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North Texas had the fastest-growing metro area in the United States from July 2021 to July 2022, with an annual growth of more than 170,000 people, new Census Bureau data shows. Texas cities led the nation in growth both by total number of people and the percentage change, according to Census population and housing estimates released Thursday. North Texas was followed by the …

A group of nuns accused Fort Worth’s Catholic bishop of shutting down their monastery over “fabricated” allegations that the reverend mother violated her vow of chastity with a priest. The nuns, who live at a secluded monastery in Arlington, said in a lawsuit filed this month that Bishop Michael Olson and the diocese have abused their power and invaded the sisters’ privacy. …

Daisy Donjuan’s family never saw the value in college. After graduating from high school, she did what was expected of her — dropped education, worked and pitched in at home as her parents did. So when she enrolled in Dallas College after a five-year break in school, she was left to navigate a dizzying array of options and decisions solo …

Lucas Ponzetto limped a mile through the streets of São Paulo, fearing for his safety. He felt desperate knowing he had no one who could care for him. “Please help me. Help us. We need help,” he recalled crying to child protective services agents as he stumbled into their building with a torn ACL. “My mom, I can’t count on …

More people have come forward saying they haven’t been paid due to a weeks-old problem with a Dallas County’s payroll upgrade, adding to the tally of hundreds left with missing funds or no pay at all. Dallas County Elections Administrator Michael Scarpello confirmed Thursday that some people who worked the polls at early voting centers for the May election have …

Pleasant weather is expected this Monday with sunshine and a high in the 80s. There will be a chance of evening thunderstorms out west, but these will not likely affect DFW. Meanwhile, there will be a better chance of rain for the metroplex toward the middle of the week, especially Wednesday morning. Dry weather looks to return by the end …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is flying migrants south away from the U.S. border and busing new arrivals away from its boundary with Guatemala to relieve pressure on its border cities. In the week since Washington dropped pandemic-era restrictions on seeking asylum at its border, U.S. authorities report a dramatic drop in illegal crossing attempts. In Mexico, officials are generally trying …

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The mother of an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody said Friday that agents repeatedly ignored pleas to hospitalize her medically fragile daughter as she felt pain in her bones, struggled to breathe and was unable to walk. Agents said her daughter’s diagnosis of influenza did not require hospital care, Mabel Alvarez Benedicks said in an …

A man breaking into a vehicle fatally shot a security guard who confronted him Friday afternoon, Dallas police say. Dallas police said responded to the 8200 block of Westchester Drive, a few blocks from the University Park city line in North Dallas, about 3:25 p.m. and found a man who had been shot. Police said the man — identified Saturday …

Police are investigating after a man was found shot to death early Saturday in Far North Dallas. About 1:10 a.m., Dallas Fire-Rescue called police to the 5300 block of Southern Boulevard, near Spring Valley Road and Montfort Drive, where a man had been fatally shot. The man’s name has not been released. Police are have not released any additional information …