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Texans' COVID-19 vaccine records might eventually be destroyed because of state law

FORT WORTH, Texas — The COVID-19 vaccination records of at least 9.6 million Texans will be destroyed five years after the statewide public health disaster ends, unless state officials manage to contact all vaccine recipients and ask whether they want the records preserved.

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Texas high-school student detained after 911 call asking how many years he’d get for a killing

FORT WORTH, Texas — An Eaton High School student was detained Tuesday after he called 911 and said he wanted to find out how many years he would get for killing someone because he felt like slaying others, according to a police call log.

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As early voting starts in Texas, one poll has Abbott, O’Rourke neck and neck. Others put margin wider

FORT WORTH, Texas — A poll affiliated with the Democratic Policy Institute has Beto O’Rourke tailing Gov. Greg Abbott by 3 points in the race for Texas governor, a margin narrower than other recent polls.

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2 nurses dead, gunman shot by police officer at Texas hospital, officials say

FORT WORTH, Texas — A suspect who shot and killed two nurses was detained after he was shot by a police officer at Methodist Hospital in Dallas Saturday morning, authorities said.

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1 nurse dead, 1 injured; suspect shot by officer at Texas hospital, police say

FORT WORTH, Texas — A suspect who shot two nurses — killing one and injuring the other — was shot by a police officer at Methodist Hospital in Dallas on Saturday morning, authorities said.

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For Republicans, winning Hispanic voters will be a bigger fight than South Texas

Nearly half of Hispanic Texans live in the state’s five largest counties, a voting bloc Democrats cannot afford to lose as they struggle to compete in the state’s vast rural areas.

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Former Texas officer pleads guilty to pepper-spraying man who was filming police in 2020

FORT WORTH, Texas — A former Keller police sergeant pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally pepper-spraying and arresting a man who filmed his son’s interactions with Keller police in August 2020.

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Mac Engel: Dallas Cowboys’ CeeDee Lamb, 'I want to be a great role model'

FORT WORTH, Texas — It’s been nearly 30 years since Charles Barkley told the world he didn’t think he should be a role model, a message that today’s pro athlete has no concept of asking.

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Abortion rights supporters struggle to keep issue top of mind for Texas voters

Polling shows that a majority of voters in Texas oppose the state’s near-total ban on abortion, but they ranked the topic ninth on a list of most important issues facing the country.

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Freed from Russia, Texas native Trevor Reed touts GOP Rep. Pfluger in new election ad

WASHINGTON — Trevor Reed, the Fort Worth native and Marine veteran who was imprisoned in Russia for almost three years, has thrown his support behind freshman Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, in a new video ad for the congressman, who’s running for reelection this Nov. 8.

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Top-Ranked Iga Swiatek Beats Vekic to Win San Diego Title

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek overcame a challenge from qualifier Donna Vekic on Sunday to win the San Diego Open title with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 victory. Swiatek earned her tour-leading 64th victory of the season heading into the WTA Finals that begin Friday in Fort Worth, Texas. The event features the…

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Officer shoots, kills man pointing handgun in Fort Worth house doorway, police say

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Fort Worth police officer early Sunday shot to death a man who pointed a handgun at him in the doorway of a house in the Eastwood section of the city, the police department said.

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No. 13 TCU prevails in overtime thriller over No. 8 Oklahoma State

FORT WORTH, Texas — For awhile it seemed like TCU wouldn’t be able to climb out of a 24-7 deficit, but with persistence on defense and creativity on offense the Horned Frogs battled back to push No. 8 Oklahoma State to overtime.

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Mac Engel: TCU, Oklahoma State and the rest of Big 12 are like the Big Ten — waiting on Notre Dame

FORT WORTH, Texas — No. 13 TCU’s game against No. 8 Oklahoma State is the future of the Big 12 Conference, but even this future is somehow tied to Notre Dame.

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A former Los Angeles Angels employee gets 22 years in Tyler Skaggs' overdose death

Eric Kay was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his overdose death in 2019.

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Mac Engel: He’s not Darren Woodson, but he’s closer to anything the Cowboys have had since Woody

FORT WORTH, Texas — With all respect to the Oklahoma Roy Williams, not the Texas Roy Williams, Donovan Wilson is closer to anything the Dallas Cowboys have had at safety since Darren Woodson.

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Mental health crisis hits young Black, Latino people harder. What’s the solution?

FORT WORTH, Texas — Last fall, Daisy Sanchez spent every other night crying in her college dorm room.

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Ex-Angels employee sentenced to 22 years in prison in Tyler Skaggs overdose death

FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Angels communications director Eric Kay was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison Tuesday after being convicted of providing counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that led to the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.

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Ex-Angels employee sentenced to prison for supplying drugs in Tyler Skaggs overdose death

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Texas lawsuit latest to target President Biden’s student loan-forgiveness program

FORT WORTH, Texas — The number of legal challenges to President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel millions of dollars of student debt continues to mount. The latest, a lawsuit by the Job Creators Network Foundation, was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth.

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Fort Worth police investigate quadruple homicide after 4 people shot inside car

FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth police are investigating a quadruple homicide Friday night on the city’s south side in which four people were shot inside a car.

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Mac Engel: Cole Beasley is a great story who will be remembered for the wrong reasons

FORT WORTH, Texas — Buffalo knew what Cole Beasley did not.

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Few places have more medical debt than Dallas-Fort Worth, but hospitals there are thriving

PROSPER, Texas — Almost everything about the opening of the 2019 Prosper High School Eagles’ football season was big.

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Juneteenth activist Opal Lee’s journey from segregation to Nobel Peace Prize nomination

FORT WORTH, Texas — At 95 years old, Opal Lee is simply trying to figure out how to help the next person.

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Help wanted: Texas’ superintendent posts becoming political pressure cooker

DALLAS — Even before the new Fort Worth superintendent’s name was announced, skeptics had already combed through Angélica Ramsey’s background and attacked her across social media.

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