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The Dallas Police Department and the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department shifted responsibility to each other Thursday after a man arrested by Dallas officers died following a “medical emergency” at the county jail. Luis Angel Perez, 25, died Monday morning. His autopsy report, which should reveal the cause and manner of death, is pending from the Dallas County Medical Examiner. Perez …

WASHINGTON — Jan. 6 committee member Elaine Luria put it in the starkest of terms: “He put a target on his own vice president’s back.” That’s what Luria, a former Naval officer who led Thursday night’s hearing with Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., who flew combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, said about Donald Trump’s tweet during the Capitol riot when …

WASHINGTON — Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee, has tested positive for COVID-19, but the panel will still hold its prime-time hearing on Thursday, according to a spokesman for the panel. Thompson, D-Miss., announced Tuesday that he tested positive for the virus on Monday and is experiencing mild symptoms. Thompson, 74, said he will be isolating for the next several …

Dallas County is holding some juveniles accused of a crime indefinitely while the state reels from staffing shortages, but the county officials said they prefer to care for the children. Commissioner John Wiley Price said in an interview that he’d rather shoulder the additional expenses and resources than send them to the state, where they could be locked in a cell for …

Fire crews are investigating after a home in Plano exploded Wednesday night, authorities said. The explosion occurred about 9 p.m. in the 3700 block of Shantara Lane, near Parker Road and Willow Bend Drive, according to Plano Fire-Rescue. No one was inside the home, and no injuries have been reported. Electricity and gas to the home have been shut off, …

Dallas Fort-Worth broke a temperature record Wednesday afternoon when the thermometer at DFW International Airport hit a scorching 109 degrees, topping the previous high of 108 for the day set in 2018. KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported it was the second record-high temperature this week and the third since June 1. DFW has reached 109 today, breaking the record of 108 set in …

A Forney man was arrested Wednesday morning in Forney and is accused of having child pornography, police said. Shortly before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, investigators searched a residence in the 1500 block of Wyler Drive in Forney. Christopher Layton, 39, was arrested without incident earlier the same day following an investigation into alleged possession of child pornography, police said. Layton, who …

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators agreed Wednesday on proposed changes to the Electoral Count Act, the post-Civil War-era law for certifying presidential elections that came under intense scrutiny after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election. Long in the making, the package introduced by the group led by Sens. Susan Collins …

Making sure Texans’ air conditioning and heat stay on during extreme temperature swings is coming at a potentially hefty cost to consumers — $1.5 billion this year. That price tag is a result of steps taken to boost the reliability of the state’s electric grid — measures being stress-tested now by a heat wave engulfing Dallas-Fort Worth and the rest of the state. Those …

WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Wednesday voted to advance a new ban on certain types of semi-automatic rifles they say are appropriate for war zones but have no place on American streets. The House Judiciary Committee voted to send to the floor a bill that would ban semi-automatic rifles and pistols that can accept a detachable magazine and feature particular …