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How Texas Republicans’ redistricting radically changed one Tarrant County Senate district

FOREST HILL — Clara Faulkner has never been to Brownwood. The former Forest Hill mayor and City Council member knows little about the semi-rural city 15 Brownwood Mayor Stephen Haynes, likewise, has never visited Forest Hill, a spartan stretch of residential areas that house about 14,000 people. Strip centers line Interstate 20, with hotels that promise cheaper rates than ones 10 minutes north in …

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Suspect in assault at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s California home had posted about QAnon

The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s California home and severely beating her husband with a hammer appears to have made racist and often rambling posts online, including some that questioned the results of the 2020 election, defended former President Donald Trump and echoed QAnon conspiracy theories. David DePape, 42, grew up in Powell River, British Columbia, before leaving about 20 years …

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1 man dead, another critically wounded in east Oak Cliff shooting

One man was killed and another critically wounded in a shooting in east Oak Cliff late Friday. About 10:55 p.m., Dallas police responded to a shooting at a gas station at the corner of South Corinth Street Road and Morrell Avenue, where they found two men with gunshot wounds in a vehicle. The men were taken to a hospital, where …

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Fort Worth police investigating apparent murder-suicide attempt

A shooting in Fort Worth on Friday morning left a man dead and a woman hospitalized in an apparent murder-suicide attempt. Officers were dispatched about 9:20 a.m. to the 6400 block of Meadowbrook Drive, near Interstate 820. Police said a husband and wife had an argument, and the man shot the woman multiple times in her lower body. The man …

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Officials: 146 dead after Halloween crowd surge in Seoul, South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — At least 146 people were killed and 150 others were injured in a stampede during Halloween festivities in Seoul, officials said of one of the biggest disasters in South Korea that will likely raise serious questions about public safety standards. The massive death toll is being tallied after people were crushed by a large crowd …

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