WASHINGTON – Texas lawmakers left Tuesday night’s State of the Union address describing President Joe Biden’s speech as either an upbeat celebration of American persistence in the face of daunting challenges or a disconnected-from-reality attempt to paper over his many failures. The starkly different assessments broke along party lines. Republicans said the speech fell flat and was not promising for a potential …

Nusin Van Winkle knows how terrifying it is to experience an earthquake — she was in Turkey in August 1999, when a 7.6-magnitude tremor hit Kocaeli province, just east of Istanbul, and caused more than 18,000 deaths. Van Winkle felt the quake despite being almost 50 miles away. “The ground is shaking underneath your foot, there is no safe place,” …

After a year when Americans struggled with high inflation, gasoline prices and continued political division, President Joe Biden aimed for a sense of economic relief in his State of the Union address, his first to a divided Congress. He stressed themes of hope and possibility and stressed unity. “Let’s finish the job,” he said more than once. He touted his …

A man is accused of killing a woman in South Dallas last month by striking her several times with a vehicle. Justise Wade-Harris, 21, was booked into the Dallas County jail on a murder charge in connection with the killing of Cecelia Nash, who was found dead in the street on Jan. 18. Wade-Harris did not have an attorney listed …

A suburban school district southwest of Austin shared a video in classrooms that depicts a student performing CPR on his friend for 15 minutes after he suffered from a suspected fentanyl poisoning. It’s part of an aggressive awareness campaign launched after four students in the Hays school district died from fentanyl poisoning or suspected poisoning. Other videos feature the parents and friends of students …

As Valentine’s Day approaches, love seems to be everywhere, sewn onto teddy bears and piped onto heart-shaped cakes. Some people can fall in love at first sight, or, according to Netflix’s Love is Blind, without seeing each other at all. What does science have to say about it? It’s impossible to bottle meet-cute butterflies in a test tube or put that first-kiss …

This year, consider taking Valentine’s Day pointers from a different kind of love doctor. Here are three suggestions for how couples can refresh and deepen their relationships, according to Erin Venza, a researcher at the University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for BrainHealth. 1. Lean into the nostalgia When we meet someone we like, Venza said the initial physical attraction …

Long after the Dallas Zoo closed at 4 p.m. on Jan. 29, Davion Irvin waited for the right moment. Once it was dark, he told investigators he hopped a fence and headed to the bearded emperor tamarin monkey exhibit, court records show. Then, he began his plan. Irvin, 24, slashed the metal mesh of the monkey exhibit, walked through the door, cut …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — President of the Briargrove Property Owners Association Whitney Russell came to Houston’s city council on Jan. 24 to voice displeasure with a plan to turn some of the residences at The Deerwood apartments, located at 5800 Woodway Drive, into affordable housing. “The primary concern is how the Houston Housing Authority has had the authority to remove significant …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — About 2,000 water customers in northwest Houston got service back Tuesday evening hours after crews began working on a major leak that washed out a street. Houston Public Works tweeted photos of the emergency work happening in the area of Tidwell and Antoine. The images depict an open hole in the street, as well as the piping …