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Social media and chroniclers of high-end real estate have had a big time with the futuristic “Tron” house, an almost $4 million movie-themed behemoth a few blocks east of Dallas’ Love Field. Throw in an extra $575,000 and you can keep the Ferrari that sits in a showcase garage visible through the living area’s glass wall. I too admit to losing my …

A gorgeous fall weather pattern is in place across North Texas. Cool conditions in the morning will transition to warm weather by afternoon beneath sunny skies. Light winds and low humidity will make for a very nice combination. More of the same is in store for the next several days. A fresh push of cooler air will arrive for Thursday …

Finally, some heat relief is arriving for North Texas. A cold front pushed through the area late Sunday afternoon and evening, producing some isolated thunderstorms. But as expected. most of the area has seen no rain at all. But we will see temperatures come down by Monday morning. And it will be more autumn-like all week long. High temperatures will …

“Freedom for Iran!” “Say her name! Mahsa Amini!” “We want justice! We want peace!” Hundreds of D-FW residents, young and old, gathered in downtown Dallas’ Dealey Plaza on Sunday afternoon to bring awareness to what’s going on in their home country of Iran. One of the organizers, Arrash Pirasteh of Plano, said he wanted to bring people together because he …

FORT WORTH — Annabell Rodriguez loved going fast. No toy, whether it was a drifter car or an electric scooter, was fast enough for the 10-year-old. This weekend, Annabell’s mother, Monica Gallegos, was treated, along with 61 other Uvalde residents, to a weekend at the races at Texas Motor Speedway — four months after Annabell and 18 of her classmates …

A line of storms that moved south through North Texas knocked out power for thousands of people in downtown Dallas late Sunday afternoon. An outage map on Oncor’s website showed that more than 9,600 customers downtown were without power as of 5:15 p.m. Thirteen people were trapped inside of an elevator at Reunion Tower in downtown Dallas while they were going …

BALCH SPRINGS — Weeks after the skies opened and dumped 15 inches of rain on his home, Joel Garcia was tearing out drywall on a hot afternoon, a debris pile growing at the curb. “You should have come before all this and seen how nice my house was,” said Garcia, 34, who owns a remodeling business. The mud line was 2 feet …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When Texas’ new abortion law made no exceptions in cases of rape, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott defended it with an assurance: Texas would get to work eliminating rapes. One year later, Lindsey LeBlanc is busy as ever helping rape victims in a college town outside Houston. “The numbers have stayed consistently high,” said LeBlanc, executive director of the …

The debate Friday between Republican incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke has political intrigue and the potential for gripping drama. Texans should watch the matchup, despite it happening on a Friday night in the middle of high school football season, to gauge whether it will move the needle in what most polls show is a single-digit race. Both candidates have experience …

Dallas County commissioners are hesitant to give Nike’s potential distribution center a 50% tax break after some of them challenged the company on its diversity. The commissioners’ leeriness could jeopardize the athletic shoe and clothing company’s plan to bring a $60-million-plus distribution center to Wilmer along with 500 jobs in 2025. The proposal would give Nike and its landlord, LPC …