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The Spring Break week will begin dry and cool with highs into the 50s and 60s. Milder air will return by midweek with highs climbing into the low 70s on Wednesday and Thursday. Our next round of rain and thunderstorms arrive on Thursday, some storms could be severe. Temperatures will again fall below normal to end the week with highs …

WASHINGTON — Glenn Beck, conservative radio host and co-founder of Irving-based Blaze Media, said he is now the owner of an archive detailing the path to securing abortion rights in Roe vs. Wade. The collection belonged to Linda Coffee, the lawyer who filed the lawsuit on behalf of “Jane Roe,” the Dallas woman blocked from terminating her pregnancy under a …

Dallas school leaders say they want to be “as proactive as possible” in responding to the fentanyl crisis after several North Texas teenagers died of overdoses in recent months. Dallas ISD schools could soon stock naloxone, commonly available as a nasal spray known as Narcan, and empower staff to administer it. Nurses, administrators and athletic trainers would learn how to …

PolitiFact is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, national website that launched in 2007 and partners with newsrooms throughout the country to do state and local fact-checking. The reporting is objective, nonpartisan and relies on primary sources and original documentation. Texas was the first state to join the PolitiFact network in partnership with the Austin American-Statesman. Now that partnership extends to The Dallas Morning News as PolitiFact Texas. …

PLANO — In elementary school, Cassie Dume was that shy girl who would sit in the corner and watch her classmates braid their hair. She felt alienated because her hair was different. Back then, the Plano West senior was one of few Black people in the school — a trend that carried on through middle school. To this day, depending …

WASHINGTON — With enthusiasm fading for Ukraine aid, a pair of Texans have been raising alarms about complacency in the face of Russian aggression. Sen. John Cornyn and the House Foreign Affairs chairman, Austin Rep. Michael McCaul, have both evoked Britain’s missed opportunity to confront Nazi Germany before World War II. Both have been trying to tamp down growing impatience …

Dallas police say a child was shot and wounded Saturday night in the Elmwood neighborhood of central Oak Cliff. Officers responded to a shooting call just before 7:50 p.m. in the 1700 block of Newport Avenue, near Elmwood Parkway Park, according to a police call log. The child was taken to a hospital and appeared to be stable, police said. …

LAKE CITY, S.C. — It was supposed to be a fun road trip to Mexico, a post-pandemic adventure for a group of childhood friends. One was treating herself to cosmetic surgery after having six children. It was a 34th birthday celebration for another. They rented a white van in South Carolina and set out on the nearly 22-hour trip, shooting …

Daylight saving time has forced Texans to change their clocks twice a year for decades. Early Sunday, we will roll our clocks forward an hour once again. But there was a time when Texans lived without the regular time changes, and one of our readers wanted to know why daylight saving time was introduced. That’s why Rene Fletcher asked Curious …

This Sunday, March 12, D-FW residents will move their clocks one hour ahead for daylight saving time. Losing one hour of sleep can make the morning alarm sting just a little more, but the effects of daylight saving can stay with us for weeks. Here’s how switching up the clocks affects our body. Why am I tired after daylight saving? Our body …