DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — In hushed reverence, President Joe Biden stood witness with grieving families Sunday under a gray sky as, one by one, the remains of 13 U.S. troops killed in the Kabul suicide bombing were removed with solemnity from a military aircraft that brought them home. The only sounds that could be heard during the …

A chimpanzee has died at the Dallas Zoo from a heart-related illness, officials say. The 31-year-old chimpanzee, Kirk, stopped breathing Wednesday, just before caretakers’ rounds at the end of the day. The caretakers began to administer life-saving measures, but he already had died. The zoo said the chimpanzee hadn’t shown signs of illness in the weeks before he died, but …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ed Asner, the burly and prolific character actor who became a star in middle age as the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, first in the hit comedy “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and later in the drama “Lou Grant,” died Sunday. He was 91. Asner’s representative confirmed the actor’s death in an email to The …

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. drone strike blew up a vehicle carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from Afghanistan’s Islamic State affiliate on Sunday before they could attack the ongoing military evacuation at Kabul’s international airport, American officials said. An Afghan official said three children were killed in the strike. The strike came just two days before the U.S. is set …

Plano police shot a masked gunman at their headquarters Sunday afternoon, and investigators were trying to determine whether the suspect was connected to the killing of a Lyft driver in Garland earlier in the day. Police shot the man about 12:15 p.m. after he fired a handgun in the direction of a civilian employee and another person in the lobby …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help finding a 55-year-old man who was last seen Friday in west Oak Cliff 55-year-old man last seen in west Oak Cliff found safe, Dallas police say Gregory Thomas is described as a bald man with brown eyes who is 6 feet tall and about 140 pounds.(Dallas Police Department) Gregory Thomas’ last known …

AUSTIN — As a special legislative session that has garnered national attention huffs to a finish, Republicans appear likely to pass most of the items on Gov. Greg Abbott’s agenda ― many by nearly straight party-line votes, analysts and members of both parties agree. An “election integrity” bill discussed at the highest levels in the nation’s capital all summer, a package narrowing …

AUSTIN — The dates for the 2022 Texas primaries rely on a series of ifs and buts. Many of you remember what former Dallas Cowboys star quarterback and SMU standout Don Meredith used to say: “If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all have a Merry Christmas.” Instead of candy and nuts, a Merry Christmas in this scenario …

Hot and sunny weather will be the theme for much of the week here in North Texas. While temperatures will certainly be on the hot side, it won’t be any record-breaking heat with most locations in the mid to upper 90s this week. While the effects from Hurricane Ida (now downgraded to a tropical storm) pass well to our east, …

NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida became a tropical storm as its top winds slowed over Mississippi on Monday, 16 hours after blowing ashore in Louisiana as one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. mainland. Ida pushed so much water into the mouth of the Mississippi that it reversed the flow of the mighty river and blacked …