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A Dallas police officer, a reserve officer and a civilian employee with the department have been indicted on charges of promoting a pyramid promotional scheme, according to court records. A Dallas County grand jury handed up the indictments last week for Dallas police Officer Reginald Jones, Reserve Officer Brad Deason and civilian employee Sonja Davis. It was unclear whether Deason …

One person was injured Monday in a fire at an apartment complex in Far North Dallas, Dallas Fire-Rescue said. Units were dispatched about 2 p.m. to a fire at an apartment complex in the 2500 block of Players Court, near Frankford Road and the Bush Turnpike. When first responders arrived, they found a two-story apartment building fully engulfed in flames, …

AUSTIN — Texas is in danger of simply slapping a Band-Aid on “the ongoing tragedy” of kids sleeping in Child Protective Services offices and won’t cure root causes unless it acts with more urgency and taps some of the state’s huge budget surplus for improvements to foster and kinship care, two lawyers for plaintiff children in a long-running lawsuit said …

A Fort Worth police officer is on restrictive duty after the department received a complaint alleging he destroyed evidence, police said. Fort Worth police said they received a complaint in January alleging that Sgt. Rodsdricke Martin, 46,  destroyed evidence while working in an off-duty capacity. The department said administrative and criminal investigations were initiated and Martin was placed on restricted …

Monday will bring plenty of sunshine with mild afternoon temperatures in the low 70s. Tuesday will be similar except for a few more clouds and a gusty south wind. Mid-week rain chances are looking promising by Wednesday and Wednesday night. Some thunderstorms appear likely. A few storms could become strong to severe Wednesday evening from DFW to the east. The …

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz has been peddling a conspiracy theory for weeks suggesting that the FBI incited last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol. In this scenario, the nation’s prime law enforcement agency prodded supporters of defeated president Donald Trump to ignore police lines, assault officers, smash through doors, turn flagpoles into spears, invade the Senate chamber and threaten …

Police are investigating a large cockfighting operation in the Rylie area of Dallas, where more than 100 chickens were seized by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Texas over the weekend. A 911 caller reported that about 200 people were betting on fighting roosters in the 11700 block of Garden Grove Drive, just southwest of Interstate …

SANTA FE, Texas — A man accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school in 2018 will continue receiving treatment in a state mental health facility as doctors say he remains incompetent to stand trial. Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 21, has been at the North Texas State Hospital in Vernon since early December 2019. He was initially committed for 120 days. …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has acknowledged that the U.S. government has suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threat. The surprise suspension was confirmed late Saturday on the eve of the Super Bowl, the biggest sales opportunity of the year for Mexican avocado growers — though it would not affect …

Ivan Reitman, the influential filmmaker and producer behind beloved comedies from Animal House to Ghostbusters, has died. He was 75. Reitman passed away peacefully in his sleep Saturday night at his home in Montecito, Calif., his family told The Associated Press. “Our family is grieving the unexpected loss of a husband, father, and grandfather who taught us to always seek the magic in life,” …