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A 19-year-old man was fatally shot late Monday in Mesquite, police said Wednesday. Officers responded about 11:20 p.m. Monday to the 1200 block of Mulberry Lane, near Pioneer Road and Sierra Drive, where they found a vehicle in the street with the driver’s door open and bullet holes in one of the doors. Police found a shooting victim in the …

AUSTIN — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is noncommittal on whether the Legislature should add rape and incest exemptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban. “I am not saying no, but we’d have to see a real groundswell of Republicans in the House and Senate to say yes,” Patrick told Spectrum News’ Capital Tonight in an interview. The state’s restrictive abortion law was …

Dr. George Keaton Jr., a fourth-generation Dallasite who dedicated his life to preserving Black history and culture in the city he called home, died overnight Tuesday. Keaton was best known as a community organizer and passionate local historian who founded and served as executive director of Remembering Black Dallas Inc. He was 66. Remembering Black Dallas shared the news of …

DART announced plans Wednesday to extend its discounted pass pilot program until the end of 2024 for riders enrolled in qualifying federal and state assistance programs. The transit agency launched the Discount Go Pass Tap Card, a reloadable fare payment system, in 2019 as a two-year pilot program to assist people who receive help from social service programs. It allows …

FORT WORTH — Tarrant County prosecutors rested their murder case Wednesday against former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean, who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson in her mother’s home. Ten witnesses testified for the prosecution over three days in the much-delayed trial. The length of the case put on by prosecutors surprised lawyers and observers packed into the courtroom and angered …

Wilshire Baptist Church has elected a new pastor to fill the shoes of long-time leader George Mason. Timothy Peoples, current pastor of Emerywood Baptist Church in High Point, N.C., will become the Northeast Dallas church’s new senior pastor starting Jan. 22, according to a press release. Peoples will take leadership of the 71-year old church that famously split from the …

Three college students from North Texas died this week when an 18-wheeler crashed into their vehicle in Louisiana. Broderick Moore, 19, Tyran Williams, 19, and Dylan Young, 21, were on their way home for Christmas break, WBRZ-TV reported. Williams and Young were from Dallas, and Moore was from Cedar Hill. The students were trying to change a tire on a Jeep …

WASHINGTON — A bus from Texas dropped about 30 Nicaraguan migrants outside Vice President Kamala Harris’s official residence early Wednesday — at least the fifth time Gov. Greg Abbott has used the Naval Observatory as a bus depot. Texas began sending migrants from border cities to the nation’s capital in April, hoping to pressure the Biden administration by drawing attention …

SANTA FE, N.M. — The U.S. government said Wednesday it is appealing a court ruling that would lift asylum restrictions that have become the cornerstone of border enforcement in recent years. But there was no indication that the appeal would scuttle a Dec. 21 deadline set by a federal judge to end asylum restrictions that have been used to expel …

A cold front will drop slowly through the northern half of North Texas Tuesday night. This will enhance the chance of showers and perhaps a thunderstorm from DFW and points north. This front will also separate cooler air to the north, from much milder air south of DFW on Wednesday. Highs will range from the 50s north of DFW to …