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Aiden Bruce-Umbaugh was charged with possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance after his arrest in Post, Texas.

In 2015, $220 million was lost to wire fraud in the United States. In 2019, losses will surpass $1.5 billion, according to WFG National Title Insurance Company. In the past, attempts to trick people were often clumsy, FBI agents told journalists on Friday. Now they can be sophisticated. If people are asked via email to transfer money under a deadline,...

Two students are in police custody after a social media post threatening Duncanville High School prompted a police investigation and increased security measures when students return to school Monday.

“Joker” will premiere in theaters across the country this weekend.

The release of the film “Joker” has been the subject of controversy, with some saying story glorifies senseless violence and could prompt copycat incidents in real life.

In response to the mass shootings in El Paso and Midland-Odessa, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued eight executive orders Thursday he hopes will prevent future incidents.

Dallas police say surveillance video and fingerprints led detectives to the man they say murdered a young woman on her way to celebrate her 22nd birthday in Lower Greenville.

The retired NASCAR driver, now a television analyst, issued a statement Monday on social media praising the “quick response of my pilots, local law enforcement, emergency personnel and hospital staff.”

A man is dead after being caught in machinery inside a large freezer at a Target distribution center in Denton, police say.

More than five decades after he disappeared in a war zone, the remains of a North Texas fighter pilot have finally come home.

It is a problem that has continued to grow for years: Rape kits stacking up, going untested, at times for years.
There is now a bipartisan effort to reduce that backlog and get those kits tested sooner rather than later.

Leaders from across Texas and around the nation have reacted to news of a mass shooting at a Walmart near a mall in El Paso Saturday that left several dead and a suspect in custody.

A gunman opened fire at a Walmart and a nearby mall in El Paso, Texas, in a Saturday morning assault that killed 20 people and wounded 26, law enforcement officials told NBC News.

In the cafeteria of St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church in Dallas, undocumented families sat with notebooks and pencils, ready to hear what they should do if confronted by immigration officers.

A white man has admitted cursing at a pregnant black Georgia lawmaker for taking too many items into a supermarket express lane but denies telling her, “go back where you came from.” Eric Sparkes showed up during a WSB-TV interview with Rep. Erica Thomas of Austell on Saturday, outside the Atlanta-area Publix store where the incident occurred , the station...

 After Democrats and some Republicans criticized chants of ‘send her back’ about Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar at Trump’s rally in North Carolina, the president claimed he also wasn’t pleased.

A conservative Detroit priest renowned for his orchestral Masses and traditional Latin services has been removed from public ministry after the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit reviewed what it described as a “credible allegation” that he had abused a child decades ago. The announcement, made during services Sunday at the Rev. Eduard Perrone’s church, shocked parishioners and came a month...

A northwest Indiana dairy farm has fired four employees seen in an undercover video released by an animal welfare organization showing animals being abused.

Jewel-Osco and at least two other retailers are removing all Fairlife products from its shelves after an undercover video was made public this week showing “the inhumane treatment of animals” at Indiana’s Fair Oaks Farms.

Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro has released a proposal to lessen wrongful police shootings. It would use the power of the federal government to change the way local law enforcement is conducted.