Texas isn’t trending blue, or even purple — yet. President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s comfortable victories in the Lone Star State have stamped an exclamation mark on that. Both Republicans outperformed election-eve public polls that forecast tighter races in Texas than actually materialized on Tuesday. What happened? Democrats Joe Biden and MJ Hegar failed to build on …

The outcome of one of the hottest congressional races in North Texas hinges on thousands of uncounted mail ballots across Dallas, Tarrant and Denton counties. A final result is still days away. And even as Republican Beth Van Duyne declared victory in Texas’ 24th Congressional District on Tuesday, her Democratic opponent, Candace Valenzuela, did not concede defeat. “This race is too close to …

As the outcome of the presidential race neared and President Donald Trump’s team prepared to file legal challenges to results or to ongoing vote-counting in several swing states, demonstrators gathered peacefully at Dallas City Hall Wednesday evening to demand that all ballots be tallied. “We had to come together to symbolically show that people are watching,” said Mercedes Fulbright, director …

Poking the big red elephant might get you trampled. On Tuesday that’s what happened to Democrats, whose efforts to win the Texas House and flip the state from red to blue were crushed by a tide of voters who gave Republicans victories up and down the ballot. The GOP, somewhat humbled in 2018, adapted to the state’s changing political climate. …

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden pulled close to victory Wednesday after flipping three states President Donald Trump won in 2016. But the nation’s suspense stretched another day as the number of battlegrounds still pending shrunk to four. Biden can go over the top with wins in any of those: Nevada, Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina. Trump needed to …

Dallas County announced 866 more coronavirus cases Wednesday, all of them considered new. Two new deaths — one confirmed to be from COVID-19, one probable — also were reported. Labs report coronavirus cases either directly to the county health department or to the state health department, which then relays the information to individual counties. Of cases reported Wednesday, Dallas County …

Victor Alonso Pena was booked into the Dallas County jail Tuesday and faces a murder charge in the death of 21-year-old Angel Juarez. Officers were called about 2:20 a.m. Oct. 23 to the 2700 block of Howland Street, where they found Juarez shot. He was taken to a hospital and died two days later. According to an arrest-warrant affidavit, Juarez and …

] Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19. Here are the answers to key questions about the outbreak: What is the new virus? Scientists have identified the virus as a novel, or new, coronavirus. The name comes from the Latin word for crowns or halos, which coronaviruses …

Above-normal November temperatures continue Thursday with highs climbing well into the 70s. Fog will be possible in areas southeast of DFW through mid-morning. Visibilities may be reduced below a mile at times, so take it slow. The rest of the week will feature south winds at 10-15 mph with a few extra clouds from time to time, but no major …

The pandemic has caused deep, “horrifying” learning losses for Dallas children, and underscored the disparities among Black students, according to new DISD results. Half of all Dallas ISD students experienced learning loss in math during disruptions caused by COVID-19, and nearly a third slipped in reading, according to the district’s analysis of start-of-year assessments given to students in September and …