AUSTIN — State senators on Thursday filed a slate of bills designed to restrict the construction of renewable energy in Texas and encourage the development of more fossil fuel power plants. Republican Sens. Charles Schwertner of Georgetown and Phil King of Weatherford are leading the effort with the blessing of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who has made it a top priority …

A Tarrant County man is suing Dallas County and a sheriff’s deputy after he says his personal information was revealed to more than 100 people after the deputy livestreamed a traffic stop through TikTok. The lawsuit was filed in Dallas County district court last week by Torry Osby, who said his right to privacy was violated after Deputy Francisco Castillo …

New details in the fatal stabbing of three school-aged children — of which a mother is accused — last week at a home in the Ellis County city of Italy, emerged in court records released Thursday. The slayings happened Friday after a Child Protective Services investigator arrived to remove the children from the home, the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office said …

Thousands of people in Dallas-Fort Worth dealt with outages Thursday evening after a thin line of thunderstorms passed through the area. More than 3,000 Oncor customers were without power as of 7:30 p.m., according to a map on the company’s website, which showed a large number of outages in southern Dallas. “In Oak Cliff and South Dallas, we did see a significant …

Top Collin County officials agreed to a settlement with former and current employees who alleged sexual harassment and retaliation in the district attorney’s office, according to court records. The 75-page federal lawsuit filed in October accused District Attorney Greg Willis of repeatedly making untoward comments, inappropriately touching and propositioning female employees. The suit accused Willis’ No. 2, First Assistant District Attorney Bill …

A person died Thursday evening after they were struck by a train Thursday evening in eastern Fort Worth, authorities said. Shortly after 7:30 p.m., emergency crews responded to reports of a pedestrian being struck by a train at the intersection of State Highway 360 and Trinity Boulevard, north of Arlington, said Matt Zavadsky, a spokesman for MedStar, which provides emergency medical …

You’s Tati Gabrielle gushes over the acting prowess of her costar Penn Badgley, while filming scenes in the newest season. She weighed in on everything, during the course of an interview with People magazine. She started off by admitting, “So in season 3, I will never forget the first time me and Penn did our first scene.” “And we were talking Penn …

Britain’s King Charles made his first public speech Thursday since Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announced the Prince and Princess titles for their children Archie and Lilibet respectively. King Charles visited Surrey avian influenza scientists where the monarch was given a tour of the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s (APHA) headquarters in Weybridge. In his first public speech, King Charles …

Rajkumar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar’s much-anticipated film Bheed’s trailer has been released. The thought-provoking film is coming to the theaters to recall the haunted memories of the COVID-19 pandemic times. The novel coronavirus created borders within the countries and extended social disparity among the people of the nations. It threw the world into a dark phase. The trailer looks intriguing as it …

The Last of Us Joel actor Pedro Pascal recalled filming the brutal death scene of his character in HBO’s highest rated show Game of Thrones. Pascal revealed that filming his character Oberyn Martell’s death scene on the hit series was so “relaxing” that he actually fell asleep during it. The 47-year-old actor, who recently appeared on First We Feast’s Hot Ones, which is an …