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A day after North Texas’ record-breaking flood, officials, residents survey the damage

DALLAS — A day after a record-breaking rainstorm, North Texas residents recounted what the flood left in its wake — boxes of keepsakes destroyed, piles of books soiled, businesses closed for cleanup, and never-to-forget tales of fleeing their homes in lifejackets amid waist-deep waters.

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Heavy rain floods streets across the Dallas-Fort Worth area

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins declared a state of disaster for Dallas County and requested federal and state assistance. At least one person was killed.

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Jury now deliberating in trial of Yaser Said, accused of fatally shooting his daughters

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Dallas County jury began deliberations Tuesday on a verdict for 65-year-old Yaser Said, who is accused in the 2008 shooting deaths of his two daughters in his taxi near an Irving hotel in what some family members called “honor killings.”

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3 things to know about BA.5, the highly contagious COVID-19 strain spreading right now

DALLAS — Both federal and local health experts have raised Dallas County’s COVID-19 alert levels as the highly contagious COVID-19 variant BA.5 causes both case counts and hospitalizations to climb.

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CDC raises Dallas County COVID-19 level to red

DALLAS — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have raised Dallas County’s COVID-19 level to red as cases and hospitalizations continue to climb.

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At Dallas abortion rights protest, 10 Texans share their stories

DALLAS -- Nearly 50 years have passed since Jane Roe sued then-Dallas County Distrct Attorney Henry Wade for the right to have an abortion in Texas, forever making Dallas ground zero in the country’s ongoing fight about reproductive rights.

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Texas Democrats hope abortion ruling backlash will help in November elections

DALLAS — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade has sounded the bell for a new round in the fight over abortion rights that will be staged in ballot boxes instead of courtrooms.

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Treatments for trans youth at Dallas hospital can continue until April, court orders

DALLAS — A Dallas County judge has granted a nearly one-year injunction against Children’s Medical Center Dallas that will allow doctors there to continue intake of transgender youth seeking certain medical treatments.

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Billy Chemirmir found guilty in Texas serial killings, will spend rest of his life in prison

DALLAS — A Dallas County jury Thursday found a suspected serial killer guilty of capital murder. Police say Billy Chemirmir preyed on elderly women in Dallas and Collin counties.

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Mark Cuban, Mavs accuse ex-GM Donnie Nelson of $100 million extortion plot in response to lawsuit

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks submitted a formal response in Dallas County court to former general manager Donnie Nelson’s lawsuit Thursday that alleged owner Mark Cuban fired him in retaliation for reporting Cuban’s chief of staff sexually harassed and sexually assaulted Nelson’s nephew during a job interview in 2020.

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What to know about lawsuit filed by woman who says Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is her dad

DALLAS — A lawsuit filed in Dallas County on March 3 alleges that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had a child with a woman in the mid-1990s and that he and the woman agreed to a settlement to financially support the woman as long as it was kept a secret.

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Former Vikings cornerback Jeff Gladney found not guilty on felony assault charge

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Vikings cornerback Jeff Gladney was found not guilty by a jury in an assault case in Dallas County, Texas, on Thursday, according to the clerk's office.

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Voter turnout sagging in troubled voting rights hub of Selma

The world knows the city of Selma, Alabama, as a historic beacon in the struggle for voting rights

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Jasmine Crockett leading in race to replace Eddie Bernice Johnson in Congress

DALLAS — Texas state Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Tuesday was cruising to a first-place finish in the race to replace longtime U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, but the Democrat is likely to face a runoff against former congressional chief of staff Jane Hamilton.

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Texas Democrats win bid to keep polls open longer after winter closures

DALLAS — Polling locations in Dallas County will stay open longer Friday after a group of Democratic candidates requested a temporary restraining order because several sites were closed this week for winter weather.

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Texas Democrats file temporary restraining order to keep polls open after winter closures

DALLAS — A group of Democratic candidates in Dallas County requested a temporary restraining order Friday to keep early voting polls open longer hours after several polling locations were closed this week for winter weather.

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Judicial candidate for Dallas County family violence court arrested on a family violence charge

DALLAS — A judicial candidate for one of Dallas County’s family violence courts turned herself into jail Thursday on a family violence charge.

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