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Texans head to the polls in a little under four months, with Republican John Cornyn’s U.S. Senate seat up for grabs. The incumbent lost his runoff to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who will face o
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Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland was suffering from stage 1 chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, when he died by suicide last year. Scientists at the Boston University CTE Center made the diagnosis following post-mortem brain tissue analysis, according to a statement Tuesday fr...
During the second day of the preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the Utah man charged in the killing of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, prosecutors showed never-before-seen security video of Robinson on the Utah Valley University campus on Sept. 10, the day he's accused of shooting an...
Fire investigators have ruled a Sunday blaze that scorched a baseball field at a Dallas park as accidental, blaming expended fireworks for sparking the fire.
A Texas wind turbine company must stop accepting wind turbine blades and begin the cleanup process at two of its facilities in Sweetwater, according to a temporary injunction from a Travis County district court judge.
A 23-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the fatal beating of a man in South Dallas last month, authorities announced Tuesday.
Authorities have identified a 50-year-old woman who was struck and killed by a luxury vehicle early Sunday morning in Grand Prairie.
Dallas marks 10 years since the July 7, 2016, downtown ambush with tributes honoring the five fallen DPD and DART officers killed in the attack.
A North Texas woman was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison for providing material support to an Antifa cell following a 2025 terrorist attack at an immigration detention center.
Walmart is lowering prices on thousands of products, including beef, Coca-Cola and laundry detergent, saying the cuts are aimed at reducing the costs of seasonal summer items.The largest U.S. retailer on Monday said the price cuts will be available in its stores and in Sam's Club locations, on Wa...
He's a Mansfield tax preparer with a wife and seven children, but for a brief moment, 10 years ago, Mark Hughes was the most wanted man in America.His story is a reminder of the chaos and outrage that followed when on July 7, 2016, five Dallas law enforcement officers were shot and killed on the ...
A 24-year-old man was hospitalized with serious injuries Tuesday morning after being shot multiple times in the parking lot of the General Motors assembly plant, authorities said.
With five recent independent polls showing Democrat James Talarico is locked in a dead heat with Republican Ken Paxton for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas, the state representative said his focus on lowering costs will help him win in November. After visiting a food pantry in Dallas on Monday after...
Washington — President Trump began the NATO's summit in Turkey alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Tuesday with a clear message that Turkey is a better friend to the United States than many of its traditional Western allies. "I was very disappointed with NATO," the president to...
Former Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee and former Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum was arrested last week in Alabama during a traffic stop after Daphne police say officers searched his vehicle and found marijuana and three packages of a substance that later tested positive for methampheta...
Emergency crews rushed to Midtown East early Tuesday morning after reports of falling debris revealed a structural compromise at a high-rise construction site.
Toyota said Monday it will shift most production of its midsize Tacoma pickup truck from Mexico to the United States as part of a $3.6 billion investment in its San Antonio, Texas, plant. The transition from Toyota's Tijuana, Mexico, facility will take roughly four years, the Japanese auto giant ...
Dallas is marking 10 years since the July 7, 2016, ambush that killed five law enforcement officers during a downtown protest, one of the deadliest attacks on police in modern U.S. history. The shooting left four Dallas police officers and one DART officer dead, injured several others and forever...
Two women were injured early Tuesday morning after a dispute escalated into a drive-by shootout that left more than 60 shell casings scattered across a street in South Dallas, according to Dallas police on the scene.
Some of soccer's biggest stars are taking the pitch at AT&T Stadium in Arlington for the FIFA World Cup.AT&T Stadium, which is referred to as Dallas Stadium during the tournament, hosted five group stage matches:Group F – Netherlands vs. Japan on Sunday, June 14 – Match ended in a 2-2...
A summer stomach parasite is showing up in Texas.Texas has reported between 11 and 30 people have contracted cyclosporiasis this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as health officials warn the true number is likely higher because many infected people recover withou...
Jury deliberations are set to resume Tuesday morning in the criminal trial of Johnson County Sheriff Adam King, who is accused of retaliating against his former top deputy after the deputy reported sexual harassment allegations against the sheriff.
The chance of rain is only 30%, so not everyone will see showers or storms. Everyone will see the heat and humidity, with temperatures near the 100° mark and feel-like temperatures as high as 102°.
Created under last year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Trump Accounts are designed to help children under 18 build savings, similar to how adults use individual retirement accounts to save for retirement.
The Lewisville Police Department launched a drone over the Fourth of July weekend to respond to calls concerning illegal fireworks at apartment complexes and parks.
“I want to cry,” one fan said of Ronaldo’s last World Cup match. “I’m really sad. He played so much. He had a lot of discipline. He worked hard since he was a young athlete.”
“It was great to see us get this far,” said one fan.
Some venues and hotels are offering a glimpse into America's history. Also, the tall ships in New York are sailing to Boston for the public to view from July 11 through 16.
A prolonged summer heat wave is settling over the region, pushing temperatures near the triple-digit mark and threatening to break a newly elevated normal high temperature of 95 degrees.
It's warm and muggy Tuesday morning, with most waking up to dry conditions. A few areas in Northeast Texas near Paris and Sulphur Springs have seen storms, with very isolated showers across other areas.A First Alert Weather Day has been issued for Tuesday afternoon due to the threat of strong-to-...
Johnson County Sheriff Adam King is on trial, accused of retaliating against a female employee who filed a sexual‑harassment complaint against him.
Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland had stage 1 CTE when he died by suicide in November, according to an announcement from the Concussion and CTE Foundation on Tuesday. “Unfortunately, I was not surprised to find CTE in the brain of Mr. Kneeland, because we have found this pr...
The city of Fort Worth has filed a lawsuit seeking to reduce crime at a property on East Lancaster. The lawsuit seeks to have the Central Motel at 5800 E. Lancaster Avenue declared a common nuisance under Chapter 125 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, alleging the property has bee...
From charm bracelets to flags and headbands, there's plenty of free merch at the Dallas FIFA Fan Fest."Today, I want to get the USA one, because I have Mexico, Canada and I want USA," said Andres Mazutis, a fan from Colombia. "I want to make a World Cup experience in my house."But with the World ...
An off-duty firefighter is being called a hero after rescuing three children from an overturned boat at a North Texas lake on the Fourth of July, officials say. According to the Alvarado Police Department, officers and Alvarado firefighters were called to Alvarado Park Lake when a boat capsized. ...
"I just kept saying, you can breathe, baby, you can do it, you can do it, I got you," said Jason Horne.Not words any father wants to say out loud. It's definitely not where Horne expected his Fourth of July to go when he took his family to Alvarado Park Lake. "We saw a pontoon boat and a jet ski...
A man is hospitalized and another is in custody after a shooting outside the GM Arlington Assembly plant on Tuesday morning. Arlington Police said they were called to a shooting in the parking lot along Abram Street at about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. Officers arrived to find a 24-year-old man with...
The 2026 FIFA World Cup comes to a close in less than two weeks. Tuesday is the end of the Round of 16. Argentina plays Egypt in Atlanta at 11 a.m. CST. Colombia plays Switzerland at 3 p.m. in Vancouver. The winners are headed to a Saturday night quarterfinal in Kansas City against each other. Al...
Tuesday marks 10 years since five officers died in an ambush in downtown Dallas. On July 7, 2016, a sniper opened fire at a Black Lives Matter protest, killing four Dallas police officers and a Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer. Nine other officers and two civilians were also wounded in the...
The Dallas doctor who is considered “the father of aerobics,” Kenneth Cooper, is looking back on 60 years of contributions to soccer and fitness. Many will be familiar with the 12-minute run test Cooper developed to measure cardiovascular fitness in 1968 while he was a flight surgeon in the U...
Texans head to the polls in a little under four months, with Republican John Cornyn’s U.S. Senate seat up for grabs. The incumbent lost his runoff to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who will face off with democratic state lawmaker James Talarico. State Rep. Talarico spent Monday in Dallas,...
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