AUSTIN — Following an external review of its sexual misconduct policies, the University of Texas at Austin says that in the future it will fire employees found to have committed sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking or interpersonal violence. UT President Greg Fenves on Monday announced the policy changes, along with a report of recommendations from legal firm Husch Blackwell, in an …

After nearly a year of campaigning in a field of more than two dozen candidates, centrist Democrats have finally figured out that Joe Biden is their best chance to stop the threat facing the party. That threat—for now—is not President Donald Trump. It’s Bernie Sanders, the insurgent Independent from Vermont who’s the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for president. Many …

Centrist Democrats closed ranks behind Joe Biden on Monday, with Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg — the freshest casualties of 2020 — converging on Dallas to help the former vice president keep the nomination from Sen. Bernie Sanders. Beto O’Rourke, the former El Paso Democrat who nearly unseated Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018, made a surprise appearance at Biden’s …

Beto O’Rourke said he was taking Joe Biden to Whataburger on Monday night, just after he endorsed the former vice president for the Democratic nomination for president. And he made good on his promise, livestreaming the whole meal at the Whataburger near Cityplace in Dallas. Twitter ate it up, putting O’Rourke and Whataburger into top Twitter trends Monday night. Some …

A storm system located over southern California will move east over the next two days. This will keep plenty of clouds over North Texas with spotty showers through Tuesday. A much higher chance of rain arrives Tuesday night into Wednesday. The rain will be widespread and heavy at times. Minor flooding will be possible. Be sure to stay weather aware. …

One person is dead after a shooting Sunday night in north Oak Cliff, police said. Dallas police responded to a shooting in the 600 block of North Ewing Avenue near Interstate 35E around 11 p.m. Sunday and found three gunshot victims. One of the victims, a 28-year-old man, was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body, police said. …

Two children who were in the back seat of a car when it was stolen Sunday afternoon in Farmers Branch were found safe, and a woman has been arrested. Authorities had been searching for Preston Jeremy Scarlett, a 5-year-old boy, and Princess Janelle Scarlett, a 4-year-old girl. The two children were in a car about 3:30 p.m. in the 4000 …

A student was taken into custody after a gun was accidentally fired at North Forney High School on Monday, authorities said. No students or staff members were injured, officials said in a joint statement from Forney ISD and the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Department. One student was found with the gun, which was “accidentally discharged while handling the weapon,” authorities said. …

Five Dallas police officers were told to stay home temporarily after arresting a man whom jail officers later reported had a “possible case of COVID-19” on Sunday. Parkland Hospital officials also confirmed on Monday they were monitoring the 24-year-old “out of an abundance of caution.” All five officers who came in contact with the person they arrested “were notified of …

The NASA has reached out to everyone — including school students — in a bid to make its Moon and Mars missions a success, tech website End Gadget reported. According to the publication, the NASA commenced a new round of its Moon to Mars Exploration Systems and Habitation Academic Innovation Challenge (M2M X-Hab) that challenges university students to study and develop space-faring …