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A 17-year-old boy was fatally stabbed by a competitor in a “sneak, surprise attack” at a Texas high school track meet, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday, as trial opened in a case that stunned an affluent Dallas suburb where the pair attended school. AP

Opening statements in Karmelo Anthony trial begin with no Black jurors Lawyers have delivered opening statements in the trial of a former Texas high school athlete who is accused of fatally stabbing a 17-year-old competitor from a rival team at a track meet. A prosecutor described it as a “sneak, surprise attack.”

The suspected case comes as Texas ramps up efforts to keep the livestock-killing parasite from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

First suspected New World screwworm case detected in South Texas