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A 17-year-old student was pepper-sprayed by officers and taken into custody Friday in connection with fights at DeSoto High School, police say. DeSoto police and school security responded about 12:30 p.m. to the school in the 600 block of Eagle Drive, near West Belt Line Road, and saw multiple fights taking place, the department said. “Several juvenile students” were detained …

The well-known owner of a Mexican bakery in north Oak Cliff is accused of killing a popular artist early Sunday after the pair live-streamed an interview on social media, Dallas police say. Manuel Tellez Manuel Tellez interviewed Anthony Moreno at Maroches Bakery, in the 1200 block of West Davis Street, about Moreno’s artwork depicting sugar skulls that was on display in the shop, …

Sorry, “Ms. Jackson.” Those words ring in my ears — to the tune of the song by hip-hop’s legendary OutKast. Yes, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is owed an apology for the treatment she received during her recent Senate confirmation hearings. I won’t hold my breath, though. While many social media posters questioned what messages our children would glean from “the slap …

Manuel Ben Zvi hit pause on the regularly scheduled programming of his government class. Lessons on the Texas executive branch would have to wait. On Friday afternoon, he told his students, they had something more pressing to discuss first. What was it? “The first African-American woman was voted onto the Supreme Court,” Admiral Jackson, 16, offered. “Appointed,” Ben Zvi gently …

The parents of a 14-year-old girl who was among the 17 people shot at an outdoor concert in southeast Oak Cliff last weekend are suing the property owners, record label and artists. The lawsuit was filed in Dallas County on Friday on behalf of the girl’s parents, Michael Rollerson and Gloria Smith, who are seeking more than $1 million in …

A Dallas civil service trial board declined Thursday to reverse a former police officer’s termination after finding that he violated nine department policies, including using unnecessary force, lying to his supervisors and providing fake doctor’s notes to get sick leave. Cornelius Harris IV was fired in January 2019 by then-police Chief U. Reneé Hall after internal investigations into at least three cases. …

El PASO — Here along the border, Gov. Gregg Abbott’s plan to use charter buses and planes to send migrants to the steps of the U.S. Capitol was met with widespread skepticism and even downright condemnation. Community leaders had a familiar refrain: They believe politics are again stoking fears in a bicultural region ripe with economic and cultural ties between …

A Grand Prairie man was arrested Thursday after Dallas police say he stabbed and burned a man before leaving him in an alleyway in north Oak Cliff. Manuel Tellez, 45, faces a charge of murder in connection with the slaying of 52-year-old Anthony Moreno. It’s unclear whether he has an attorney. Officers were called around 9:18 a.m. Sunday to the 1300 block …

A Dallas man has Dallas County’s first human case of West Nile virus this year, health officials said Thursday. The man is a resident of the 75219 ZIP code, which includes parts of Oak Lawn and the Love Field area. He was diagnosed with West Nile neuroinvasive disease, a more severe form of the illness. No additional information about the …

Tears and smiles could be seen at Congregation Beth Israel on Thursday as the members prepared to reconsecrate the synagogue after a gunman held Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three others hostage almost three months ago. The synagogue underwent a reconstruction due to the damage created by the 11-hour standoff on Jan 15, which ended when the four hostages escaped unharmed …