Paxton/Talarico poll; ‘nuisance’ hotel lawsuits; best pies and cakes. Today’s top stories
A landmark domestic terrorism sentencing and a new poll in a tight U.S. Senate race are among today’s top stories from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
- Benjamin Hanil Song received a 100-year federal prison sentence for shooting and wounding an Alvarado police lieutenant during the July 4, 2025, attack on the Prairieland ICE Detention Center, with seven other North Texas defendants also receiving maximum sentences for domestic terrorism charges, in what prosecutors called the first domestic terrorism trial to convict alleged antifa cell members. Reporting by Rachel Royster.
- Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells filed nuisance lawsuits against the Delux Inn and Super 7 Inn in south Fort Worth, citing more than 900 and 700 police calls respectively between January 2024 and May 2026. The DA’s office is seeking injunctions, $10,000 bonds and a permanent judgment that could shut the hotels down for a full year. Reporting by Emily Holshouser.
- A new Texas Politics Project poll shows Attorney General Ken Paxton and state Rep. James Talarico in a statistical dead heat for U.S. Senate, with Paxton at 43% and Talarico at 42%. The survey of 1,200 registered voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. Reporting by Eleanor Dearman.
- Two Grapevine bakeries earned national recognition in the USA TODAY 10BEST awards, with JudyPie ranked No. 8 among the country’s best pie shops for the third consecutive year and Legacy Cakes ranked No. 6 among the nation’s top cake shops for the second year running. Reporting by Ella Gonzales.
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This story was originally published June 23, 2026 at 3:52 PM with the headline "Paxton/Talarico poll; ‘nuisance’ hotel lawsuits; best pies and cakes. Today’s top stories."