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Nearly 500 Texas prison inmates suffer from flawed punitive housing system, lawsuit says

The Texas Civil Rights Project is seeking class-action status for its suit alleging the state's prison system puts inmates in unconstitutionally long and unsanitary housing assignments for violating certain rules.

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New professional women's soccer team to call South Dallas' Cotton Bowl home after council approval

One of eight teams in a new professional women's soccer league will use Fair Park's Cotton Bowl as their home base starting in August.

18-year-old John Crimber hopes to ride to victory as PBR World Finals start May 9
Vickery school, Community Arts Center make Historic Fort Worth’s most endangered list

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Rising Dallas-based star Angel White stakes a claim on ‘Ghost of the West: Volume I’

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18-year-old John Crimber hopes to ride to victory as PBR World Finals start May 9

When John Crimber walks into Cowtown Coliseum, the 18-year-old will have the chance to make history as the youngest PBR world champion.

Vickery school, Community Arts Center make Historic Fort Worth’s most endangered list
Savannah resident's dance skills place her among Texas' Young Masters
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Why so many people love the suburbs

Julie Beck, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why dismissing the suburbs discounts the very rich lives of those who choose to live there.

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Biden says he would halt additional weapons shipments if Israel invades Rafah

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The family of Anthony Johnson, who died in Tarrant

The family of Anthony Johnson, who died in Tarrant County custody after jailers pepper sprayed him, is calling on the sheriff’s office to show them the video of what happened.

Johnson, 31, died after the altercation during a contraband check on April 21, according to the sheriff’s office. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office has not yet declared his cause of death.

Johnson’s mother and sisters spoke before the Tarrant County Commissioners Court at their meeting Tuesday, demanding more transparency in their loved one’s death and more oversight of the Tarrant County jail system.

More than 60 people have died in custody since 2017, according to state data.

“This has been festering in the county for years, and you’ve done nothing about it,” Johnson’s mother, Jacqualyne Johnson, said to commissioners.

The family, who calls Anthony “AJ”, told reporters they’ve struggled to get information about his death, which is being investigated by the Texas Rangers.

Story by Miranda Suarez | KERA

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Allen has a gun violence problem — and it’s no

Allen has a gun violence problem — and it’s not just because of last year’s mass shooting.

A gunman armed with three assault weapons fatally shot eight victims at the Allen Premium Outlets mall almost exactly a year ago, before he was killed by a police officer. But even when those deaths are excluded, a KERA analysis found that 19 more people in Allen died from gun violence last year — more than double the gun-related deaths there in 2022.

And some Allen residents want to do something about it.

Life was almost back to normal at the mall on Sunday — one day before the anniversary of the mass shooting. It was packed. Music wafted through the open air mall’s speakers. The birds were chirping.

But just a few miles from the mall at Green Park, advocates for gun control mourned the lives lost when Mauricio Garcia, a gunman with Nazi tattoos, showed up on May 6, 2023, and shot and Kyu and Cindy Cho, their three-year-old son James Cho, 11-year-old Daniella and her eight-year-old sister Sofia Mendoza, Christian LaCour, Elio Cumana Rivas and Aishwarya Thatikonda.

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Irvin Walker was sitting in his car when he felt t

Irvin Walker was sitting in his car when he felt the bullets hit his upper torso one year ago.

At first, all he noticed was broken glass. Then Walker saw a man aim and shoot through his window in the Allen Premium Outlets parking lot.

“I could hear people screaming, and then I could see the blood,” he said. “It had happened so quickly. I’m not sure what happened first, but, yes, I could see someone and I knew I had to evade them. I had to get past that person.”

Eight people were killed and seven were injured by 33-year-old gunman Mauricio Garcia. The victims killed ranged in age from 3 to 37 years old.

The doctors who cared for Walker said he had too many wounds to count, including from bullet fragments. After three surgeries, he’s still in physical therapy today. The 47-year-old appreciates the nights in which he can get some sleep even with his shoulder pain.

In an interview with KERA News, Walker said his life was forever changed in Allen that day.

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This week was packed with North Texas news. Beka

This week was packed with North Texas news.

Bekah Morr, KERA’s Afternoon Newscaster and Producer, has the top stories from this week you might have missed.

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