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An Uber driver who was stabbed in the neck while on the job Tuesday night in northeast Dallas says he was frustrated that the company deactivated his account after the attack, temporarily preventing him from being able to work. Uber said Wednesday it was following company policy and that it had reinstated Joshua Escandon’s account. Escandon, 49, was walking to …

Another hot day is expected Thursday across North Texas with excessive heat warnings and heat advisories covering much of our area. Temperatures will continue to climb into the 100s for the remainder of the week, with near-record high temperatures expected this weekend. Heat index values could be as high as 113. Along with the intense heat, the fire danger will …

A Frisco high school student riding a bicycle was struck and killed by a car near Roach Middle School in Frisco on Wednesday morning — the district’s first day of class, police said. According to McKinney police, the crash occurred about 5:30 a.m. near Independence Parkway and George Washington Drive on the Frisco-McKinney border just outside the school. Police said …

WASHINGTON — Texas lawmakers prodded the U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday to provide bottled water to mail carriers in San Antonio, a long-standing practice the workers say stopped last month despite the extreme heat roasting the state. A Dallas letter carrier, Eugene Gates Jr., collapsed on the job and died June 20 during a heat wave. “This heat s particularly dangerous for letter …

The Dallas City Council on Wednesday approved nearly $8.6 million in payments for services related to the ransomware attack earlier this year, including credit monitoring for potential identity theft victims. Fortune told the council during the meeting that the city mailed about 27,000 letters starting last week notifying mostly current and former employees, such as retirees, that their data was exposed …

Authorities recovered the body of a teenager Wednesday after responding to a drowning call at Lewisville Lake earlier that afternoon. The call came in to 911 about 5:30 p.m. from the public swim area at Lewisville’s Lake Park, according to city spokesman Matt Martucci. The Lewisville Fire Department’s dive team was searching the water for the teenager, Martucci said. A little after …

A Dallas police officer died by apparent suicide a day after he and three other officers fatally shot a homicide suspect as they tried to arrest him this week, according to a department email obtained by The Dallas Morning News. Dallas police released 17 seconds of surveillance footage Wednesday that did not show any of the officers or include the sounds of gunfire. The …

Multiple fire departments are responding Wednesday night to a grass fire at Cedar Hill State Park, authorities said. The blaze forced authorities to close FM 1382 for almost three hours in both directions, Cedar Hill police said about 5:45 p.m. It covers 10 acres and is 25% contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. The southbound lanes of the …

Karen Magruder used to think climate change was out of her realm of expertise as a social worker. Extreme weather like summer heat waves changed that. Magruder saw her clients – low-income seniors – struggling more than others to deal with the heat. As temperatures rose, she kept seeing vulnerable communities suffering the most. “Climate change is impacting [the] most …

A California man on Tuesday filed a personal injury lawsuit stemming from an April 2022 incident in which he alleges he and others were “locked in their seats” on the Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast ride at Arlington’s Six Flags Over Texas after an electrical malfunction caused a fire. The suit was filed in Tarrant County on behalf of Connor Spitzig against the …