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AUSTIN — The state shipped thousands of Texas driver’s licenses to an international organized crime group in a security lapse that is still under investigation, Department of Public Safety Chief Steve McCraw said Monday. The Department of Public Safety has identified at least 3,000 Texans who have been affected and is investigating more potential cases, department officials told House budget …

Allen resident Ping Du says he was in Mexico in late December when his family vacation was ruined by an alert from his bank that his personal information on record had been updated without his knowledge. A bank representative told Du that someone had walked into a bank branch in New York and provided a physical driver’s license under his …

Local artist 2G.Kaash was arrested Friday in Grand Prairie in connection with the slaying of a 33-year-old man in January, authorities say. The rapper, whose legal name is Ghazi Harris, was detained at a hip-hop concert at the Texas Trust CU Theatre in the 1000 block of Texas Trust Way in Grand Prairie, authorities said. It was unclear whether he …

A Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD meeting grew heated Monday night when a community activist questioned the district’s response to a string of student overdoses and hospitalizations from fentanyl-laced pills. About 45 people total attended two meetings — one held in Spanish and the other in English — at a district administrative building. It was the first of two such parent workshops …

A party at an Airbnb that resulted in bullets flying into a nearby home with a 3-year-old inside has further angered Plano residents already fighting against short-term rentals in their neighborhoods. According to police, gunshots connected to a home on Cannes Drive in Plano were fired around 2 a.m. Sunday morning, startling residents in the Oakwood Glen neighborhood located northwest …

An 18-year-old man who was named as a suspect in connection with a fatal shooting in Buckner Terrace was arrested last week, according to online jail records. Shortly before 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19, officers were dispatched to a reported shooting in the 9200 block of East R.L. Thornton Freeway service road, according to Dallas police. Officers found Jacob Cohen, 25, …

AUSTIN — A new approach to finding foster homes and managing the recovery of abused kids is finally coming to Dallas. On Monday, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services announced it has chosen a lead “community-based care” contractor for Dallas, Collin and seven nearby counties east of Interstate 35. The nine-county area is the latest in Texas to …

Parents on Monday at Frisco Independent School District’s community input meeting showed in force, with a fairly even split of support for trustee Marvin Lowe, versus those who spoke in outrage regarding recent allegations that he verbally harassed a transgender student at a state educational conference last fall. A then 16-year-old transgender student, from a school district outside of North Texas, said …

As Black History Month ends, one North Texas activist says we fail to see that we all share a common history. For most of her life, Yeharerwerk Gashaw has advocated for peace and independence for her homeland of Ethiopia. Her name should be familiar to those who have followed her 40-year career as a model, actress, international human rights activist, …

She grew up thinking of preachers and pastors as masculine vocations after seeing only men take to the pulpit in the Southern Baptist Church. Now, Rev. Victoria Robb Powers is challenging that narrative herself. Royal Lane Baptist Church, known for its progressive stance in ministry and teaching, has always been led by men; Powers was celebrated Sunday as its first female …