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WASHINGTON — Republicans elected Kevin McCarthy the speaker of the House early Saturday, ending an embarrassing stalemate and the longest contested speaker’s race since 1856. The slim victory on the 15th ballot came after four days of horse-trading and arm-twisting, and an evening of pandemonium and acrimony. “That was easy, huh?” he quipped in a victory speech. “And now, the …

NORFOLK, Va. — A 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom Friday, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said. Experts said a school shooting involving a 6-year-old is extremely rare, although not unheard of, while Virginia law limits the ways in which a child …

A man was fatally shot by law enforcement in Watauga, north of Fort Worth, after an hours-long standoff that began early Friday, police said. Watauga officers and other law enforcement responded about 3:30 a.m. to the 7700 block of Virgie Court, near Starnes and Whitley roads, for a reported suicidal person, Watauga police said. Officers began speaking with the man, …

A man is in custody after his 9-year-old son was fatally stabbed in McKinney on Friday afternoon. Police declined to identify the man, who they said will face a capital murder charge. After a neighbor called 911 about 4 p.m., officers responded to a home in the 700 block of Anson Court, near Independence and Virginia parkways. Police said the …

A Wylie High School staff member’s firearm was seized after the gun fell out of her purse on campus Thursday afternoon, Wylie police said Friday. A school administrator alerted a Wylie police school resource officer of the weapon on campus at about 1:45 p.m. Thursday. The non-teaching staff member — whom police did not identify — told administrators about the …

A racial epithet spray-painted on the home of a star high school quarterback last month in Allen has prompted outrage and sorrow while renewing calls to confront racism. Mike Hawkins Sr., a former NFL player, told The Dallas Morning News that he unenrolled his two sons from Allen schools this week following the vandalism in late December. The family believes that …

Three people were killed and two were wounded in a shooting at a Far North Dallas apartment complex early Friday. About 4:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to the Landmark on the Valley apartments in the 8500 block of Lazy Acres Circle, near Spring Valley Road, where they found five people shot in a back parking lot. Police spokeswoman Kristin Lowman …

A man was arrested on a capital murder charge in the slaying of a woman Tuesday evening near Oak Lawn. Nicholas Brian Warren, 20, is accused of shooting 40-year-old Victoria Garcia and was booked into the Dallas County jail Wednesday. His attorney declined to comment. Just before 9 p.m. Tuesday, a witness flagged down Dallas police officers in the 2600 block …

A state District Judge accused the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office of frequently failing to turn over evidence to defense lawyers in accordance with state law during a hearing Friday. District Attorney John Creuzot and the chief of his appellate division, former judge Jennifer Balido, agreed a serious problem has long existed with obtaining all evidence from police agencies and …

ALLEN — An Allen family pulled their children from Allen High School this week after their home was vandalized with a spray-painted racial epithet on their garage door that they believe targeted their son, the team’s starting quarterback and a highly touted football recruit. Mike Hawkins Sr., a former NFL player, said he unenrolled his two sons Wednesday. There had been …