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At 54 years old, Darren Wallace is in his second semester of law school at the University of North Texas at Dallas.

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office announced it has hired the head of Dallas County jails to oversee its own operations.

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President-elect Donald Trump talked for six minutes at the sentencing in his New York hush money case. The judge, a prosecutor and a defense lawyer also spoke.