HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — “American Idol” judge Lionel Richie has fans buzzing after announcing his Sing A Song All Night Long tour dates for 2023 on Monday. Concertgoers in Houston will get to see Richie unite with fellow R&B/Pop legends Earth, Wind & Fire at the Toyota Center on Sept. 2. The 20-city arena tour kicks off in August in Minnesota and …

A 26-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison on Monday after he was convicted of capital murder in connection with a fatal shooting during an armed robbery of a Fort Worth grocery store more than five years ago. Marquis Sypho had been accused in the shooting of 26-year-old Raymond Huerta on Jan. 11, 2018, at a Save A Lot grocery store …

A man and a woman were arrested Monday afternoon after they led police on chases near and into Dallas following a traffic stop, according to a KXAS-TV (NBC5) report. Police have not released the names of the pair who were arrested, and it is unclear what criminal charges they face. The chase started about 2 p.m. Monday when officers from …

Proposed legislation could result in harsher penalties for people who cut off their ankle monitors and require notification to law enforcement and other officials when a parolee is allowed to visit a hospital. The bills, announced Monday in Dallas by state and local officials, also would make it a third-degree felony to assault a hospital worker in a hospital. The …

New details have emerged about the woman who was arrested in the stabbing her five children in an Ellis County home, killing three of them and hospitalizing two. The slayings happened Friday after a Child Protective Services investigator decided to remove the children from the home before they were killed, the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday. Shamaiya Deyonshanaye Hall, 25, of Forney, was …

Supporters of Frisco trustee Marvin Lowe showed in force Monday night at the district’s school board meeting, voicing support for Lowe after allegations recently surfaced that Lowe harassed a transgender student last September during a state educational conference in San Antonio. Trustees had an action item on the agenda regarding Lowe and whether any disciplinary action was needed regarding the …

In November, the research company OpenAI released a bot called ChatGPT. The bot has since gone viral, and has been used to write code, poetry and even an architectural review of Perot Museum of Nature and Science. ChatGPT composes everything from one-word responses to entire essays. But how does it actually work, and could its written responses replace human creations and ideas? …

A man who was shot by officers in Garland is in critical condition in a hospital and is accused of leading authorities on a chase Monday afternoon before opening fire on them, according to police. Officers tried to stop a white car about 5:30 p.m. Monday near the intersection of South Jupiter Road and Russwin Drive, the Garland Police Department …

Months after NASA showcased that it had the technology to navigate a spacecraft moving more than 14,000 miles per hour into hitting an asteroid, a new study suggests that similar methods could be used to protect the earth. In late-September, NASA conducted its Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a mission that rammed a spacecraft into Dimorphos — a small asteroid that …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The week ahead is looking warm and humid, and while there are a couple of cool fronts on the way, it’s not looking as chilly as previously thought to kick off our local Spring Break. Fog is likely to form again overnight as temperatures only fall into the upper 60s. Tuesday afternoon will end up a lot …