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Suspected Car Thief Hit And Killed By Another Vehicle
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Police say a man suspected of stealing a vehicle in North Texas has died after being hit by another vehicle while fleeing on foot.
Arlington police say the man died Tuesday night after being hit.
Police say the man was confronted by the person whose vehicle he was accused of stealing...
Fistfight Leaves One Brother Dead
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Fort Worth police say a 25-year-old man died from injuries suffered during a fistfight with his brother.
The man was pronounced dead Saturday at a hospital, a day after the fight. The Tarrant County medical examiner's office ruled his death a homicide caused by blunt-force trauma of the head due to an assault by another person...
High Court To Hear Dispute Over Texas Deaf Driver Education
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a dispute involving deaf people in Texas who say driver instruction schools in the state won't let them take classes needed to get a driver's license.
The justices said Tuesday they will consider whether a Texas state agency that outsources driver instruction to private contractors can be sued for refusing to make sure the schools accommodate people
Body Of 5-Year-Old Recovered From South Texas Lake
ZAPATA, Texas (AP) — Search crews have recovered the body of a 5-year-old boy who went missing after he fell into a South Texas lake when the inflatable raft he was on flipped over.
The Zapata County sheriff's office tells the Laredo Morning Times (http://bit...
High Court Strikes Down State’s Abortion Clinic Regulations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has struck down Texas' widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics in the court's biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century.
The justices voted 5-3 Monday in favor of Texas clinics that protested the regulations as a thinly veiled attempt to make it harder for women to get an abortion in the nation's second-most populous state...
Family Of Slain Motorist Reaches Cash Settlement With Texas County
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A $750,000 settlement has been reached with relatives of an unarmed motorist fatally shot by an off-duty South Texas sheriff's deputy.
The family of Mathew Jackson on Thursday agreed to settle the civil lawsuit...
No Change In State’s Jobless Rate For May
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas unemployment rate held steady in May at 4.4 percent.
The Texas Workforce Commission on Friday reported the statewide jobless average last month remained the same as the April figure. Nationwide unemployment for May was 4...
Panhandle Dust Storm Causes Deadly Vehicle Pileup
CONWAY, Texas (AP) — Authorities say one traveler was killed and several were hurt in a 13-vehicle pileup during a dust storm in the Texas Panhandle.
The Texas Department of Public Safety says the accident Wednesday night closed Interstate 40 near Conway, 30 miles east of Amarillo...
Life Without Parole For Former Law Officer
BELTON, Texas (AP) — A former Texas law enforcement officer must serve life in prison without parole for the 2014 killing of Little River-Academy police Chief Lee Dixon.
David Gene Risner was sentenced Wednesday night in Belton...
New Details On This Year’s State Fair Of Texas
DALLAS (AP) — The 2016 State Fair of Texas will carry the theme "Celebrating Texas Agriculture."
Fair officials on Wednesday announced details of the annual expo planned Sept. 30 through Oct. 23 in Dallas.
Fairgoers can also get an inside look at the life of singer and songwriter Taylor Swift...