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Law enforcement officials said the killing of Elijah Ming, 34, was another example in the spate of domestic violence calls and shootings this summer. If convicted, Shawn Harris, 38, faces a life sentence or the death penalty.

President Donald Trump has said his mass deportation campaign prioritizes immigrants who have committed violent crimes. But the family of a crime victim in Kansas City, Kansas, said authorities detained him, even though he was about to receive immigration protections.

The Lone Star State reported the second-highest number of complaints and financial losses last year.

Seven human services employees were fired after a string of fraud and theft — and the largest data breach in agency history.

A Purcell man convicted of murdering and trying to decapitate a 10-year-old girl is asking for mercy.

Law enforcement officials say arresting homeless people for minor crimes like trespassing and vandalism will not help reduce homelessness. Experts say it will cost a lot of tax dollars and actually makes homelessness worse.

The court ruled Dallas County prosecutors shouldn't have used videos of a Greenville man rapping about drugs, weapons and not snitching about crimes to make their case against him in a 2019 capital murder trial.

A jury in Dallas convicted Lisa Dykes of murder and tampering with evidence Wednesday in the 2020 killing of Marisela Botello-Valadez. The verdict followed a seven-day trial.

The sentencing comes after a Travis County judge refused to grant him a new trial.

A gunman killed eight people at the outlet mall in Allen on Saturday — before a police officer killed the shooter. Mourners gathered for a vigil outside the mall on Sunday.