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Man arrested for Richardson ISD bus driver attack

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www.youtube.com – FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth – 2024-10-01 17:53:30


SUMMARY: Dallas Police arrested 28-year-old Corant Brooks, accused of assaulting Richardson ISD bus driver Danny Seno over seven months ago. The incident occurred on February 1, when Seno was forced to pull over due to unruly students. While awaiting police assistance, Brooks pounded on the bus doors and forcibly entered, dragging Seno out and injuring him. Seno did not finish his route that day but returned to work the next morning for a different district. Police identified Brooks through social media and video evidence, leading to his arrest, which Seno welcomed as a relief after the assault.

The assault happened on Skillman Street more than seven months ago, but police were recently able to identify the alleged attacker through social media.

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Texas high school football scores for Friday, Sept. 5

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www.kxan.com – Billy Gates – 2025-09-05 23:02:00

SUMMARY: Vann Hopping led No. 5 Lake Travis to a 28-20 victory over Rockwall in Central Texas high school football, scoring four touchdowns, including a spectacular 95-yard run. The game was delayed nearly an hour at halftime due to lightning. Lake Travis trailed 20-14 late in the third quarter before Hopping’s run energized the team. Lake Travis, now 2-0, will host Midland Legacy next week. Other notable local results include Anderson’s 42-0 shutout of Elgin, Dripping Springs’ 55-0 win over SA Wagner, Buda Hays’ 35-31 victory over Pflugerville, and Vandegrift’s 35-14 win against Cedar Park. The article also lists scores from across Texas.

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US added 22,000 jobs in August, short of expectations

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www.kxan.com – Tobias Burns – 2025-09-05 12:52:00

SUMMARY: In August, the U.S. economy added 22,000 jobs with the unemployment rate rising to 4.3%, below economists’ expectations of 75,000 jobs. This report follows President Trump’s controversial firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) head Erika McEntarfer after a weak July report and accusations of fabricated data, which experts widely condemned. The BLS attributed July’s downward revisions to late public education job reports and pandemic-related survey challenges. Private sector hiring slowed, with layoffs surging nearly 40% in August, and job openings fell to 7.18 million, the first time since 2021 that job seekers outnumbered vacancies.

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Appeals court reverses ruling, allows restraining orders against O’Rourke | Texas

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www.thecentersquare.com – By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor – (The Center Square – ) 2025-09-05 09:21:00


The Fifteenth Court of Appeals has reinstated restraining orders against former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, his group Powered by People, and partners like ActBlue, preventing them from moving funds out of Texas. The case involves fundraising for Texas House Democrats who fled the state opposing a redistricting law. Initially, O’Rourke ignored the orders, prompting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to seek contempt charges. After a controversial appellate ruling paused the contempt hearing, the court reversed itself to allow full review, keeping the orders active. O’Rourke denies wrongdoing, faces criminal contempt and bribery accusations, and urges supporters to continue fundraising.

(The Center Square) – In yet another reversal in an ongoing case against former U.S. Rep. Robert (Beto) O’Rourke, D-El Paso, the Fifteenth Court of Appeals has ordered that existing restraining orders already issued against him, his organization, Powered by People, and other groups remain in effect.

The case stems from O’Rourke, his group, and others raising millions of dollars for Texas House Democrats who left the state in opposition to a redistricting bill that passed the legislature and has now been signed into law.

The case was filed in Tarrant County District Court, 348th Judicial District, then appealed to the Fifteenth Court of Appeals, then an emergency filing was made with the Texas Supreme Court. Initially, Tarrant County Judge Megan Fahey issued a restraining order against O’Rourke and Powered by People, The Center Square reported. She later expanded it to include Act Blue, a Democratic Party online fundraising platform, and any other platforms or organizations they were working with that are transferring funds.

However, O’Rourke ignored the orders and continued to fundraise, prompting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to file a motion for contempt against O’Rourke, The Center Square reported.

Prior to a Sept. 2 hearing on the contempt motion, O’Rourke filed a mandamus petition with the Fifteenth Court of Appeals challenging Fahey’s orders.

In response, the appellate court halted the contempt hearing, effectively allowing Fahey’s orders to expire in an “historically unprecedented decision,” Paxton said. He then appealed to the Texas Supreme Court to reverse its decision.

In his appeal, Paxton points out that the appellate court requested his office respond to a 75-page petition in less than 24 hours, an “impossible deadline.” After his office filed a mandamus petition with the court, the appellate court issued an administrative stay of the Sept. 2 hearing “without providing the State an opportunity to respond,” he argued.

The court’s actions would have enabled O’Rourke to continue fundraising, “without even allowing the State to respond and prove to the court how he’s hurting Texans,” Paxton said. The appellate court’s ruling was an “insult to the people of Texas, an affront to our judicial system, and a disastrous precedent if allowed to continue without being reversed,” he added.

A week later, the appellate court reversed its ruling “to preserve this court’s ability to fully review” the original proceedings, it said in a one paragraph order. It also put back into effect Fahey’s orders issued against O’Rourke, Powered by People and ActBlue. It said her temporary restraining order and emergency temporary restraining order “shall remain in effect” until the appellate court reaches a decision.

Paxton said the reversal was “a welcome development.”

He also said House Democrats who left the state “abandoned Texas at the behest of financial backers who promised them money for fleeing the state and abdicating their responsibilities. Texas is not for sale, and Beto must face justice for his illegal bribery scheme.” 

The appellate court’s order prevents O’Rourke, Powered by People, and any of its institutional partners, including ActBlue, from removing any property or funds out of Texas.

O’Rourke said in a social media post that he faces criminal contempt charges, bribery accusations, his Texas-based assets have been frozen, and he and his organization have “racked up over $300,000 in legal fees” in the last two weeks of August.

He denies that he has broken any laws after he continued to fundraise and post videos of him doing so, including posting links to fundraising appeals.

He is also encouraging his followers and supporters to “continue the fight by whatever means necessary.”

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Note: The following A.I. based commentary is not part of the original article, reproduced above, but is offered in the hopes that it will promote greater media literacy and critical thinking, by making any potential bias more visible to the reader –Staff Editor.

Political Bias Rating: Center-Right

The article primarily reports on the legal actions involving Robert (Beto) O’Rourke and Texas officials without explicitly endorsing a particular viewpoint. However, the language and framing lean toward a Center-Right perspective by emphasizing the criticisms and accusations from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, and highlighting O’Rourke’s alleged legal troubles and fundraising activities in a negative light. The article quotes Paxton’s strong condemnations and uses phrases like “illegal bribery scheme” and “abandoned Texas,” which convey a critical tone toward O’Rourke and his allies. While it includes O’Rourke’s denials, the overall framing and selection of details suggest a subtle bias favoring the state’s legal actions and skepticism of O’Rourke’s conduct, aligning the piece more with a Center-Right viewpoint rather than neutral reporting.

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