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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man accused of killing his girlfriend in 2017 is back in Harris County to face a murder charge. Miguel Angel Buezo, 32, made his first court appearance last week. He was charged in April 2017 with the murder of 26-year-old Karen Ramirez and fled the country, according to court records. Ramirez was reported missing on …

NFTs had a frenzy in 2021, with sales surging to $25 billion, prompting a Dallas software developer to use the cash grab to wipe away millions in debt for lower-income families. “People were making stupid amounts of money in the space,” said Joshua Lapidus, whose day job is at Denver-based Opolis, a technology company that helps manage health benefits and …

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz placed a big bet on a former top aide hoping to topple Rep. Henry Cuellar in South Texas, spending $137,000 out of his own campaign fund to pitch Cassy Garcia in the GOP primary. That was more than Garcia herself raised, and an unusual – maybe unprecedented – instance of a candidate using campaign funds for …

The March 1 Texas primaries revealed the inability of Republicans and Democrats to control their nomination process in order to slate their “strongest” candidates and avoid extremism that could lead to political disaster. Nowhere is that more evident than in Dallas County. In the GOP race for county judge, Lauren Davis stunned Dallas ISD trustee Edwin Flores to win the Republican nomination …

In his first public event after winning the Democratic primary for governor, Beto O’Rourke took the stage in a North Dallas church for a town hall on what he says is the most pressing issue in Texas: education. O’Rourke pledged support for teacher pay increases and more money for public schools while pushing back on the renewal of voucher efforts …

Few educators would spend their entire career in one district – rising through the ranks from teacher to superintendent – only to leave the top post after less than two years for a deputy position in another district across the country. But Susana Cordova did just that when she left her job as Denver Public Schools’ chief to take on …

As President Joe Biden’s administration promises to protect abortion access nationwide, states continue to pass legislation that further restricts abortion, including Florida last week. While some states have tried to enact bills similar to Texas’ Senate Bill 8, which bans abortion after approximately six weeks and has a civil enforcement mechanism, some Republican-led states have opted for a less restrictive ban. …

Two years have passed since the COVID-19 pandemic first took hold of North Texas. Since then, more than 14,200 North Texans have died from the virus, with more than 900,000 deaths across the U.S. This immense loss has led to a second pandemic, one of grief, the effects of which have yet to be fully realized. In this series, The …

A former employee of the Dallas Arboretum alleges that they were fired because of their gender identity, according to a recent in a discrimination charge. The employee, who is genderqueer and uses she and they pronouns, said their termination followed disagreement with management about their use of gender-expansive pronouns. They were told by management that they could not put their …

A former Dallas Arboretum employee says they were unjustly fired because of their gender identity — despite boosting attendance at the Children’s Garden and receiving praise from co-workers — and claims their termination is illustrative of a larger culture of discrimination at the organization. The former employee, who uses she and they pronouns, said their termination followed dissent by management …