah McFall, 23, was arrested Wednesday afternoon in the slaying of 32-year-old Ricardo Lawrence, both of Mesquite, police said. McFall was booked into the Dallas County jail Thursday night on a murder charge, according to records. It is unclear …

Two Tarrant County men are suing the Catholic Diocese of Dallas and the Texas-based Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word over sexual abuse they say they suffered as children in the 1960s at an Oak Cliff orphanage. The lawsuit, filed Monday in Dallas County, alleges the institutions failed to protect children in their care and covered up the abuse. It …

ARKABUTLA, Miss. (AP) — A lone gunman killed six people including his ex-wife and stepfather Friday at multiple locations in a tiny rural community in northern Mississippi, the sheriff said, leaving investigators searching for clues to what motivated the rampage. Armed with a shotgun and two handguns, 52-year-old Richard Dale Crum opened fire at about 11 a.m. and killed a …

The FedEx delivery driver accused in the slaying of 7-year-old Athena Strand was indicted on capital murder and aggravated kidnapping charges by a Wise County grand jury. Tanner Horner, a 31-year-old FedEx contract driver from Fort Worth, was indicted Thursday in connection with Athena’s disappearance and death in late November, court records show. Horner’s attorney declined to comment. Athena’s mother, …

The estranged husband of a woman has been jailed in connection with her death, Royse City police said Friday. Police arrested Corey Wayne Griffin, 36, on a murder charge in the death of his wife. After the woman was killed at her home Thursday, police said district schools were placed on a “soft lockdown” for a brief period while officers secured …