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DALLAS — Officials say a rapist appears to be targeting members of the predominantly black Delta Sigma Theta sorority in suburban Dallas. Also read: When I Studied Abroad: Morocco Also read: Best Places to Travel Alone: Australia Also read: Travel Deal of the Week: San Juan, Puerto Rico In four cases over 11 months, women, […]

DALLAS — At least eight people were hurt when thousands of housing voucher applicants rushed the doors at the Jesse Owens Memorial Complex in Dallas, Texas. An estimated 5,000 applicants waited for hours to receive applications for one of the 3,800 available vouchers. The waiting applicants became a frenzied stampede when officials opened doors to […]

DALLAS — Police came to an upscale Dallas hotel after rapper Nicki Minaj was involved in a fight she was having with an unknown man. When police arrived, she said the man punched her in her lip. TMZ reports: When cops and paramedics arrived, Nicki told authorities their poolside fight continued inside of their room […]

DALLAS — The vice president of the Former Majority Association for Equality awarded a $500 “whites only” scholarship to 27-year-old Brendan Baird — and it was awarded by Marcus Carter, a Black man. Carter said he joined the group because he served two tours of duty in Iraq and thinks awarding college scholarships to anyone […]

DALLAS — Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib has been indicted on a charge accusing him of firing a gun at his sister’s boyfriend. Attorneys for Talib said the fourth-year player was indicted on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon by a Dallas County grand jury on Friday. Police in the Dallas […]

DALLAS, Tx. — A Dallas mother alleges that her 12-year-old son was bound to a chair with duct tape and beaten by classmates even as a teacher stood by and ignored the attack. VIDEO: The NY Daily News reports: The woman said his hands were taped to the chair, he was wrapped with a telephone […]

DALLAS, Texas — Over 50 years after being one of 11 Black students to integrate the University of North Texas, Dallas mother Burlyce Logan returned to the school to earn her bachelor’s degree. NBC Dallas reports: In 1997, Logan told her husband she wanted to get her degree and she wanted it from UNT, but […]

DALLAS-John Wiley Price, the Dallas county commissioner go into a shouting match with a citizen during a Court meeting in which he said: All of you are white. Go to hell! I’m not ashamed! Go to hell! The shouting match occurred after a citizen, Jeff Turner began referring him as the Chief Mullah of Dallas […]

ARLINGTON, Texas — As thousands of football fans descend on Texas for Sunday’s Super Bowl, law enforcement agencies are keeping watch for a different kind of out-of-town visitor: pimps selling children for sex. Cities that host the big game often attract a bustling sex trade. This year, Texas authorities and advocacy groups are stepping up […]

DALLAS (AP) — A 51-year-old Texas man who spent 30 years in prison for aggravated robbery will likely have his conviction set aside after DNA testing proved his innocence. An exoneration hearing for Cornelius Dupree Jr. is scheduled for Tuesday in Dallas. If his conviction is overturned, Dupree would have spent more time wrongly imprisoned […]

DALLAS-WFAA– Former NBA All-Star, Nick Van Exel’s son,  Nickey Van Exel has confessed to killing of a neighbor of his, Bradley Bassey Eyo according to police. WFAA reports. Police said 20-year-old Nickey Van Exel turned himself in Wednesday and confessed to the crime. He’s a neighbor of the victim. Read The Whole Story RELATED STORIES […]

Dallas police have filed criminal charges against three white officers accused of beating a black suspect in an incident caught on squad car dashboard cameras.