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Security officers confiscated a powerful 84-mm caliber weapon used to destroy tanks from a passenger Monday at the San Antonio International Airport. The Transportation Security Agency said on Twitter that officers found the gun in a passenger’s checked luggage. The rifle was not declared, as is required with all weapons. San Antonio police spokeswoman Jennifer Rodriguez said the owner was en route …

Moderna Inc.’s vaccine against RSV was highly effective in preventing the lung disease in older people, paving the way for the company to seek its first approval outside Covid-19. The shot blocked about 84% of mild respiratory syncytial virus infections and 82% of severe cases in a Phase 3 study, Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna said in a statement Tuesday. Results from …

The federal government will not seek the death penalty for the man accused of massacring 23 people in a hate crime at an El Paso Walmart in 2019, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. “The United States of America hereby notifies the Court and Defendant PATRICK WOOD CRUSIUS that the Government will not seek the death penalty in the instant case,” …

The family of the 11-year-old boy fatally shot in east Oak Cliff is calling on the community to “protect your babies at all cost.” De’Evan McFall was shot outside an apartment complex in the 3300 block of Southern Oaks Boulevard on Sunday. Dallas police said two girls were fighting in the parking lot when one of them — a 14-year-old …

California-based TuSimple, one of the self-driving trucking firms using Texas as a proving ground, recently laid off 76 employees in North Texas as part of a restructuring plan to reduce its workforce by 25%. The workers were given a 60-day notice on Dec. 21, according to filings disclosed Monday by the Texas Workforce Commission. The employees reported to the company’s …

A man accused in the fatal shooting of a Fort Worth police officer in 2018 will serve 60 years in prison. Garrett Hull Samuel Mayfield, 37, pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday, the Tarrant County district attorney’s office announced. A judge determined his sentence. In September 2018, Mayfield and two other men — Timothy Huff and Dacion Steptoe — were approached …

A suspect has been arrested in the 2021 slaying of a man found shot in a vehicle in Pleasant Grove. Rodney Weeden, 31, was booked into the Dallas County jail Thursday on a murder charge in the death of 43-year-old Santiago Bastidas. It is unclear whether he has an attorney. Shortly before 10 a.m. July 11, 2021, officers responded to …

AUSTIN — The big donors sent their checks. Many came in person. Wealthy campaign contributors and even corporations — the latter of which took advantage of the rare opportunity to give directly to a state politician — underwrote the inaugurations of Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Tuesday. Just the 81 donors listed in the inaugural program …

A brief Facebook post appeared innocuous. The Grapevine Police Department thanked a local company for gifting its staff a pizza party, adding that it was “blessed to have their support and encouragement.” But the gift, made by the Christian conservative Patriot Mobile cellphone company, caused an outcry on social media, where people urged the department to return it. On Saturday, Grapevine police …

Arms raised in a perpetual cheer, Stephanie Joiner waved and shouted as cheerleaders and marching bands treaded down Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to honor the slain civil rights leader. Joiner grew up attending Dallas’ MLK parade, once dancing in it as a member of South Oak Cliff High School’s pep club. But this year was particularly meaningful. The parade …