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The “one pill can kill” fentanyl epidemic has hit home. Three young Carrollton-Farmers Branch students are dead and six others have been hospitalized in a string of overdoses, most of them since December. Federal investigators say each of these tragedies traces back to a single Carrollton house, located just blocks from R.L. Turner High School, where juvenile dealers as young as …

Lilia Astudillo’s 14-year-old son would often tell her he would buy a home for her one day and take care of her so she wouldn’t have to work anymore. “He planned on helping me support his younger siblings when he grew up,” Astudillo, 39, said in Spanish. “He wanted me to spend more time with them.” Despite José Alberto Pérez’s …

The mother of a Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD middle schooler said she pleaded with school officials for help before her son died from a suspected fentanyl poisoning last month. Lilia Astudillo, 39, said she asked school staff at Dan F. Long Middle School to help get 14-year-old José Alberto Pérez back on track after a series of misbehaviors. She feared he was using drugs. …

Breezy and mild conditions are expected as we start the week. Highs on Monday will soar into the lower to mid-70s. South winds could gust up to 35-40 mph. Please use caution for area travel. Widespread rain will push into North Texas on Tuesday as our next cold arrives. Some of the rainfall will be heavy at times. Upwards of …

MEXICO CITY – A month after President Joe Biden’s administration said it was expanding its humanitarian parole program for migrants from certain countries, Mexican officials warn it’s too early to claim success, even as the number of migrants reaching the border has plummeted. In an interview with Roberto Velasco, a top diplomat and chief of the North America bureau at the …

A single-engine plane appeared to have landed upside down Sunday at Denton Enterprise Airport. The Denton Fire Department posted photos of the aircraft on Facebook and Twitter and said aircraft rescue firefighting crews were at the scene of the incident. “Thankfully no injuries to the solo pilot,” the posts said. Crews were alerted about the crash around 12:10 p.m., department …

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday commended President Joe Biden for having “the guts” to take out a suspected Chinese spy balloon, but said the commander-in-chief waited too long to pull the trigger. “He allowed a full week for the Chinese to conduct spying operations over the United States, over sensitive military installations,” Cruz said during an appearance on CBS’ Face The …

Richard Cantrell Marcus, who as the last founding family member to run Dallas-based Neiman Marcus led the company at a time of a major expansion outside Texas, died Saturday at his home in Austin from complications associated with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia. He was 84. Marcus, the chairman and CEO from 1979 to 1988, was one of only three family …

The woman who police say displayed a handgun in the emergency room lobby of Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Saturday morning was fatally shot by Denton County deputies, the Sheriff’s Office said. The woman, who has not been identified by authorities, displayed the gun in the ER lobby about 8:55 a.m. at the hospital in the 800 block of West …

FRISCO — Valerie Wood said when she first heard Universal was planning to build a theme park in Frisco, she thought it was a joke. “I thought people were messing with me. We go to Disney and Universal every year. There’s no way this is real,” Wood said, recalling her thoughts on the day Universal Parks & Resorts announced purchase …