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  Former Imam of Irving Mosque Accused of Sexual Misconduct

  October 19 at 4 a.m.

  In the Muslim community, an imam is someone followers trust, a leader in the community to whom Muslims turn for consolation and counseling. But at one of the largest mosques in North Texas, Imam Zia Ul-Haq Sheikh is accused of breaching that trust when he began an illicit relationship with...

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  Dallas Diocese Will Identify Priests "Credibly Accused" of Sexual Abuse in January

  October 11 at 4 a.m.

  The Catholic Diocese of Dallas will release the names of all priests "credibly accused" of sexual assaulting minors from 1950 until the current day in January as part of a joint effort of each of Texas' 15 dioceses, Dallas Bishop Edward Burns said Wednesday. Investigators have been looking through the...

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  A Guide to Robert Jeffress' Excuses for President Trump

  August 31 at 4 a.m.

  First Baptist Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress deserves some credit. Motivations, politics and decency aside, he picked the right horse way back in the summer of 2015 when he decided to back then-candidate Donald Trump's nascent presidential campaign. For his trouble — Jeffress frequently worked "Make America Great Again" into invocations and...

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  In Dallas, We Wonder How Pittsburgh Can Be Shocked by Priest Sex Scandal

  August 21 at 4 a.m.

  I’m from Dallas. I was late to see the 2015 movie Spotlight, about a sex scandal involving the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. I saw it last January in a suburban theater in the San Francisco Bay Area with my sister and brother-in-law, who are from Chicago. For me, it...

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  Recall Election For Plano City Council Member Canceled After Charter Snafu

  August 15 at 12:30 p.m.

  Plano City Council member Tom Harrison, facing a recall effort for sharing anti-Muslim messages on the internet, appears set to serve out his term after all. Late Tuesday, state District Judge Mark Rusch ruled that the petition filed to recall Harrison earlier this year was insufficient.

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  Ken Paxton Pressures Fort Worth ISD on Sexuality and Gender

  July 3 at 4 a.m.

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is demanding Fort Worth ISD show him a sixth-grade sexuality and gender curriculum that has been taught for about five years now. In a letter to the school district, the sixth-largest in the state, Paxton said the district had told some parents that their kids could...