Across Texas, 1,081 more coronavirus cases were reported Saturday, including 973 new cases and 108 older ones recently reported by labs. The state also reported 42 new COVID-19 deaths, bring its death toll to 50,403. Of the new cases, 762 were confirmed and 211 were probable. Of the older cases, 97 were confirmed and 11 were probable. The state’s case …

A grainy photograph shows a baby, maybe a day old, eyes closed. He’s strapped into a baby carrier, covered by a white blanket. A tiny hand peaks out. Just outside the shot are a full bottle of milk and one extra diaper. On Thursday, Koregan Quintanilla — the boy whose path seemed so precarious the morning of Nov. 9, 2002 …

Two bodies were found in an east Oak Cliff home early Saturday, Dallas police said. Patrol officers were dispatched on a call about 2:30 a.m. in the 4800 block of Haas Drive, near Cummings Park and Sunnyvale Street, police said. The bodies of a man and woman were found on the floor of a vacant home. The bodies had not …

The holiday weekend began dry, and should stay that way through Sunday. with some areas of fog south of Dallas Fort-Worth. Temperatures this weekend will be several degrees below normal with highs mostly in the low 80s. The normal high for late May is in the upper 80s. Rain chances will return on Monday as a complex of storms approaches …

Flower Mound police opened fire at a 42-year-old man who pointed a shotgun at them Saturday morning outside a fire station, but the man was not hit and only minor injuries to the gunman and one officer were reported, according to the department. Officers were dispatched about 8:30 a.m. on reports of a man pointing a gun at people in …

B.J. Thomas, the Grammy-winning singer who enjoyed success on the pop, country and gospel charts with such hits as “I Just Can’t Help Believing,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” and “Hooked on a Feeling,” has died. He was 78. Thomas, who announced in March that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer, died from complications of the disease Saturday …

AUSTIN — The Texas Senate was poised to advance a massive elections bill on Sunday, after an hours-long, overnight debate in which Democrats blasted the GOP majority for releasing just hours earlier a new version of the legislation that expanded its restrictions and penalties. Discussion on the sweeping voting legislation kicked off just after 10:30 p.m. It was ongoing more than three …

AUSTIN — Texas Republicans approached the legislative session as if they had a mandate to implement a conservative agenda tinged with issues pushed by supporters of Donald Trump, with bread-and-butter necessities like stabilizing the state’s electric grid added to the mix. With those goals in mind, the session was largely successful for the GOP, as Republicans in the Legislature are …

AUSTIN — Weeks before the November 2020 elections, several Democrats filed candidacies to become speaker of the Texas House, banking on their party winning the nine seats necessary to wrestle the chamber from Republican control. But Republicans easily beat back their rivals and held the House, guaranteeing that the Democratic Party would spend at least one more cycle in the …

With Texas Republicans poised to sign off on a sweeping voting bill, President Joe Biden said Saturday that legislation like Senate Bill 7 that restricts voting access is “un-American.” “Today, Texas legislators put forth a bill that joins Georgia and Florida in advancing a state law that attacks the sacred right to vote,” Biden said in a statement to The Texas …