AUSTIN – Texas appears poised to end its participation in a proven voter fraud prevention program that has been attacked in election conspiracy theories and by former President Donald Trump. Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced Friday that her office’s director of elections would lead the effort to create a Texan-run voter crosscheck program. The move comes just days …

“Woman. Life. Freedom.” “Zan. Zendegi. Azadi.” “Down with Islamic Republic! Down with Khamenei!” Nearly 100 people chanted in English and Farsi on Sunday near the John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza in downtown Dallas, marching to demand change and bring awareness to government abuse in Iran — especially for the targeted attacks against women and girls. Sunday’s march was one of …

The Spring Break week will begin dry and cool with highs into the 50s and 60s. Milder air will return by midweek with highs climbing into the low 70s on Wednesday and Thursday. Our next round of rain and thunderstorms arrive on Thursday, some storms could be severe. Temperatures will again fall below normal to end the week with highs …

WASHINGTON — Glenn Beck, conservative radio host and co-founder of Irving-based Blaze Media, said he is now the owner of an archive detailing the path to securing abortion rights in Roe vs. Wade. The collection belonged to Linda Coffee, the lawyer who filed the lawsuit on behalf of “Jane Roe,” the Dallas woman blocked from terminating her pregnancy under a …

Dallas school leaders say they want to be “as proactive as possible” in responding to the fentanyl crisis after several North Texas teenagers died of overdoses in recent months. Dallas ISD schools could soon stock naloxone, commonly available as a nasal spray known as Narcan, and empower staff to administer it. Nurses, administrators and athletic trainers would learn how to …

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When The Dallas Morning News hired me last year to be managing editor, I had the idea it would be cool to bring PolitiFact to this community. PolitiFact is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, national website that launched in 2007 and partners with newsrooms throughout the country to do state and local fact-checking. The reporting is objective, nonpartisan and relies on primary sources and original documentation. Texas …

PLANO — In elementary school, Cassie Dume was that shy girl who would sit in the corner and watch her classmates braid their hair. She felt alienated because her hair was different. Back then, the Plano West senior was one of few Black people in the school — a trend that carried on through middle school. To this day, depending …

WASHINGTON — With enthusiasm fading for Ukraine aid, a pair of Texans have been raising alarms about complacency in the face of Russian aggression. Sen. John Cornyn and the House Foreign Affairs chairman, Austin Rep. Michael McCaul, have both evoked Britain’s missed opportunity to confront Nazi Germany before World War II. Both have been trying to tamp down growing impatience …

Riley Keough, granddaughter of Elvis Presley and daughter of the late Lisa Marie Presley, attended the Vanity Fair Oscar after party on Sunday, March 12th, 2023. While talking to VF she shared that she couldn’t wait to run into Austin Butler, who was nominated for portraying Elvis in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic of the King of Rock n Roll, Elvis. The host at the blue carpet …