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A 6-year-old boy was killed over the weekend after he was struck by a vehicle in Grand Prairie. Around 8 p.m. Saturday, the child was crossing a street near the 2700 block of Regency Drive when he was hit by an SUV, police said. The boy, whose name was not released by police, was taken to a hospital, where he …

Dallas police are searching for a suspect in a Sunday morning hit and run that left a cyclist dead. A man riding his bicycle in the 12900 block of Kleberg Road at Handlin Street in the Rylie neighborhood was struck by a white SUV at 7:01 a.m., according to a police news release. He was thrown off the bike “a …

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, taking part in a somber wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon held under a steady rain and paying tribute to “extraordinary Americans” who gave their lives on one of the nation’s darkest days. Sunday’s ceremony occurred a little more than a year after Biden ended the long and costly war …

A Rowlett man who filmed himself molesting a young girl numerous times was sentenced Thursday to 60 years in federal prison. Mark Alan Miller, 35, was indicted in June 2020 and pleaded guilty in March to two counts of production of child pornography, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Texas said. On Jan. 12, 2020, officers were …

A woman was arrested after authorities say she smuggled fentanyl into the Tarrant County jail, hospitalizing at least two inmates — one of whom died — the sheriff’s department announced Saturday. Aaliyah Lyles, 25, who authorities said was employed by an outside vendor, was arrested in late August and faces two charges of possession of a controlled substance and one …

One man was killed and two were wounded in a shooting at the Big T Plaza in central Oak Cliff on Saturday afternoon, and a suspect was in custody. Dallas police responded about 1:15 p.m. to a shooting call at the popular shopping center in the 4500 block of Village Fair Drive. Corderro Robinson, 36, died at the shopping center, …

A North Texas school district’s new superintendent died unexpectedly Friday after a medical emergency. Northwest Independent School District called David Hicks, 55, a beloved leader and said in a written statement that he “made an immediate impact on the staff and students.” Hicks began his role at Northwest ISD in May after serving six years as Sherman Independent School District’s …

A 63-year-old man was found fatally shot in southeast Dallas early Saturday, police say. Officers were called just before 3 a.m. to the 200 block of Greenhaven Drive, near Antoinette Street, where they found Granville Davis lying in the backyard of a home with multiple gunshot wounds. Dallas Fire-Rescue took Davis to a hospital, where he died, police said. The …

CHICAGO — Sitting under a tree on the grass next to a hotel in a southwest suburb of Chicago, several migrant families from Venezuela were talking, still wondering why they had been relocated so far from the city in which they arrived. “I’m grateful, but we feel stuck here,” Matilde Menendez said in Spanish. Her family — one daughter and …

A Fort Worth man who claimed to work for Murder the Media News has pleaded guilty to a federal charge for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Nicholas DeCarlo, 32, pleaded guilty to a count of obstruction of an official proceeding, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The charge carries a maximum prison sentence …