WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz has been peddling a conspiracy theory for weeks suggesting that the FBI incited the attack on the U.S. Capitol. In this scenario, the nation’s prime law enforcement agency prodded supporters of defeated president Donald Trump to ignore police lines, assault officers, smash through doors, turn flagpoles into spears, invade the Senate chamber and threaten the vice president and House speaker. No evidence has surfaced for this explosive theory. And the purported motives for such a conspiracy are murky. The FBI director, under oath two months after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, ruled out that there…
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A 19-year-old man was fatally shot in his car Thursday in a drive-by shooting in Irving, and police say and the gunman is still at large. Irving police found the victim about 10 a.m. in the 8800 block of North MacArthur Boulevard, near Ranch Trail. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. Irving police released images of the car they believe the gunman was in at the time of the shooting.(Irving Police Department) The man, whose name has not been released, had been stopped at a red light when a gunman drove up next to him, leaned an…
Lifeless black eyes peer out from a white face streaked with spiderwebbed black lines. Her round face is framed by coarse black hair. And of course, there’s the shiny blue dress with the lace collar. Creepy? Yes, but that didn’t stop visitors from checking out the doll left sitting on a bench outside Keller Town Hall. The city calls her Vicki M., short for “Victorian Murder Doll.” She showed up Wednesday night. Almost as quickly — she disappeared. Now the people who left her there want her back. While she sat on the bench, passersby walked in to report the…
A strong cold front will bring a sharp weather change tonight. This front will usher in a strong north wind for Saturday and more cloud cover. There’s a slight chance of rain late tonight into early Saturday, mainly for areas east and southeast of DFW. The bigger story will be the blustery north wind and chilly conditions all day. Saturday’s temperatures will only be in the 40s for most of the day. Temperatures will dip below freezing by Sunday morning, but then recover into the 60s for Sunday afternoon under sunny skies. Mild weather will reestablish itself next week with…
The Dallas Zoo’s black-and-white colobus monkey troop has grown by one after a surprise birth last month. The yet-to-be-named monkey was born Jan. 26 to first-time mom Pili and dad Kuruka. At just 2 weeks old, the baby is already in the habitat in the public eye and spending lots of time with its family. Staff haven’t confirmed the new troop member’s gender — colobus monkeys spend lots of time with their babies in the weeks after they are born, so zookeepers haven’t had a chance to get a close look. The newest member of the Dallas Zoo’s black and…
The Dallas community answered the call to adopt pets as its shelter overflowed during last week’s winter storm, said the city’s Animal Services Director MeLissa Webber. “They really showed up,” Webber said. “We were really concerned with the weather that people weren’t going to be able to make it to us, but they came.” As the ice and snow melted away, people adopted 74 dogs and 11 cats over the weekend. People also fostered 11 dogs. At the same time, 73 dogs and 17 cats entered the Dallas animal shelter. However, the shelter is no longer overflowing. “Thanks to the…
A 2-year-old who’d been reported missing Friday died after being found in a pool in Richland Hills. The child was reported missing about 1:10 p.m. from a home in the 3100 block of Crites Street, not far from Baker Boulevard and Boulevard 26, Richland Hills police said. Police searched the area and found the child about half an hour later in a residential pool nearby, police said. Authorities conducted CPR and other life-saving measures, police said, but the child was later pronounced dead at a hospital. Police said they don’t suspect foul play in the death and hadn’t filed criminal…
A 22-year-old man is behind bars after a 19-year-old was fatally shot at an apartment complex Thursday in Euless, police said. Euless police said 22-year-old Elijah Royal was arrested by the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office in connection with the death of 19-year-old Lamonte Robert Watkins. It’s not clear what charges Royal faces or whether he has an attorney. Officers were called about 5:30 p.m. Thursday to an apartment complex in the 600 block of East Ash Lane and found Watkins in the parking lot with a gunshot wound, police said. He was taken to a hospital in Grapevine, where he…
AUSTIN — A federal judge in San Antonio has halted a provision of the controversial election law Senate Bill 1 that made it a crime for election officials to solicit mail-in ballots. Federal District Judge Xavier Rodriguez made the ruling Friday night after taking testimony on a request for an injunction against the law. His ruling found that SB 1 violated the free speech rights of election administrators seeking to inform voters about mail-in ballots. The ruling comes as election administrators across Texas have been preparing to conduct the first state-wide election since SB 1 took effect in December. Early…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Valentine’s Day is around the corner and Houston Millennials invites everyone to help them show appreciation for custodians around the city. A pickup station located at 333 S. Jensen will have complimentary roses for residents to take to their school or work building and distribute to custodians in their building. Everyone in the community is invited to stop by any time between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. The roses will have a special “Thank you” note attached, written by 4th grade students. Ivan Sanchez, the president of Houston Millennials, recalls when he was a student at…
