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A former Texas high school teacher was convicted Friday after having sex with five 18-year-old students at her home. It took the jury less than an hour to conclude that Brittni Nicole Colleps, 28, of Arlington, was guilty of 16 counts of having an inappropriate relationship between a student and teacher. The second-degree felony is punishable by two to 20 years in prison per count.

An Arlington man died Sunday after a flash fire ignited while he was working on his pickup at home. The 28-year-old removed the truck's gas tank Sunday morning in his closed garage in the 400 block of Overhill Drive, near East Abram Street, officials said.

President Obama sought to dodge racial controversy on Memorial Day, sending wreaths to a monument for Confederate soldiers and ...