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Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Dallas Observer. letters@dallasobserver.com (Dallas Observer Editor) web@voicemediagroup.com (Dallas Observer Webmaster) https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://www.dallasobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/RSS-DAL_1320x825-100.jpg The Leading Independent News Source in Dallas, Texas https://www.dallasobserver.com 144 90 https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/military-sexual-trauma-survivors-cant-sue-the-government-40706170/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40706170 Sonner Kehrt, The War Horse, The 19th https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/military-sexual-trauma-survivors-cant-sue-the-government-40706170/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0500 Survivors of military sexual trauma have long been barred from suing the government over assaults and the failures that allowed them to happen. A bipartisan bill would give them a path to court. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/military-sexual-trauma-survivors-cant-sue-the-government-40706170/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/timeline-track-meet-stabbing-of-austin-metcalf-in-frisco-texas-22206236/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/uncategorized/timeline-track-meet-stabbing-of-austin-metcalf-in-frisco-texas-22206236/ Alyssa Fields https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/timeline-track-meet-stabbing-of-austin-metcalf-in-frisco-texas-22206236/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:36:37 -0500 Karmelo Anthony was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison for the 2025 stabbing death of Austin Metcalf. Here's how the case has unfolded. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/timeline-track-meet-stabbing-of-austin-metcalf-in-frisco-texas-22206236/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/white-rock-boathouse-operator-rejects-breach-notice-wont-change-code-of-conduct-40704391/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40704391 Austin Wood https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/white-rock-boathouse-operator-rejects-breach-notice-wont-change-code-of-conduct-40704391/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:10:04 -0500 The operator argues that its code of conduct remains virtually unchanged from previously approved versions.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/white-rock-boathouse-operator-rejects-breach-notice-wont-change-code-of-conduct-40704391/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/paxton-seeks-to-keep-unborn-child-with-severe-birth-defect-in-dallas-county-for-treatment-40703874/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40703874 Kelly Dearmore https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/paxton-seeks-to-keep-unborn-child-with-severe-birth-defect-in-dallas-county-for-treatment-40703874/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:24:58 -0500 A surrogate carrying the child of a California couple traveled to Texas to avoid having an abortion for a baby diagnosed with HLHS]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/paxton-seeks-to-keep-unborn-child-with-severe-birth-defect-in-dallas-county-for-treatment-40703874/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/white-rock-boathouse-operator-in-breach-of-agreement-city-says-40698194/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40698194 Austin Wood https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/white-rock-boathouse-operator-in-breach-of-agreement-city-says-40698194/#respond Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:27:28 -0500 The operator has 30 days to remedy the alleged issue, according to a memo, however, the memo also states the original breach notice was sent on July 8.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/white-rock-boathouse-operator-in-breach-of-agreement-city-says-40698194/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/pamela-colloff-exposes-the-con-man-who-fooled-her-too-40694415/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40694415 Kelly Dearmore https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/pamela-colloff-exposes-the-con-man-who-fooled-her-too-40694415/#respond Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0500 In "Catch the Devil," Pamela Colloff details how a prolific jailhouse snitch manipulated the courts for decades — and, for a moment, even got the better of her.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/pamela-colloff-exposes-the-con-man-who-fooled-her-too-40694415/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/ruling-blacks-dallas-immigration-court-arrests-40690050/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40690050 Emma Ruby https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/ruling-blacks-dallas-immigration-court-arrests-40690050/#respond Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:39:43 -0500 Last summer, ICE agents became a daily fixture of Dallas’ immigration court. Now they are barred from making arrests. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/ruling-blacks-dallas-immigration-court-arrests-40690050/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/us-supreme-court-denies-appeal-death-row-farmers-branch-murder-40687801/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40687801 Kelly Dearmore https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/us-supreme-court-denies-appeal-death-row-farmers-branch-murder-40687801/#respond Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:05:48 -0500 The use of investigative hypnosis in criminal cases is now outlawed in Texas, but it was vital in condemning a man to be executed for a 1998 murder. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/us-supreme-court-denies-appeal-death-row-farmers-branch-murder-40687801/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/karmelo-anthony-appeals-conviction-whats-next-40686354/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40686354 Austin Wood https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/karmelo-anthony-appeals-conviction-whats-next-40686354/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:22:12 -0500 Anthony, 19, was sentenced to 35 years in prison and will first be eligible for parole after serving half his sentence.]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/karmelo-anthony-appeals-conviction-whats-next-40686354/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/karmelo-anthony-trial-verdict-guilty-murder-40685892/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/?p=40685892 Emma Ruby https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/karmelo-anthony-trial-verdict-guilty-murder-40685892/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:36:42 -0500 Anthony was found guilty of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf in 2025 on Tuesday. ]]> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/karmelo-anthony-trial-verdict-guilty-murder-40685892/feed/ 0 Dallas Observer