At Baylor Scott & White’s Heart Hospital in Plano, a group of five patients recently traveled a considerable distance for life-saving surgeries. Through a partnership with Haiti Cardiac Alliance, the hospital hosts several vulnerable heart patients from Haiti multiple times a year, providing critical care that is unavailable in their home country. “Without surgical intervention, many of them would not …

Fort Worth police have arrested a man they say is linked to a number of violent crimes, including the fatal shooting of a 58-year-old man and a triple shooting in Burleson. Henry Anthony McKinney(Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department) Henry Anthony McKinney, 30, of Fort Worth was taken into custody during a traffic stop Tuesday. He faces three counts of attempted murder, …

An Arlington man has been sentenced to death for beheading his roommate and killing the man’s girlfriend in a gruesome 2017 double slaying. Hector Acosta-Ojeda(Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department) A Tarrant County jury convicted Hector Acosta-Ojeda, 30, of capital murder Nov. 5 after deliberating for more than five hours. They handed down his sentence Wednesday. Acosta-Ojeda, who goes by the nickname …

Dallas police are investigating the death of a 24-year-old man who was found shot Wednesday night in an SUV. Mohamed Koroma was found in the front seat of a Chevrolet SUV around 8:30 p.m. in the 10100 block of Forest Lane in far northeast Dallas. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The killer or killers are still …

AUSTIN — A foster-care provider that operates several cottage homes in Hunt County appears to be the lone holdout that’s delaying state compliance with a federal judge’s orders on nighttime watches of foster children in group settings. After a phone conference with parties to a class-action lawsuit, U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack on Wednesday ordered the state to have …

Good morning! Here are the top political headlines from Austin, Washington, the campaign trail and Dallas. If you’d like to receive this newsletter, Political Points, in your inbox, sign up here. Points from Austin 1. A judge and plaintiffs’ lawyers in the Texas foster-care lawsuit say they were outraged to learn from court-appointed monitors this week that a private facility near Kerrville …

WASHINGTON — Hispanic lawmakers from Texas and around the country blasted President Donald Trump as a bigot Tuesday, as he dusted off a provocative claim that many young immigrants protected from deportation under an Obama-era program he ended were “hardened criminals.” Trump made the assertion just before the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on his decision to scrap DACA, …

Seeking justice for Diamond Ross’ death, family members Tuesday night spoke in front of the Community Police Oversight Board meeting at Dallas City Hall. Ross’ niece and cousin told board members at the public hearing about the mistreatment of Ross in police custody — including bruises on her body — and their demand for answers. “Don’t make this a dog-and-pony show,” …

WASHINGTON – Like many fights in Washington, the impeachment hearing that opens Wednesday offers the public the chance to embrace one of two versions of reality. Democrats will spin the tale of a lawless president who prodded a foreign government to dig up dirt on a political rival, using the levers of foreign policy – military aid and the promise …

Police found two people dead in in a Far North Dallas apartment Monday afternoon after an apparent murder-suicide. Officers were dispatched around 2:30 p.m. to an apartment in the 3900 block of Accent Drive to carry out a welfare check. After forcing their way in, they found Gary Geter and Layla McDaniel, both 38, dead of gunshot wounds. Geter and …

The Dallas Police Department is going to slash the number of hours officers can work off-duty jobs — from 72 hours each week to just 40. That’s in response to a November 2018 City Hall audit that said officers are taking too many off-duty jobs and working far too many hours for employers who aren’t the citizens of Dallas. Some …