AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/dayton-ct-state-wire-pa-state-wire-tx-state-wire-el-paso-b8a1d51ea629407381bac476ef2c560fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/dayton-ct-state-wire-pa-state-wire-tx-state-wire-el-paso-b8a1d51ea629407381bac476ef2c560fClick to copyRelated topicsHASLET, Texas (AP) — Acrid gun smoke clouded the sunny entrance of a Texas church on a recent Sunday.Seven men wearing heavy vests and carrying pistols loaded with blanks ran toward the sound of the shots, stopping at the end of a long hallway. As one peeked into the foyer, the “bad guy” raised the muzzle of an...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/dayton-ct-state-wire-pa-state-wire-tx-state-wire-el-paso-b8a1d51ea629407381bac476ef2c560fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/dayton-ct-state-wire-pa-state-wire-tx-state-wire-el-paso-b8a1d51ea629407381bac476ef2c560fClick to copyRelated topicsHASLET, Texas (AP) — Acrid gun smoke clouded the sunny entrance of a Texas church on a recent Sunday.Seven men wearing heavy vests and carrying pistols loaded with blanks ran toward the sound of the shots, stopping at the end of a long hallway. As one peeked into the foyer, the “bad guy” raised the muzzle of an...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/a592a5ac02134a6af658273b9f57cdcbClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/a592a5ac02134a6af658273b9f57cdcbClick to copyRelated topicsDALLAS (AP) — Attorney General William Barr has named a Department of Justice lawyer to succeed the top federal prosecutor for East Texas, who abruptly announced his resignation this week.Stephen Cox, a deputy associate attorney general in Washington, D.C., will take over as acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas on June 1, according to a Justice Department statement. He will succeed U.S. Attorney Joseph Brown,...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/a592a5ac02134a6af658273b9f57cdcbClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/a592a5ac02134a6af658273b9f57cdcbClick to copyRelated topicsDALLAS (AP) — Attorney General William Barr has named a Department of Justice lawyer to succeed the top federal prosecutor for East Texas, who abruptly announced his resignation this week.Stephen Cox, a deputy associate attorney general in Washington, D.C., will take over as acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas on June 1, according to a Justice Department statement. He will succeed U.S. Attorney Joseph Brown,...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-ken-paxton-lawsuits-texas-89bb6505dd2cbd8665babae47afb7557Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-ken-paxton-lawsuits-texas-89bb6505dd2cbd8665babae47afb7557Click to copyRelated topicsDALLAS (AP) — Twitter has filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, claiming the Republican used his office to retaliate against it for banning the account of former President Donald Trump following the riot at the U.S. Capitol.Days after the deadly January insurrection, Paxton into Twitter and four other...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-ken-paxton-lawsuits-texas-89bb6505dd2cbd8665babae47afb7557Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-ken-paxton-lawsuits-texas-89bb6505dd2cbd8665babae47afb7557Click to copyRelated topicsDALLAS (AP) — Twitter has filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, claiming the Republican used his office to retaliate against it for banning the account of former President Donald Trump following the riot at the U.S. Capitol.Days after the deadly January insurrection, Paxton into Twitter and four other...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/texas-shootings-virus-outbreak-health-us-news-167c0dc9a34a7094569b4cb7b08e470aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/texas-shootings-virus-outbreak-health-us-news-167c0dc9a34a7094569b4cb7b08e470aClick to copyRelated topicsDALLAS (AP) — Lawyers for a man charged with shooting scores of people in a racist attack at a Texas Walmart say their client has diagnosed mental disabilities that should be a “red flag” for federal prosecutors considering whether to seek the death penalty.Patrick Crusius “has been diagnosed with severe, lifelong neurological and mental...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/texas-shootings-virus-outbreak-health-us-news-167c0dc9a34a7094569b4cb7b08e470aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/texas-shootings-virus-outbreak-health-us-news-167c0dc9a34a7094569b4cb7b08e470aClick to copyRelated topicsDALLAS (AP) — Lawyers for a man charged with shooting scores of people in a racist attack at a Texas Walmart say their client has diagnosed mental disabilities that should be a “red flag” for federal prosecutors considering whether to seek the death penalty.Patrick Crusius “has been diagnosed with severe, lifelong neurological and mental...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/226935cc8f1d38e4a0daf7fa8487516cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/226935cc8f1d38e4a0daf7fa8487516cClick to copyRelated topicsDALLAS (AP) — Texas will close two of its more than 100 state prisons amid a yearslong decline in the incarcerated population and serious understaffing at some facilities, officials said Thursday.The closures of a prison in South Texas and another in suburban Houston will result in annual savings of about $20 million, according to the office of state Sen. John Whitmire, who heads the Senate Criminal Justice Committee.The Garza...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/226935cc8f1d38e4a0daf7fa8487516cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/226935cc8f1d38e4a0daf7fa8487516cClick to copyRelated topicsDALLAS (AP) — Texas will close two of its more than 100 state prisons amid a yearslong decline in the incarcerated population and serious understaffing at some facilities, officials said Thursday.The closures of a prison in South Texas and another in suburban Houston will result in annual savings of about $20 million, according to the office of state Sen. John Whitmire, who heads the Senate Criminal Justice Committee.The Garza...WW…

AP NEWS Jake BleibergJake Bleiberg is a law enforcement reporter based in Dallas.By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERGhttps://apnews.com/article/police-beatings-louisiana-video-91168d2848b10df739d73cc35b0c02f8MONROE, La. (AP) — The most violent videos languished for years, lost or ignored in a digital vault. Louisiana State Police troopers and top brass alike would often look the other way, even as officers took to official messaging channels to banter about their brutality.In one video, white troopers can be seen slamming a Black man against a police cruiser after finding marijuana in his car,...…AP NEWS Jake BleibergJake Bleiberg is a law enforcement reporter based in Dallas.By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERGhttps://apnews.com/article/police-beatings-louisiana-video-91168d2848b10df739d73cc35b0c02f8MONROE, La. (AP) — The most violent videos languished for years, lost or ignored in a digital vault. Louisiana State Police troopers and top brass alike would often look the other way, even as officers took to official messaging channels to banter about their brutality.In one video, white troopers can be seen slamming a Black man against a police cruiser after finding marijuana in his car,...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/georgia-oklahoma-city-ny-state-wire-death-of-george-floyd-nyc-wire-99a772c44f58cde36dc33c91c4ee72deClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/georgia-oklahoma-city-ny-state-wire-death-of-george-floyd-nyc-wire-99a772c44f58cde36dc33c91c4ee72deClick to copyRelated topicsIn the fatal shooting of a in Atlanta last week, officers’ body cameras captured about 40 minutes of footage, but not the critical moments that end with one of them opening fire., it took police more than a year to release video from the arrest of a man who died in custody. It came out months...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/georgia-oklahoma-city-ny-state-wire-death-of-george-floyd-nyc-wire-99a772c44f58cde36dc33c91c4ee72deClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/georgia-oklahoma-city-ny-state-wire-death-of-george-floyd-nyc-wire-99a772c44f58cde36dc33c91c4ee72deClick to copyRelated topicsIn the fatal shooting of a in Atlanta last week, officers’ body cameras captured about 40 minutes of footage, but not the critical moments that end with one of them opening fire., it took police more than a year to release video from the arrest of a man who died in custody. It came out months...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/dallas-officer-charged-2-counts-capital-murder-f2fe7901959a0b24f391ca7db412e960Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/dallas-officer-charged-2-counts-capital-murder-f2fe7901959a0b24f391ca7db412e960Click to copyRelated topicsDALLAS (AP) — A Dallas police officer was arrested Thursday on two counts of capital murder, more than a year and a half after a man told investigators that he kidnapped and killed two people at the officer’s instruction in 2017, authorities said.Bryan Riser, a 13-year veteran of the force, was arrested Thursday morning and taken to...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/dallas-officer-charged-2-counts-capital-murder-f2fe7901959a0b24f391ca7db412e960Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/dallas-officer-charged-2-counts-capital-murder-f2fe7901959a0b24f391ca7db412e960Click to copyRelated topicsDALLAS (AP) — A Dallas police officer was arrested Thursday on two counts of capital murder, more than a year and a half after a man told investigators that he kidnapped and killed two people at the officer’s instruction in 2017, authorities said.Bryan Riser, a 13-year veteran of the force, was arrested Thursday morning and taken to...WW…