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WASHINGTON— The House Jan. 6 committee’s final report asserts that Donald Trump criminally engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election and failed to act to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol, concluding an extraordinary 18-month investigation into the former president and the violent insurrection two years ago. The 814-page report released Thursday comes after …

A 16-foot python that was stolen from in Austin has been returned to its home in Dallas, according to the Austin Animal Center. The owner, who was not named in the Austin Animal Center’s Facebook post or in a CBS News report, said his car was broken into in Austin several months ago, and that a large bag that was carrying the …

From checking the weather to tracking power outages, Frisco officials monitor urgent situations like today’s extreme temperatures from the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). “During inclement weather, we will utilize the Emergency Operations Center where employees from departments throughout the city will monitor for any safety concerns, deploy necessary resources and communicate any necessary information as quickly as possible to the …

EL PASO — In this deeply Catholic city, people are keenly aware of the meaning of Christmas, especially the biblical story reenacted in the posadas, or inns, where Mary and Joseph went futilely searching for somewhere to spend the night in Bethlehem. Today, strangers who have made a long journey fraught with dangers are stranded in this border city on the …

A winter storm pummeled North Texas on Thursday with bone-chilling temperatures and high winds. The Dallas Morning News has developed a live tracker to follow the supply and demand on the state’s power grid, which is mostly managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Demand on the grid is surging as the arctic cold front lingers in North Texas.

The coldest air of the year has settled into North Texas this morning. Sub-zero wind chills are in place and a Wind Chill Advisory continues until noon today. By afternoon, the wind will diminish but it will remain below freezing all day. Temperatures will remain below freezing until Saturday afternoon. It will only be a brief thaw though. More thawing …

A man who was found unresponsive outside in Fort Worth on Thursday has died, according to a report from KDFW-TV (Channel 4). MedStar emergency crews found the man, whose name was not mentioned in the report, behind a fast food restaurant on East Lancaster Avenue, according to the report. He later died at a hospital. In a Thursday evening news release, MedStar …

A new Dallas College tool seeks to entice the students who paused their education back to school by showing them the value of a degree. The pandemic’s toll on higher education continues as colleges and universities struggle to bounce back to enrollment numbers. As a result, the undergraduate student body is now 9.4% — or nearly 1.4 million students — smaller …

As a “once in a generation” winter storm swept through the country Thursday, frigid temperatures and blustery winds blasted North Texas, disrupting holiday travel during one of the busiest times of the year. The storm was so colossal, the National Weather Service said around 190 million people across the United States were under some type of winter weather advisory, with …

Three McKinney families have keys to their newly built homes just in time for Christmas. City officials on Tuesday held ribbon-cutting ceremonies for two of the homes, built as part of a housing rehabilitation and reconstruction program. Another family received their keys on Dec. 16. “These homes were too damaged to repair, so the city demolished and rebuilt them. Construction took …