A Dallas police officer who was caught on video repeatedly punching a man in the face during a street brawl in Deep Ellum this summer will face a criminal charge. Dallas police said Friday evening that the department’s public integrity unit obtained an arrest warrant for Senior Cpl. Melvin Williams, 40, who faces one count of misdemeanor assault. The department said he …

The major candidates for Texas governor had sharply different reactions to a Kenosha, Wisc., jury’s acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on murder charges. The case involving the 18-year-old vigilante has crystalized the nation’s debate over guns and self-defense. In Texas, Republican incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott hailed the jury’s verdict, while Democratic Party challenger Beto O’Rourke lamented the outcome. After the verdict, Abbott used …

The judge overseeing the capital murder trial for Billy Chemirmir declared a mistrial Friday after jurors repeatedly said they were hopelessly deadlocked. Attorneys for Chemirmir asked for a mistrial multiple times as the jury sent notes about the stalled deliberations, but State District Judge Raquel “Rocky” Jones initially denied the requests. One of the notes indicated that one juror would …

WASHINGTON — It’s been almost three weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two challenges to Texas’ novel new law that bans abortion after six weeks and allows private citizens to enforce it through lawsuits — and many expected a ruling by now. Justices seemed to indicate they wanted to review and rule on the constitutionality of …

Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot vowed Friday to retry Billy Chemirmir for capital murder after jurors deadlocked on whether to convict him in the death of 81-year-old Lu Thi Harris and a judge declared a mistrial. “We are committed to pursuing justice in this case, which we think is a guilty verdict and life without parole,” Creuzot. Jurors deliberated …

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is coming to North Texas, and some residents aren’t happy about it. Shortly after the Frisco Conservatives announced the Georgia Republican as the keynote speaker for the PAC’s annual winter gala Dec. 11, a Frisco resident purchased digital billboard minutes to let Greene know he isn’t welcoming her to his hometown. Jesse Ringness — who operates …

A Houston doctor will not be allowed to administer ivermectin, a drug commonly used to treat parasitic worms, to a COVID-19 patient in a Fort Worth hospital, a Texas appeals court ruled Thursday. The 2nd Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision to temporarily grant Dr. Mary Talley Bowden privileges at Texas Health Huguley Hospital to treat Jason Jones, …

AUSTIN — Texas’ grid operator on Friday released its predictions for peak electricity use in Texas for this winter that showed steep shortfalls in power capacity in an extreme event, despite not accounting for February’s deadly freeze. ERCOT’s power demand projection known as the Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy was already facing criticism for using data that did not account for climate …

Hours before a mistrial was declared in the capital murder trial for Billy Chemirmir, a state district judge issued an Allen charge to jurors in hopes they’d reach a verdict. Also known as a “dynamite charge,” the instruction is given to jurors who are struggling to come to a unanimous decision. Experts say an Allen charge is meant to serve as last …