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A powerful cold front will move in late tonight, bringing a good chance of scattered showers and a few thunderstorms. The chance of rain will be highest during the middle of the night, but a few showers could linger into Friday. Much colder air will be pushing in during the day Friday. Temperatures will drop from the 50s in the …

A 53-year-old man was arrested Thursday following a two-hour standoff with authorities in northeast Fort Worth, according to the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office. Shortly before 1:30 p.m., sheriff’s deputies arrived at the 2700 block of Mimosa Park Drive to arrest Robert Byrd on an aggravated kidnapping charge, authorities said in a news release. Byrd refused to exit a home on …

AUSTIN — Texas legislators ordered an overhaul of the state’s electricity market in response to the power blackouts during the deadly February winter 2021 storm that contributed to the deadly calamity. But some experts are disturbed that the weather conditions surrounding the grid’s near collapse were not taken into account in a government report released Thursday that could be pivotal …

The findings, based on data as of noon on Wednesday, reflect that an overwhelming number of counties — 205 out of 254 — favored Republicans. Those counties turned more Republican by an average of 2.87 percentage points, the data showed. The analysis also showed urban areas are shifting toward Democrats, part of a continuing trend across the country. All five …

FORT WORTH, Texas — A U.S. judge in Texas on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan forgiveness — a program that was already on hold as a federal appeals court in St. Louis considers a separate lawsuit by six states challenging it. District Court Judge Mark Pittman, …

AUSTIN — Mihaela Plesa became the first Democrat in almost 30 years to win a Collin County Texas House seat Tuesday, narrowly defeating Republican Jamee Jolly in a district Republicans redrew to favor Democrats. Plesa, a legislative director who helps craft bills in the House, capitalized on a campaign where she focused on public education funding, reproductive health care and door-knocking …

Police tracked the occupants of a speeding pickup for more than an hour on Wednesday afternoon in an incident that involved a vehicle change and multiple instances of the suspect vehicle driving the wrong way on major freeways. When the second pickup finally stopped, officers could be seen looking for its occupants in a wooded area. Dallas police said there …

Police arrested a man they say was involved in multiple recent violent crimes, including the fatal shooting of a 48-year-old man in central Oak Cliff last month and a slaying in Cedar Hill. Garrett Shay Hamilton, 29, was taken into custody during a traffic stop shortly before 1:30 a.m. Saturday. He was driving a stolen vehicle, according to Dallas police. …

Democrats had easy victories across Dallas County on Tuesday night, flipping the only red seat in the Commissioners Court. But some Republicans are questioning whether one party can fairly represent all of Dallas County. Republican Commissioner J.J. Koch has lost his seat to Democratic challenger Andrew Sommerman, according to final but unofficial results. District 2 includes north Dallas, Richardson, Coppell, …

Richardson police identified a man Wednesday who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman over the weekend. Tyrain Mar Keis Mitchell(Richardson Police Department) Shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday, police were dispatched to the 2000 block of Plymouth Rock Drive, where a woman told officers that a man assaulted her in a nearby alley. Police said they identified Tyrain Mar Keis …