Texas Death Sentence Again Thrown Out Over Disability Claims
Kenneth Wayne Thomas was convicted in 1987 of fatally stabbing Mildred Finch, the wife of Dallas civil rights lawyer Fred Finch, who was also killed in the attack.
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Kenneth Wayne Thomas was convicted in 1987 of fatally stabbing Mildred Finch, the wife of Dallas civil rights lawyer Fred Finch, who was also killed in the attack.
Jesse Christian Dobbs was sentenced Tuesday after guilty plea last month to a murder count in Galveston.
Jeremy Todd Meeks, who is accused of killing a UT Dallas student, says he deserves a death sentence.
An arrest affidavit reveals Blair Ness said to officer at Oak Forest Apartments Sunday "I know every one's mad, I'm mad. I killed my son."
A Texas jury has found a man not guilty of murder in the stabbing death of an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent last year.
Claudia Hospedales, who goes by the nickname "Crazy Sensational," was arrested last month in Arlington.
Miami Beach police say 46-year-old Jonathan Crenshaw held a pair of scissors with his feet and stabbed 22-year-old Cesar Coronado just after midnight on July 10.
The attack happened Saturday night at an apartment complex that is home to refugee families from around the world. Nine people were injured, including the birthday girl and five other children.
A man who was recently asked to leave a Boise apartment complex is suspected of going on a stabbing rampage there that injured nine people, including six children.
Lawyers argued Carlos Trevino's trial attorneys were deficient for not showing jurors his mother's drinking while she was pregnant with him left Trevino with fetal alcohol disorder.
The search is on by Fort Worth police for a teenage girl who stabbed a 14-year-old girl to death.
Belgian authorities are investigating the killing of two policewomen and a passerby as an act of terror, the country's prosecutor said. It happened Tuesday in the eastern city of Liege.
Jamal Jackson, 49, is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of 35-year-old Anthony Mele.
A man in his 20s was shot to death at a 7-Eleven in Arlington Wednesday evening.
Clifton Williams, 34, is set for lethal injection June 21 in Huntsville for the deadly beating and stabbing of Cecilia Schneider at her home in Tyler in July 2005.
The attorneys for the man accused of a knife attack at the University of Texas that killed one and injured three others have filed court papers indicating that he will plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
Bedford police are looking for a man who stabbed another male shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday night.
The deputy was in serious condition but recovering early Thursday.
Court documents show a Texas boy can be heard in a 911 call pleading with his stepfather to stop stabbing the boy's mother.
Police in Fort Worth are investigating a fatal stabbing on the city's southwest side. A man allegedly experienced "some type of episode" and attacked his mother and grandfather.
Police in Dallas have taken a man into custody after a fatal stabbing. While speaking with detectives, officials said that suspect Leonard Rose admitted to committing the murder.
Police in Farmers Branch have arrested a man they say stabbed an off-duty officer early Saturday morning.
Nikoli Williford, 18, is charged with aggravated assault of a public servant and theft.
A woman was stabbed to death and her husband was found shot to death inside their home according to police.
Two people were stabbed early Wednesday after a domestic disturbance turned violent at an assisted living apartment complex in Dallas. It happened after a man and a woman began arguing about their past.
The board's unanimous decision followed nearly two hours of closed-door deliberations and comes amid a lawsuit alleging administrators failed to act.
North Texas readers hit the road for a regional tour of indie bookstores and hidden gems.
Police said witness accounts and surveillance video showed the SUV traveling at a high speed before the impact.
Attorneys say the footage shows aggressive actions by officers before two women were arrested and later cleared.
Families describe long lines, missing prescription records, and staff relying entirely on paper as the hospital's network remains down.
A coordinated police effort and witness accounts led investigators to identify and charge the suspect.
The board's unanimous decision followed nearly two hours of closed-door deliberations and comes amid a lawsuit alleging administrators failed to act.
North Texas readers hit the road for a regional tour of indie bookstores and hidden gems.
The baby at the center of a surrogacy dispute was born in Texas Wednesday and has hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare heart defect.
Police said witness accounts and surveillance video showed the SUV traveling at a high speed before the impact.
The reversal comes just weeks after an I-Team investigation showed contention over the disciplinary process.
A phone call from jail raised further suspicions that Carney targeted other girls.
More than 40 years after helping catch an ice cream truck driver who exposed himself to her, an Oklahoma woman testified against him in a Texas trial, helping secure a life sentence.
In 1991, a Plano girl was kidnapped and sexually assaulted. The same thing happened 8 years later in Dallas. Investigators found the same DNA on both victims.
Ashley Keith sat down with CBS News Texas for an exclusive interview, her first ever about her 1991 kidnapping.
A Texas judge earlier this month issued a ruling that deregulated silencers, shotguns and certain rifles.
Tehran has asserted that the Strait of Hormuz is "under Iran's control and management" after President Trump said the U.S. might "keep it."
Senate Democrats are demanding answers about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during the aircraft carrier's record-setting deployment.
Secretaries Marco Rubio and Scott Bessent were on the decoy flight last month when President Trump secretly switched to a different plane while Pete Hegseth was with Mr. Trump.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
Target, which embarked on a turnaround plan under its new CEO earlier this year, reported an increase in first-quarter sales Wednesday.
During the program's first year, it will be offered at about 65 to 75 hospitals that handle about a quarter of births in the state and largely serve low-income patients, Newsom's office said.
Bimbo Bakeries USA employs over 20,000 people and has been headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania, for the past 17 years.
This explosion is among several similar incidents across North Texas that raise questions about why hazardous natural gas leaks keep happening
Zoox, owned by Amazon, produces its own autonomous vehicles that it says are built for passengers, not drivers.
The Social Security Administration is expanding its list of diseases and other health conditions that may qualify for accelerated approval of disability benefits.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
Federal officials issued a public health alert for meat products containing jalapeños that may be linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people across at least 27 states.
In a wide-ranging interview with the CBS News partner BBC News, Hunter Biden grew emotional as he discussed his father's condition, describing it as very sad to watch.
Telehealth platform disclosed users' "most private" health info and locked consumers into subscriptions, regulators allege.
The project would include a new Dallas Stars arena, along with restaurants, shops and public spaces.
It's an annual Dallas tradition, but this year those pink Cadillacs are parking in Fort Worth.
A fairly new entertainment and food venue in Allen surprised a lot of people last week by suddenly shutting down.
The future of AI technology manufacturing has landed in North Texas.
Mayor Jim Ross said hotel revenue in the city was a record $31 million in June, smashing the previous mark of $23 million.
Paige Bueckers scored all 22 of her points in the second half, and the Dallas Wings beat Toronto 94-88, handing the expansion Tempo their 10th consecutive loss.
The broadcasts for the three tune-up games will cause regular CBS programming to move to KTXA 21.
CBS Sports says it has no timeline for a decision on Romo, who is on indefinite leave following his July arrest. Meanwhile, JJ Watt is stepping in.
The Maumelle High football player wore the helmet for nearly an hour and was fortunate he wasn't bitten, animal services director Chris Davis said.
Texas Rangers right-hander Nathan Eovaldi has been placed on the 15-day injured list because of elbow inflammation.
Ariana Grande had been due to star alongside her "Wicked" co-star Jonathan Bailey in a production of "Sunday in the Park with George" in 2027.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
A lawsuit alleges that a drive storing a $45 million spy film starring Nicolas Cage was "stolen right off a Netflix desk."
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
Four women say Hollywood star Jared Leto committed sexual crimes against them when they were teenagers, in interviews with the BBC.
The Red Bull Flugtag Airshow returned to Las Colinas on Saturday after a 12-year hiatus. Teams are tasked with constructing a flying machine and putting it to the test. It's estimated that around 25,000 people attended the event.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit babies at Texas Health locations across North Texas celebrated Valentine's Day.
As Anthony Davis prepared for his debut game at the AAC, Dallas Mavericks fans took to the arena to protest the controversial trade.
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