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Back in the 1940s, Joan Bernstein’s parents refused to let her take academic courses when she enrolled in a Philadelphia high school. Instead, they asked her to take dictation and marketing classes. As far as universities’ admissions offices knew, she wasn’t ready for college. Life went on — she got married, had four kids and moved to Dallas. Decades later, …

An argument in East Fort Worth escalated into a fatal shooting Monday morning. Officers responded to the 4800 block of Richardson Street, between Village Creek Road and Mountcastle Drive, and discovered one man already dead with a gunshot wound to his upper body, police said. A call log shows police responding to the scene about 10 a.m. Police said detectives …

A man was arrested over the weekend and is accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend in Rowlett, police said. Shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday, officers were dispatched to the 8500 block of Seafield Lane in response to a call about an unresponsive person, police said. Rowlett is about 20 miles northeast of Dallas. Officers found a woman who had been …

The Allen Fire Department released a report Monday related to how long it took for emergency medical crews to respond to the May 6 shooting at an outlet mall. Within five minutes of the first call about the Allen Premium Outlets shooting, dispatch notes showed emergency crews receiving information about victims at various stores at the mall. Emergency crews also dealt with …

Anthony Moreno’s 5-year-old grandson struggles to understand why his doting grandfather will never come home — and fears the man who killed him will come after the young boy. “He is in heaven and he is with the flowers — that’s what my grandchildren say,” Ofelia Moreno told her husband’s killer inside a Dallas County courtroom. “They are heartbroken that …

AUSTIN — The optimism heading into this year’s legislative session in the GOP was quite high. The state’s top Republican leaders had all won reelection by healthy margins. The Legislature had a record breaking surplus. And lawmakers agreed that Texans would see steep discounts to their property taxes. By the end of the session, Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached. A $17 …

AUSTIN — If social media is where history is written real time, the Twitter feeds of Texas’ top Republicans offer striking insights into how tax policy has exposed fractures at the top of the Texas GOP. Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan are in a stand-off over property tax relief. All three agree property …

A new maverick at City Hall is bucking one of Dallas government’s worst traditions: studying a problem to death without ever showing results. City Council members Paula Blackmon and Adam Bazaldua created the fentanyl strike force late last year in response to the “one pill that kills” crisis taking the lives of young people across North Texas. The latest evidence of …

A $35.9 million redevelopment project will almost double the available affordable housing units for low-income residents at the Lloyd Owens and Cockrell homes in McKinney, according to Christianne Brunini, chief marketing officer for Knight Development. The project is part of a larger initiative — started 10 years ago — by the residents of the McKinney Housing Authority and its board …

A weak upper low-pressure system nearby will once again provide a chance for spotty thunderstorms this Tuesday afternoon. They’ll be spotty in coverage and most of us will stay dry, but a few could produce gusty winds and brief downpours. In addition, an Air Quality Alert is in effect for Tuesday in the DFW area for potential ozone pollution. If …