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  Activists Call Out Arlington PD After Cowboys Stadium Protest Arrests

  September 18 at 4 a.m.

  Sunday night's protests before and during the Cowboys' home opener in Arlington against the Giants and the demonstrations' aftermath are like a Rorschach test for how one feels about the current state of policing in North Texas. If one is inclined to take the side of those protesting the recent...

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  North Texas U.S. Attorney Closes Book on Massive Mortgage Scam

  September 12 at 4 a.m.

  Six years after it started, all four people behind a mortgage scam that bilked dozens of desperate North Texans out of hundreds of thousands of dollars are behind bars, Erin Nealy Cox, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas said Tuesday. U.S. District Judge David Godbey sentenced Mark Demetri...

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  Aggravated Assault Charges Dropped Against Jordan Edwards' Murderer

  September 12 at 4 a.m.

  For now at least, ex-cop Roy Oliver is not facing additional felony charges following his August murder conviction for killing Mesquite teenager Jordan Edwards. Tuesday, the Dallas County District Attorney's Office dropped four charges of aggravated assault by a public servant against Oliver, citing the district attorney's need to allocate...

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  Federal Judge Stops Texas' Fetal Burial Law

  September 6 at 4 a.m.

  Texas' fetal burial law is out, pending appeal, but, oh boy, will there be appeals. U.S. District Judge David Ezra ruled Wednesday afternoon that the Texas Legislature's requirement that all tissue resulting from an abortion, miscarriage, still birth or ectopic pregnancy be buried or cremated, rather than disposed of as...

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  Protesters Call Out Paxton as Texas Attorneys Argue to End Obamacare

  September 6 at 4 a.m.

  It's hard to figure out if any of this is going to matter. An hour before a hearing that could go a long way toward determining the final fate of the Affordable Care Act, and Justin Nelson, the guy trying to take down the guy trying to take down Obamacare...

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  Volunteers Endure Long Hours Posting Bail for Those Who Can’t Afford It

  August 27 at 4 a.m.

  Last Friday morning, volunteers arrived at the Lew Sterrett Justice Center, prepared to hand over cashier’s checks to post bail for 16 low-income prisoners. They have done this every Friday in August,  lending a hand to inmates accused of minor offenses who can't afford cash bail or bondsmen's fees. This...