University of Dallas officials said they will not take action against a professor who wrote a Facebook post denouncing a transgender woman who is the Biden administration’s nominee for assistant health secretary. The controversy began when David Upham, an associate professor who is chairman of the school’s politics department and director of legal studies, wrote in a now-deleted post that …

WASHINGTON — The White House urged Russia to free Trevor Reed, a former Marine from Fort Worth, saying it would be a goodwill gesture as the two countries renewed a nuclear arms deal on Wednesday. Reed is one of two ex-Marines who have become pawns in the tense U.S.-Russia relationship. He has spent nearly 18 months behind bars for allegedly …

A 43-year-old man who previously served time in prison for murder was arrested Tuesday in the December shooting death of a 38-year-old woman in Carrollton, police said. On Dec. 18, officers were called to the 3400 block of Country Square Drive in Carrollton, where a friend of Quashana Hobbs found her dead inside an apartment, police said. Hobbs died of …

Mayfest was canceled last week in Fort Worth, and the city of Houston today announced that the 2021 edition of the RodeoHouston is off the books. But another popular May festival, one which annually brings together more than 160,000 street-goers (and beer-seekers) in Grapevine, is still on tap, according to city officials. “Main Street Fest is being completely reimagined for 2021 so …

President Joe Biden’s hundred day moratorium on deportations was supposed to ease anxieties in immigrant communities after four years of harsh crackdowns by the recently ended administration. But across the nation, deportations continue at about the same pace as before Biden was inaugurated Jan. 20. That’s because the Texas attorney general sued to stop the policy change, with a judge …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We are getting an early taste of spring, but it won’t be long before the weather reminds us we’re still in winter. We are starting off Thursday with mostly cloudy skies and mild morning temperatures. Thursday afternoon we expect temperatures to pop up toward record territory near 80! It will also be breezy with southwest winds …

Several Dallas City Council members say they want increased enforcement on panhandlers, citing concerns about safety and blight from trash as a result of those activities. Council member Lee Kleinman, during a council briefing Wednesday, asked City Attorney Chris Caso to prepare several possible Dallas code amendment proposals for consideration, including one that would allow city marshals to issue citations …

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott for the first time has pledged that Texas will do “exactly” what a federal judge presiding over a foster care lawsuit has ordered and that he and lawmakers will provide the funding “to live up to” her edicts. In an appearance on a Rio Grande Valley radio station’s morning drive program, Abbott went further than …

AUSTIN — After holding their majority in the Texas House last November, Republicans in the chamber are confident in their unity, message and agenda one month into this year’s legislative session. And they plan to use wins from this session to pick up more seats in 2022. “We want people in the general population to understand what the Republican brand …

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 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 resemble under …