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A photographer with the Dallas Advocate was hit in the head by a rock thrown by an anti-Trump protester Thursday night outside a Dallas, Texas campaign rally at Gilley’s by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Photos posted to Twitter by fellow reporters show Danny Fulgencio with blood streaming down his face and then later with a large bandage wrapped around his head.

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Friday, June 17, 2016: Live streaming coverage of the Donald J. Trump for President rally in Houston, TX at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center. Live coverage begins at 7:00 PM CDT. Houston, TX The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center

Newly arrived refugees have doubled the incidence of tuberculosis in Texas, Watchdog.org has learned. The Department of State Health Services said 1,238 refugees, asylum-seekers, Cuban parolees, human-trafficking victims and holders of special immigrant visas tested positive for TB. Texas typically reports 1,200 to 1,300 active TB cases annually, DSHS said. DSHS spokesman Chris Van Deusen said the positive screenings by refugees could indicate latent TB infections. “They have been exposed to TB and have the bacteria dormant in their body. It does not indicate that they are sick with tuberculosis and capable of spreading it,” Van Deusen said. But the...

WACO, Texas – Texas' highest criminal court reversed a gag order Wednesday in the case of one of the nearly 200 bikers arrested after a police-involved shooting last year outside a Waco restaurant that left nine dead. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals released the decision a year after a lawsuit was filed by Matthew Clendennen against the city of Waco, the local district attorney and the Waco police officer who drafted a warrant for his arrest. Clendennen, a landscape-lighting designer from nearby Hewitt, argued that the warrant lacked probable cause. The gag order, which was requested by prosecutors, barred...

Austin private equity firm Clear View Group has purchased two iconic African American lifestyle magazines from Chicago-based Johnson Publishing in a sale that took place in May, according to the Chicago Tribune. Ebony, a periodical that has reflected the lives of African Americans since 1945, was a notable influence and observer during the civil-rights movement of the 1960s. Historical images of subjects such as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali and Lena Horne were not part of the sale. Jet magazine has transformed from print to digital only.

A North Texas restaurant is adding some political flair to its burger menu this campaign season. Del Frisco’s Grille on Thursday unveiled burgers “honoring” Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Diners who order The Donald will get “well done prime beef patty with aged cheddar cheese, heirloom tomato and Bibb lettuce on a gold leaf bun, served with a side of teeny, tiny little pickles (wink, wink),” according to a PR firm that represents Del Frisco’s Grille.

He is currently in the Travis County Jail and charged with attempted aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He has been placed under a $250,000 cash bond, meaning he must come up with the full amount to be released. In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Chief Acevedo said he believes Johnson is responsible for majority of the rock throwings over the last two years. Chief Acevedo said after many of the incidents, Johnson came back to the scene acting as a Good Samaritan and sometimes contacted media. UTPD dashcam footage of a rock thrown at officer's car led APD to...

DALLAS — John Rhodes showed up at Gilley’s nightclub around 10 a.m. today, determined to not miss his chance to see Donald Trump for a third time. The Red Oak man said he wants to be at tonight’s rally for Trump, the presumed Republican presidential nominee, to show his support. “I think he’s what we need to turn this country around,” said Rhodes, who was at the front of the line of supporters waiting to hear Trump speak around 7 p.m.. “Our current administration has failed us in many ways.” Rhodes is among thousands of North Texans — supporters and...

There are 29 statewide elected offices in Texas. Republicans control 28 of them. And then there’s Lawrence E. Meyers, 68, the senior judge on the state’s highest criminal court and the sole Democrat. How did he do it? By defection. He was elected in 1992 as a Republican to the state Court of Criminal Appeals, and won re-election as a Republican in later elections. But he switched parties in 2013. Now, for the first time since crossing over, Judge Meyers is up for re-election as a Democrat in November. To call him an underdog is an understatement. The last time...

Texas' efforts to halt the arrival of Syrian refugees have been blocked by a federal judge, who rejected Republican leaders' claims that refugees pose an imminent risk or that states deserve a say in resettlements. The ruling comes days after presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called to block non-citizen Muslims from entering the U.S. following the Orlando nightclub massacre. U.S. District Judge David Godbey, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, had previously knocked Texas for offering "largely speculative hearsay" about extremists possibly infiltrating Syrian refugees. His ruling, which was signed Wednesday, rejected arguments that the Obama administration...

It took a while, but the details of Dallas' latest encounter with presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign finally got filled in Wednesday afternoon. After a nearly weeklong search for a venue, the Trump operation found a DFW home at the Southside Ballroom, otherwise known as the big room at the Gilley's complex in the Cedars. ... But now that there's a public rally, longtime Dallas activist Domingo Garcia and Next Generation Action Network Founder Dominique Alexander are planning to rally at Gilley's at 6 p.m. Organizers are asking that demonstrators wear white shirts "to promote peace" and carry...

Thursday, June 16, 2016: Live streaming coverage of the Donald J. Trump for President rally in Dallas, TX at Gilley’s Dallas – South Side Ballroom. Coverage begins at 7:00 PM CDT. Dallas, TX Gilley's South Side Ballroom Capacity 1500

28-year old Peshwaz Azad Waise, from Iraq, was jailed on a charge of terroristic threat Wednesday morning after threatening to impose the death penalty on several people who refused to take copies of the Quran. Waise was arrested at the courthouse on Tuesday morning. NBCDFW reported: Denton police said officers responding to a call for assistance Tuesday night were stopped by 28-year old Peshwaz Azad Waise, of Iraq, and that he was speaking irrationally and making comments about God and Allah. Since Waise was not in violation of any law, the officers continued responding to the initial call for help,...

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Houston prosecutors have dropped one of two charges faced by pro-life investigator David Daleiden, stemming from his investigation of Planned Parenthood. County Court at Law Judge Diane Bull threw out a misdemeanor count of trafficking in human organs. “Judge Diane Bull’s swift dismissal of the bogus charge against CMP founder David Daleiden of trafficking human organs is the latest confirmation that the indictments from a runaway grand jury in Houston were a politically motivated sham all along,” the Center for Medical Progress said in a statement. “The dismissal of the first indictmen [on Monday] sends a strong message to Planned...

3 Somalis took hostages in a Wal*Mart. Texas SWAT solves problem, all hostages are safe. AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) -- The person who reportedly started an active shooter situation at an Amarillo Walmart was shot dead by SWAT officers. According to the APD, there were no confirmed victims suffering from gunshot wounds at the store.

Burying the lede — The suspect, a current or former Walmart employee, was said to be a Somalian man wearing khaki pants, KFDA-TV reports. Police said in a press release at 12:25 local time that no victims had been found inside the building and there is no ongoing shooting “at this moment”. It is not known if anyone was wounded elsewhere. The initial call was for a suspect who was actively shooting inside the store, according to police radio dispatches. You can listen to the initial police and fire radio dispatches below:

GRAPHIC CONTENT: New Gruesome ISIS Recruitment VideoVideo at link, the English subtitles are part of the ISIS video, not a translation. Targeting English speakers. Anti-Islam Protesters Are Met by ARMED Black Panther Group In Texas … Things Get HEATEDVideo at source NEW BLACK POWER PARTY: Clashes with Armed Citizens Outside Nation of Islam Mosque in this American CityRacial tensions in America seem to be coming to a boiling point. Imagine how bad this situation could have gotten. Racial tensions erupted during an armed demonstration outside a Nation of Islam mosque in Dallas on Saturday. Anti-radicalization protesters from the Bureau of...

A coalition of civil rights groups planned to hold an event Monday attacking Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his rhetoric against Mexicans and Muslims, but cancelled it after 50 people were killed and at least 53 more wounded in a reported Islamic terrorist attack Sunday. The event was supposed to include leaders from several top rights groups including National Council of La Raza and Muslim Advocates, an advocacy group founded by American Muslim lawyers. The groups said in a press release promoting the event they planned to condemn Trump for “demonizing” certain groups and would demand an apology. The...