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Dallas police officers must now wear their body cameras at all approved off-duty jobs, Dallas police Chief Eddie García told department employees Monday in an email obtained by The Dallas Morning News. Beforehand, officers were allowed — but not required — to use their assigned body cameras at off-duty jobs. The policy shift solidifying their use at off-duty jobs came two days …

Life in North Texas has largely returned to a pre-pandemic normal. People are tired of masking and remaining socially distant, even though contagious COVID-19 variants show no signs of going away anytime soon. With attitudes toward COVID-19 becoming increasingly lackadaisical, public health experts are touting ventilation as a less-intrusive way to stop tiny particles carrying the virus from traveling through …

Dennis Rodman, the ex-NBA star who says he knows Vladimir Putin well, revealed his plan to travel to Russia in support of incarcerated WNBA star Brittney Griner. Griner was sentenced this month to nine years at a Russian prison. She was detained at a Moscow airport in February after custom officials said vape canisters with cannabis oil were found inside …

The Dallas City Council will meet in executive session on Tuesday to review the job performance of City Manager T.C. Broadnax, almost two months after a public attempt to fire him led to an apparent truce between him and Mayor Eric Johnson. Broadnax’s evaluation will happen at the same meeting as the reviews of other top appointed officials: City Attorney Chris Caso, City …

After a poll by The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler showed a dead heat in the race for Texas attorney general, Democratic nominee Rochelle Garza pounced with a response. “While Ken Paxton is using the power of his office to engage in culture wars, I am committed to protecting our rights as Texans, holding the powerful and bad actors …

Dallas received a reprieve from near-constant 90- and 100-degree temperatures beginning Sunday, but the rain also caused flights to be delayed at the area’s airports. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch through noon Monday. The advisory means rainfall that can produce flooding is possible. Here is Sunday’s forecast and the status of the area’s airports: Dallas: Showers and …

Joseph Syas was shot and killed near a police camera perched below a street sign in northeast Dallas. The camera feeds to the Dallas police intelligence center, where analysts continually monitor footage. But nothing was recorded in the early hours of May 17 when the 65-year-old father and Goodwill employee walked to his car after visiting a friend. The camera …

At a North Dallas event this summer, Dallas executive Timothy Wilson challenged Beto O’Rourke to step up his outreach to Black voters by engaging them in nontraditional campaign venues — their neighborhoods. “I told him ‘you have my vote, but I do have a community of people who feel left out — Black and brown people,’” said Wilson, senior vice president of …

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — The special forces arrived at the airport, ready to take back the streets of this city, besieged hours earlier by criminals who sowed chaos, setting cars and buses on fire and killing 11 people, the majority of them innocent, including a 12-year-old and a pregnant woman. But no sooner had the soldiers taken to the streets on …

After decades in and out of prison, Ricky Christopher had enough. He knew something had to change. Christopher’s first arrest was when he was 18. Now, in his early 60s, he said he didn’t want to be a burden to his family anymore. “My family had stuck with me multiple times going in and out of the system,” Christopher said. …