At a packed Plano rally, James Talarico accused Ken Paxton of steering friends into a tech investment and used the AG’s 2015 indictment to make corruption central to the race. The exchanges sharpen the stakes in a nationally watched Senate contest.

The California Supreme Court vacated a Los Angeles man’s death sentence after finding a prosecutor’s ‘Bengal tiger’ analogy violated the Racial Justice Act.

Bexar County agreed to pay $300,000 after a man sued, saying his jail job offer was rescinded when deputies found his wife’s La Santa Muerte altar. The payout closes a high‑profile discrimination claim.