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WASHINGTON – The federal government is putting up another $15 million to help fill gaps in North Texas electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The Federal Highway Administration grant to the North Central Texas Council of Governments is to install up to 100 public EV charging ports in the 16-county Dallas-Fort Worth region, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, announced Tuesday. The five-year grant …

This past year was the hottest on record, according to analysis from a European climate agency. 2023′s global average temperature of 14.98 degrees Celsius (58.96 degrees Fahrenheit) beat the previous record-holder, 2016, by 0.17 degrees Celsius, the agency Copernicus announced Tuesday. Last year’s temperatures were also 1.48 degrees Celsius (2.66 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than preindustrial times. That figure is narrowly below …

A teacher who worked for a school district near Austin was arrested last month in North Texas and is accused of soliciting a minor online, police said. James Austin Byrd, 42, was arrested Dec. 27 in North Richland Hills, according to a Monday news release. Byrd was a high school teacher in Bastrop ISD, said Carissa Katekaru, a North Richland …

A teenager was arrested Tuesday morning in connection with the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old girl in southeast Oak Cliff last week. Trevon Darnell Wright, 17, was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Task Force in the death of Ikea Imari Hood. He was booked into the Dallas County jail, where he faces a charge of murder. As of Tuesday afternoon, …

Those pesky winds are diminishing and tonight will be mainly clear and cold. Lows in the low to mid-30s. Expect a fast warm-up for Wednesday and Thursday with highs mostly in the 60s. The next cold front arrives Thursday night with a chance of some showers late Thursday night into Friday morning. Friday will be much chillier with highs in …

A man who was out on bond after a previous assault charge is accused in the slaying of his pregnant wife at a McKinney apartment, according to Collin County court documents. Nasib Ahsan, 33, was arrested and faces a capital murder charge after police found 31-year-old Nawreen Tuli dead at the home on Christmas, according to the records. He was …

An off-duty Dallas police officer was involved in a crash early Saturday that killed a pregnant woman and hospitalized three people, including a baby, authorities said. Dallas County sheriff’s deputies responded to the collision about 2:30 a.m. on Interstate 30 near South Second Avenue, the office said in a news release. When deputies arrived, they found a stalled Chevy Malibu …

FORT WORTH — Firefighters completed an exhaustive search of the rubble in downtown Fort Worth on Tuesday, one day after a massive explosion rocked a historic hotel building, injuring 21 people and littering streets with debris. No additional victims were found, and rescue workers are confident no one remains trapped in the building, Fort Worth Fire Chief Jim Davis said at a news …

Twenty-one people were injured after a suspected gas leak caused an explosion at a downtown Fort Worth hotel Monday afternoon. Here’s what we know so far: What happened? An explosion about 3:30 p.m. erupted in the Sandman Signature Hotel, in the historic 20-story W.T. Waggoner Building in the 800 block of Houston Street. The cause of the explosion has not been confirmed, …

DENTON – An eligibility challenge to a state Senate candidate endorsed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Gov. Greg Abbott was delayed Monday after late court filings brought the case to a halt. The judge set another hearing for Jan. 19 in a lawsuit that seeks to remove GOP Republican Senate candidate Brent Hagenbuch from the ballot. With about six weeks left …