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MEXICO CITY— Ten guards and four inmates were killed early Sunday when gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas, according to state officials. The Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office said in a statement that around 7 a.m. various armored vehicles arrived at the prison and gunmen opened fire on guards. …

A Richland Hills man was arrested on a murder charge Sunday morning after police said he stabbed his 8-year-old grandson to death. Philip Hughes, 62, faces a capital murder charge. He’s being held in the jail at the North Richland Hills Police Department. Police responded about 7:50 a.m. to the 3500 block of Labadie Drive, off Hurst Boulevard, where they …

A storm system will sweep through North Texas Monday, bringing a chance of rain, along with some potential for severe weather. The primary threat zone will be for areas along and east of I-35. The severe weather threat will generally increase the farther east you go. Storms will begin to fire up by midday and continue through the afternoon and …

The husband and wife jailed earlier this month in the slaying of a 29-year-old man in west Oak Cliff were released after an attorney revealed a series of discrepancies in the evidence that led to their arrest. Rubi Esparza, 33, and Basilio Tovar, 50, were booked into the Dallas County jail Dec. 19 on one count each of murder. Esparza …

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign from the job, died Saturday. He was 95. Pope Francis will celebrate his funeral Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday, an unprecedented event in …

Conditions continued to return to normalcy at Dallas Love Field on Saturday, as travelers counted their blessings after the disastrous Southwest Airlines meltdown that left tens of thousands stranded across the country during the holidays. On New Years Eve, the airport showed no signs of the crisis that befell the Dallas-based airline over the past week and led to the …

New Year’s Day looks quiet with increasing clouds by the evening. Expect highs to reach well above normal into the mid to upper-70s. Our next big weather system arrives Monday. Thunderstorms will be likely with the potential for some storms to reach severe limits. North Texas has a marginal to slight risk for severe storms with the primary threats of …

A person was shot Friday evening while trying to commit a carjacking at a shopping plaza on Lovers Lane near the Dallas North Tollway, Dallas police said. Officers responded to the 5600 block of Lovers Lane about 6:30 p.m. A preliminary investigation found that a person attempting to carjack a vehicle had been shot and was taken to a hospital, …

NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Walters, the intrepid interviewer, anchor and program host who led the way as the first woman to become a TV news superstar during a network career remarkable for its duration and variety, has died. She was 93. Waltrs’ death was announced by on air Friday night. “Barbara Walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded …

Dallas police are searching for the shooter in a slaying that occurred Friday morning in east Oak Cliff. Officers responded to the 3300 block of Mundy Drive, near East Kiest Boulevard and Sunnyvale Street, about 8:40 a.m., where they found a 28-year-old man wounded. The victim, identified by police as Ernest Taylor, was pronounced dead at the scene. No additional …