domestic violence

Texas fired basketball coach Chris Beard on Thursday while he faces a felony domestic family violence charge stemming from a Dec. 12 incident involving his fiancée.

Survivors of domestic violence seeking protective orders in Texas had the option to attend court online because of the COVID pandemic — and advocates say that option should become permanent.

High rents take their toll, making affordable housing more and more scarce for domestic violence survivors in North Texas.

If a white woman in Dallas County is the victim of a homicide, it’s most likely the result of domestic violence. But women of color are more likely to be killed.

Chris Beard was released on bond Monday after being arrested for allegedly assaulting a household member.

A new report shows that the number of family violence calls where a gun was present has increased by more than 90% since 2019.

In Tarrant County last year, seven women died at the hands of their abusive partners. SafeHaven of Tarrant County reflected on their lives, and what the county has done to prevent more deaths, at an event on Thursday.

Although there are laws on the books preventing certain people from possessing guns, there are few places in the state where the criminal justice system has programs to hand over firearms to law enforcement — leaving survivors at a heightened risk for gun violence.

In 2020, Tarrant County saw a big increase in intimate partner homicides, with 17 deaths. But besides 2020, these homicides have seen an overall decrease since 2016, according to a new report.

More than four years after a former airman killed 26 people at a rural Texas church, advocates say the military still needs to do more to prevent violent service members and veterans from owning guns.

Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia says the city is taking steps aimed at reversing the trend.

Immigrant advocates want those asylum protections restored quickly, erasing Trump-era restrictions. "Women, children, families are being sent back to the very dangers that they fled," one lawyer says.