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Lightning strikes from a storm illuminate a home damaged by a tornado on Hyde Park Lane at Country Club Rd. in Cleburne, Wednesday night, May 15, 2013. Cleburne Mayor Scott Cain early Thursday declared a local disaster as schools canceled classes amid the destruction. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Tom Fox)

Tornados ravage Texas; 6 dead

Angela K. Brown, John L. Mone The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 8:52am

GRANBURY, Texas -- A rash of tornados slammed into several small communities in North Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens more injured and hundreds homeless. The violent spring storm scattered bodies, flattened homes and threw trailers onto cars.

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Emergency personnel are on the scene of a crash and shootout with police involving the driver of a black Cadillac with Colorado plates in Decatur, Texas, Thursday, March 21, 2013. The driver led police on a gunfire-filled chase through rural Montague County, crashed his car into a truck in Decatur, opened fire on authorities and was shot, officials said. Texas authorities are checking whether the Cadillac is the same car spotted near the home of Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements, who was shot and killed when he answered the door Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Wise County Messenger, Joe Duty)

Man wounded in dramatic chase, shootout linked to prison chief murder

Angela K. Brown, P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 22, 2013 - 10:21am

DECATUR, Texas -- Investigators from three Colorado police agencies rushed to Texas to determine if a man identified as a parolee, who was critically wounded by Texas police after a harrowing 100-mph car chase, is linked to the slaying of Colorado's state prisons chief.

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Erath County Sheriff’s Office shows Eddie Ray Routh, who was charged with killing former Navy SEAL and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield at a shooting range southwest of Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant says Routh, 25, was shocked with a stun gun and restrained in his jail cell Sunday night after becoming aggressive. (AP Photo/Erath County Sheriff's Office, File)

Suspect in deadly gun range shooting was treated for PTSD

Angela K. Brown, Jamie Stengle The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 10:51am

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Iraq War veteran charged with gunning down two men on a Texas shooting range — including a highly decorated former Navy SEAL sniper — had been taken to a mental hospital twice in recent months and told authorities he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, according to police records.

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This Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo shows the sign in front of the Harrold Independent School District in Harrold, Texas. The K-12 school has a policy allowing teachers and other school employees to carry concealed weapons, a controversial policy that's now being considered in at least five other states in the wake of last week's deadly elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Angela K. Brown)

Teachers allowed to carry concealed guns in Texas town

Angela K. Brown The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 10:29am

HARROLD, Texas — In this tiny Texas town, children and their parents don’t give much thought to safety at the community’s lone school — mostly because some of the teachers are carrying concealed weapons.

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram shows Nidal Hasan. The trial for the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting was put on hold Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, while an appeals court considers his objections to being forcibly shaved. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram, File)

Fort Hood suspect’s trial on hold over beard

Angela K. Brown The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 10:05am

FORT HOOD, Texas — For the past two months, the military judge presiding over the high-profile case of the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage has said he wanted to avoid disruptions in court.

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(LUCAS JACKSON/The Associated Press) A border guard stands on the border of Kuwait as a U.S. flag flies on the dashboard of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, that is part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border to neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief.

Soldier in last convoy leaving Iraq calls wife

Angela K. Brown The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 4:50pm

FORT HOOD, Texas — One Texas woman got some good news from her husband during a surprise 3 a.m. phone call.

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A wildfire roars through dry trees near Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. Texas and Oklahoma are in the grips of a record-setting drought, and a summer of soaring temperatures and little rain has meant the wildfire season, which usually ends in spring, didn't end this year. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Drought-fueled wildfires ravage Texas

Angela K. Brown The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 11:43am

POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE, Texas -- Officials were hopeful Thursday that beleaguered North Texas firefighters could gain the upper hand on a wind-whipped blaze that destroyed more than three dozen cliff-top homes in the latest outbreak of a seemingly endless wildfire season.

The blaze was threatening as many as 160 homes in the Possum Kingdom Lake area and had scorched about 6,200 acres, fueled by high winds, parched vegetation and unrelenting heat gripping the drought-stricken state. But after the fire moved to flatter ground Wednesday, it was expected to burn through the remaining trees and shrubs its path and become easier to contain, Texas Forest Service spokesman John Nichols said.

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Fort Hood shooting suspect will face death penalty

Angela K. Brown The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 10:25am

Fort Hood shooting suspect will face death penalty

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By ANGELA K. BROWN

Associated Press

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood rampage will be tried in a military court and face the death penalty, the commanding general for the Texas military post announced Wednesday.

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(ERIC GAY/The Associated Press) Friends and familyi of Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger gather around her photo and a soldier's memorial following a remembrance ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.

Fort Hood victims remembered

Angela K. Brown, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 5, 2010 - 11:26pm

FORT HOOD, Texas -- Parents, spouses and children reverently approached the 6-foot-tall granite memorial Friday, some kneeling and wiping away tears as they gently touched a name etched on the stone -- each belonging to one of the 13 people killed in the Fort Hood shooting rampage a year ago.

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1 year after rampage, Fort Hood still healing

Angela K. Brown, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 5, 2010 - 11:53am

FORT HOOD, Texas -- The 6-foot-tall block of granite is etched with 13 names, each a victim in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood one year ago.

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal -- Love leaves a memory no one can steal" is engraved at the top of the rectangular marker that will be unveiled near other post memorials on Friday, the one-year anniversary of the shooting. Until now, the only outward reminders of the worst mass shooting on a U.S. military base have been several wreaths and crosses along the fence built around the now-shuttered building where it happened.

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Nurse tells how she hid to avoid Fort Hood gunman

Angela K. Brown, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 10:37am

FORT HOOD, Texas -- A civilian nurse and two soldiers barricaded themselves into her office at the Fort Hood Army post to protect themselves from a gunman who had opened fire in the building, a military court heard Tuesday.

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This April 9, 2010, file photo released by the Bell County Sheriffs Department shows U.S. Major Nidal Hasan at the San Antonio to Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas, after his Nov. 5 shooting spree at Fort Hood. More testimony from victims was heard during Hasan's Article 32 hearing Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, at Fort Hood, Texas.

Soldier: Fort Hood gunman did not target anyone

Angela K. Brown, Michael Graczyk, The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 18, 2010 - 3:21pm

FORT HOOD, Texas -- A gunman who appeared to be trying to hit any Army personnel who moved during a deadly rampage at Fort Hood last year fatally shot a pregnant soldier who had recently returned from Iraq, a military court heard Monday.

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John Galligan (left) and Lt. Col. Kris Poppe, defense attorneys for Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, leaves the U.S. Magistrate court where an Article 32 hearing for Hasan was being held, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 in Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan, 40, is charged with premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder in a Nov. 5 attack , which killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in a processing center where soldiers were making final preparations to deploy. The Article 32 hearing, which will determine whether there is enough evidence to put the Army psychiatrist on trial, was adjourned for the day Tuesday when defense attorneys asked for a nearly month-long delay.

Military court hears Fort Hood shooting 911 call

Angela K. Brown, Michael Graczyk, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 11:14am

FORT HOOD, Texas -- A terrified civilian worker begged a 911 dispatcher for help as gunfire and screams rang out during a deadly rampage at Fort Hood, according to a recording of the phone call played Wednesday at a military hearing to decide if an Army psychiatrist accused in the attack should stand trial.

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A police dog is used to walk the perimeter of the U.S. Magistrate court where an Article 32 hearing for Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is scheduled to be held, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 in Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan, 40, is charged with premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder in a Nov. 5 attack , which killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in a processing center where soldiers were making final preparations to deploy. The Article 32 hearing will determine whether there is enough evidence to put the Army psychiatrist on trial.

Witnesses key at Ft. Hood shooting suspect hearing

Angela K. Brown, Michael Graczyk, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 11:03am

FORT HOOD, Texas -- Witnesses to a gunman's deadly rampage at Fort Hood are expected to begin describing the attack to a military court Tuesday, providing new details about the scene that unfolded nearly a year ago in a processing center as soldiers made final preparations to deploy.

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