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A cold front brought blustery and cold weather to North Texas Friday. There’s a slight chance for a few showers tonight, mainly to the northeast of DFW. A few wet snowflakes may mix in up around Paris and Cooper. No impacts to roads are expected and if there is accumulations of snow, it will be on the grass. The clouds …

A former Plano ISD teacher has been accused of criminal conduct by a former student, district officials said in a letter to parents on Friday. The alleged incident between the student and teacher occurred between 2005 and 2009, according to the district notification. The student attended Williams High School and Plano East High School during that time frame, and the …

A Saginaw man accused of running a fentanyl pill-pressing operation was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Texas announced Friday. Adrian Warren, 33, pleaded guilty in October to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. His associates — Joanna Martinez-Otero and Jamie Rodriguez — were recently sentenced to 15 and nearly 11 …

A man was fatally shot Thursday morning in Mountain Creek, Dallas police said. Officers responded about 7 a.m. to a report of a shooting call at 5700 Duncanville Road, near West Red Bird Lane, and found a man wounded. The man was taken to a hospital, where he died. Police said the victim’s identity had not been determined. Police arrested …

Power stations and other critical infrastructure are being targeted for attacks at an increasing clip across the United States, leaving energy and extremism experts worried about what a potential coordinated assault against the Texas grid might look like. Earlier this week, federal authorities announced the arrests of two members of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, accusing them of planning a …

WASHINGTON – Republicans are eager to make the president squirm over the classified documents in his garage, his son’s “laptop from hell” and a host of other topics. The House Oversight Committee has quickly emerged as the main arena, with Texans among the pugilists. They’ll “finally face a reckoning,” said Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Sherman, who’ll chair one of the subcommittees. …

A cold front will move across North Texas tonight. Colder air will filter in behind the front with increasing north winds. Friday will be blustery and colder with highs in the 40s and a north wind gusting to 30 mph. The weekend will be dry and cool with highs in the 50s. Rain chances return by late Monday into Tuesday. …

Sports gambling is illegal under the Texas Penal Code, punishable as a Class C misdemeanor with a maximum fine of up to $500. But there are loopholes, also known as “affirmative defenses to prosecution” under Texas law. In other words, if you get busted by law enforcement, whether it’s for bets between friends or for Super Bowl squares at an office or family …

Richard Acosta Jr. said he didn’t know his 14-year-old son had fatally shot three people at a Garland convenience store seconds earlier when the boy hopped into the back of his truck and told him to drive away. Acosta said he didn’t know his son had a gun. He just heard shots being fired and thought he was doing what …

Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown said there was “no indication” shots were fired at the Dallas County Health and Human Services building after a report of an active shooter Thursday afternoon caused the building to go into lockdown and led to a large law enforcement response. Brown said about 5:15 p.m. that Dallas police had pulled out of the building …