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An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot and a woman was wounded early Saturday in North Dallas, police said, and a man was in custody in connection with the shooting. Officers were called to the 6400 block of Royal Lane, between Preston and Hillcrest roads, about 2:15 a.m. and discovered that a boy and a woman had been shot. The boy …

A cold front will lead to cooler temperatures for Sunday as highs fall back into the upper-50s to mid-60s. The week will begin dry and cool with highs in the 50s and 60s, Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday will be milder, and Thursday will be our next round of thunderstorms. Temperatures will fall below normal to end the week with highs …

PEÑITAS (AP) — Two sisters from Texas and a friend are missing in Mexico after they crossed the border last month to sell clothes at a flea market, U.S. authorities said Friday. The abduction of four Americans in Mexico that was caught on video last week received an avalanche of attention and was resolved in a matter of days. But the fate of …

A 40-year-old man is wanted in the slaying of a 22-year-old man who was fatally shot outside a Rowlett shopping center last month. Virgil Allen Harris(Rowlett Police Department) Rowlett police responded to the 2100 block of Lakeview Parkway about noon Feb. 26 and found 22-year-old Rowlett resident Kerry Cottrell shot in a shopping center driveway. He died at a hospital. …

On the eve of daylight saving time, two Texas legislators say they want voters to decide whether to end the time change and permanently spring clocks forward across the state. “This is the perfect point of populism, it’s let people vote on their own time,” state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, told. “The lion’s share majority, way up there, would want …

AUSTIN — Three women in Texas are being sued for wrongful death by a man who claims they helped his now-ex-wife obtain medication for an abortion. It’s another test of state-enforced bans since the U.S. Supreme court overturned the Roe vs. Wade decision. In a lawsuit filed late Thursday in Galveston County, Marcus Silva alleges assisting in a self-administered abortion …

Jurors awarded a former Omni Hotels employee $25.1 million in a case that alleged the company has a “glass ceiling” and her 15 years of employment there were “smashed against it.” Jurors found Thursday that Omni Hotels and Resorts and its Dallas-based parent company, TRT Holdings, paid Sarah Lindsley less than men who worked in similar positions. Her attorney, David …

AUSTIN — A bill that would create a Texas Border Protection Unit, allow the governor to declare a migrant “invasion” and let the new border unit enlist the help of citizens was introduced in the House late Friday. To make arrests, citizen volunteers would have to be trained, and their arrest powers would have to be “specifically authorized” by the …

AUSTIN — A group of GOP Senators on Friday unveiled a proposal to let students use taxpayer dollars on private school tuition in what is likely the opening shot in the fight over voucher-like programs this session. The legislation would create “education savings accounts” of up to $8,000, which families can use to pay for private school tuition, books and …

The man shot by Fort Worth police Saturday when officers believed he was reaching for a weapon was carrying a pepper spray gun, the department said Friday. Fort Worth police released audio and video Friday of the incident, which occurred about 7:15 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Park Vista Boulevard and Keller Haslet Road, where a 29-year-old man was reportedly behaving …