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Dallas Judge’s Hug Not Embraced by All after Officer’s Trial

Dallas Judge’s Hug Not Embraced by All after Officer’s Trial

DALLAS (AP) – A Texas judge who hugged a former Dallas police officer convicted of murder and gave her a Bible is coming under scrutiny over whether she crossed an ethical line. The Freedom From Religion Foundation on Thursday filed a complaint against Judge Tammy Kemp with a Texas state agency that investigates allegations of…MORE

Plano Police: Thief Posing as Maintenance Worker Targeting Elderly Residents

Plano Police: Thief Posing as Maintenance Worker Targeting Elderly Residents

Plano police are looking for a man who they say has been posing as a maintenance worker, pest control sprayer and water department official in an effort to steal items from homeowners. Police say the man has targeted the elderly in several Plano neighborhoods. The man is described as somewhere between 5 feet 9 inches…MORE

Paris, France Police Employee Kills 4 Officers in Knife Attack

Paris, France Police Employee Kills 4 Officers in Knife Attack

Paris, France (AP) –  A French police union official says four police officers have died in a knife attack carried out by an administrator at the Paris police headquarters. The attacker was shot to death. Union official Loic Travers said the attack on Thursday appears to have begun in an office and continued elsewhere inside…MORE

Migrant Child Detention Centers May Be Privatized

Migrant Child Detention Centers May Be Privatized

SAN BENITO, Texas (AP) – An Associated Press and FRONTLINE investigation finds the Trump administration has started shifting the caretaking of some migrant children toward the private sector and contractors instead of the largely religious-based nonprofit grantees that have long cared for the kids. On a recent day at one for-profit shelter, a caregiver tried…MORE