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The family of a Texas soldier who was was sexually harassed and killed at a military base near Killeen in 2020 filed a lawsuit Friday seeking $35 million in damages from the U.S. government. The family of 20-year-old Vanessa Guillen is seeking damages on the basis of sexual harassment, abuse, assault, rape, sodomy and wrongful death. An investigation by military officials into …

Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday morning as he delivered a lecture at Chautauqua Institution in western New York. A man stormed the Amphitheater stage and stabbed 75-year-old Rushdie in the neck as he was being introduced, according to New York State Police. Rushdie fell to the floor, …

WASHINGTON — A new generation of Monuments Men and Women, who restored artifacts stolen by Nazis in World War II, is taking its place in the military as the first class of curators, archaeologists and more was sworn in Friday. Dallas-based author and philanthropist Robert Edsel, who has been a key force in popularizing the World War II Monuments officers through …

Police fatally shot an armed man Friday afternoon along the Richland Hills-North Richland Hills border, authorities say. About 3:10 p.m., two Richland Hills officers responded to the 7000 block of Hardisty Street regarding a man who was reportedly shooting in the street, police spokeswoman Sheena McEachran said. After a brief search, the man was located in the 7000 block of …

Gov. Greg Abbott pushed his school choice agenda after a roundtable on parents’ role in education at a South Dallas private school on Thursday. Abbott has made parental rights a cornerstone of his reelection campaign and has said he supports voucher-like efforts for families to use public funds toward private school. The state should not have the authority to keep children in public school …

The Dallas County Records Building’s historic “White Only” sign will be rededicated next week after six years in storage. County Commissioner John Wiley Price was a leading proponent of preserving the segregation-era sign. “If you don’t know your history, you are doomed to repeat it,” he said in an interview. The “White Only” faded metal plate was rediscovered in 2003, …

An OnlyFans model who was arrested in connection with the slaying of her North Texas-native boyfriend in Florida told Miami police she wasn’t sure if the stabbing was justified, police allege in an arrest-warrant affidavit. Courtney Taylor Clenney, 26, was arrested Wednesday in Hawaii on a charge of second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of 27-year-old Christian Obumseli. Authorities said she will …

Dallas County reported its second heat-related death of 2022 Thursday, and health officials are urging caution as another stretch of triple-digit temperatures nears. The patient was a 77-year-old man who lived in Dallas and had underlying health conditions, Dallas County Health and Human Services reported. No other details were released. “We are very saddened to report our second heat-related death this …

The Watchdog knows that sometimes you have to keep gnawing on the bone to really get to the meat of things. So here’s my update on some of our favorite issues: spam harassment, floundering by big credit score companies that are supposed to look out for you, property tax misery and more: Sad news Recently, I told the story of the decorated …

When Courtney Cecale moved into her North Texas house in the summer of 2020, she was in for a heat shock. The plants in her car wilted and died before she could move them into the house. Her two black Labradors, Carl and Tony, got sick. “There were just very small, minor things that, when you start to look at …