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A man accused of abducting his 2-year-old son before Child Protective Services could remove the child from a Royse City home has been arrested, police announced in a Thursday evening news release. Authorities about 9:30 p.m. canceled the Amber Alert issued earlier Thursday for Jordan Sangbong, whom police said was taken by his father, Daddy Noah Sangbong, 37, of Royse City. Police …

AUSTIN — A House spending blueprint for Texas that would buy down local school property taxes, freeze state college tuition for two years, give retired teachers their first cost of living adjustment in 19 years and begin installing air conditioning in 30 prison units won tentative approval Thursday from the Appropriations panel. What might have been a festive occasion — budget writers have an …

A chilly March pattern will dominate North Texas weather Friday through the weekend with temperatures well below normal. Highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s are expected. It’s possible some locations could experience lows near freezing, especially to the north and west of DFW. We’ll start a warming trend by the middle of next week. Highs will start …

Large hail, damaging winds and possible tornadoes pummeled North Texas and flooded roadways as another round of severe storms moved through Thursday. A tornado warning was in effect for parts of Dallas County for about half an hour as the storm continued to move to the eastern and southeastern part of North Texas. Sirens were activated throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. The National …

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s economy is facing economic and political challenges with a weakening U.S. dollar and drop in demand for goods. Protesters recently filled the streets here, repudiating what they called the leader’s push to dismantle a pillar of democracy. And insecurity cuts deeper into the fabric of society, spotlighted by the kidnapping of four Americans in Matamoros. Still, …

The life of the party, a sleeping child, a single mother and a father of five. All killed. All gun violence. All in a single week. From March 9 through Wednesday, at least 13 people were fatally shot in Dallas — one of the highest death tolls from a single week in the past three years. They ranged in age …

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to hit North Texas on Thursday afternoon, bringing the threat of damaging winds, large hail and potential tornadoes. While the main risk for Thursday’s severe weather system is large hail, a few tornadoes may be possible, according to the National Weather Service. Tornadoes can be deadly, with 72% of all fatalities occurring in a home, according …

A strong storm system will move into Texas on Thursday bringing a couple of rounds of thunderstorms to the area. Some of the storms will be severe late Thursday afternoon and evening. The first batch of showers and storms is expected to move across parts of North Texas Thursday morning. That will move into East Texas for the afternoon. The …

When her neighbors would take pecans from her two prize-winning pecan trees that adorned her front yard, the late Irene H. Trigg-Myers would get upset. Not because she wanted the nuts for herself, but because she wanted to greet her neighbors and be there to share her pecans with them. Her son, Kirk Myers, says that’s who his mom was. …

Authorities released a photo Wednesday of a person they say robbed a man at gunpoint in Fort Worth over the weekend. Fort Worth police released this image Wednesday.(Fort Worth police / Fort Worth police ) About 12:20 a.m. Saturday, officers were called to a hotel in the 6700 block of Fossil Bluff Drive, where a man reported that someone with …