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Boys, 17 and 5 years old, were shot dead this afternoon outside a house in the 8500 block of Steel Dust Drive in Fort Worth. Toddler also shot; will survive.
“Just because I have a copy of Mein Kampf doesn’t make me a fascist?” [Judge] Pittman broke into the questioning, frustrated with [government antifa expert Kyle] Shideler’s answers on cross-examination. “Not unless it’s consistent with your other behavior,” said Shideler …
Spent a couple of months in Texas reporting the story of the Prairieland protesters, the first Americans convicted as Antifa terrorists, for @MotherJones.
One of them told me: “We are not terrorists, we are being terrorized.”
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A report that recounts the circumstances of a death in Southlake
Using mostly texts and court testimony, @nathanfenno and @LATimesWharton craft this tragic Column One narrative. Though we know what happens, tension still builds as texts reveal a family's journey from confusion to worry to fear.
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Biden administration picks Maryland for new FBI headquarters, AP sources say (from @AP) apnews.com/article/9af3e4cf2…
After four days of testimony covering muzzle imprint, blood loss, fingernail clippings, the phrase “source of sperm” and the hell of quadriplegia, defendant Fayaka Dunbar’s capital murder trial in Tarrant County is in recess until Monday.
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Unlike her predecessors, D.C.'s new police chief is a relative outsider without local political ties or deep knowledge of the city. Is the "pistol-packin’ preacher" up to the task of driving crime down?
@paulschwartzman @phscoop with a deep dive washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
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Starting pay for LAPD officers would go up by 11% under deal Bass reaches with union @DavidZahniser @liborjany latimes.com/california/story…
I just went through my notes, and since Sunday at midnight a total of 27 people have been shot at 12 locations in Fort Worth. Six of these people died. There were two mass shootings in 95 minutes.
Homicide Unit detectives have arrested two suspects on suspicion of murder in the Horne Street mass shooting. Christopher Redic, 20, and Brandon Williams, 19.
Horne Street homicides: Cynthia Santos, 22, died of a gunshot wound of the neck. Gabriella Navarrete, 18, died of a gunshot wound of the back. Autopsy conclusions from the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office
Breaking : A Fort Worth Police Department officer and Fire Department arson investigator shot to death two armed men this morning in northwest Fort Worth. A man and woman were also shot at this scene, but it is not clear who fired those shots.
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My final update on today's acquittal of former Broward Deputy Scot Peterson on charges that he failed to act during the Parkland school massacre. apnews.com/article/parkland-…
The morning after four people were shot at this east Fort Worth apartment building, working to wash away the blood.
Beyond the substantive differences in the indictments handed up in Manhattan and in the Southern District of Florida, the federal charging instrument contains page numbers, which should satisfy @PreetBharara. An analysis: cafe.com/stay-tuned/in-brief…
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D.C. police Robert Contee chief expected to announce retirement washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
Some of the more entertaining moments in trial come when a lawyer translates slang for jurors who often already understand the meaning. “‘I’ll smoke you.’ Is that a way to say ‘I’ll shoot you?’” a prosecutor asked a witness this morning, shortly after defining the term ho.
A teenage boy who was shot this morning on a sidewalk outside of Lamar High School in Arlington has died, according to Police Chief Al Jones.
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Police in Fort Worth said an officer shot someone in the 4900 block of Rutland Avenue. Here and waiting for police to share more info | @startelegram
At Crockett and Currie streets in Fort Worth, this Connect Four game is drawing nearly as much interest as #TCUvsUGA
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RIP @GregoryYYee. Our hearts are breaking. When the sunset in LA, Greg kept a watchful eye over the city as the night reporter. He delivered sharp prose and perspective on breaking stories within minutes of them unfolding. So young. So good. Plenty of tears @latimes tonight.