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7 most notorious true crime cases in DFW history

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Dallas-Fort Worth is home to plenty of exciting spots, but it’s also been the scene of some of the most infamous true crime cases in the country.
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Texas lawmakers consider over a dozen bills loosening gun restrictions

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Texas lawmakers are considering gun-related legislation, including two bills that would make Texas the first state in the nation to allow teenagers to carry handguns on school campuses.
FILE - In this April 29, 2018, file photo, a drone operator helps to retrieve a drone after photographing over Hart Island in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Is that a drone or a plane? Experts help explain the differences

Is that a drone, a plane or a helicopter? Experts who study unmanned aircraft systems say it can be tough to tell from miles away, but there are clues.
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Texas’ new top cop pledges to secure southern border with Mexico

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Col. Freeman Martin was sworn in as the state's top cop on Monday, becoming the 14th director of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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Why people are so concerned about Trump picking RFK Jr. to lead US public health

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Trump’s pick for health secretary wants to increase access to raw milk, remove fluoride from drinking water, and has said that vaccines cause autism and that WiFi causes cancer.
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Hate and harassment towards women spreads after Trump’s election

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Over a 24-hour period following Trump’s election, there was a 4,600% increase in the usage of the phrase “your body, my choice” on X. The phrase has made its way offline as well, with young girls and parents across the country using social media to share instances of harassment involving it.
Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, speaks at the campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

All the racist, hateful things said at Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden

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The rally bore glaring similarities to a Nazi rally held at an earlier iteration of Madison Square Garden in 1939. “My reaction is that it was a combination of 1933 Germany, 1939 Madison Square Garden last night,” former Trump adviser Anthony Scaramucci said on Monday.
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Texas Supreme Court temporarily stops Robert Roberson’s execution

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The execution of an East Texas man was halted last week, after years of lawmakers opposing the ruling.
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Ken Paxton withdrew an opinion on gun bans weeks after suing Texas state fair for a similar restriction

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Attorney General Ken Paxton withdrew an eight-year-old legal opinion that gave private nonprofits the green light to ban guns on land they lease from a city.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters before he departs Pitt-Greenville Airport following a campaign event in Greenville, N.C., Saturday Sept. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

JD Vance admits to spreading racist lie about immigrants

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Donald Trump and JD Vance have both spread lies that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio are eating pets, leading to bomb and death threats in the town, classes being canceled, and even the Ku Klux Klan attempting to recruit. On Sunday, Vance admitted he spread the unfounded claims to get media attention. 
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Dallas officer killed and 2 wounded by man who targeted police, chief says

The shooting Thursday night brought fresh anguish and anger in a city where a gunman’s ambush on police in 2016 killed five officers.
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Paxton takes Dallas to court over gun ban at State Fair

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Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking a Dallas County District Court not to enforce the ban.
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