The ruling upholds the Tarrant City Council's authority over the police department, dealing a blow to Mayor Wayman Newton’s ongoing effort to fire chief Wendell Major.

Last week, the State Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of Jefferson County Judge Pat Ballard that it is the Tarrant City ...

Law enforcement says a Black man hospitalized for a week following an arrest in which Alabama police shocked him with a Taser and punched him has died.