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Saturday topped out at 90 degrees at DFW, but with low humidity, not too uncomfortable. Temperatures should drop Sunday, as a cold front moves through North Texas. It should be great weather for Cowboys tailgating Sunday with lower humidity and a high only in the mid 80s. Early next week will feature pleasant mornings Monday and Tuesday with low temperatures …

Bad Bunny brought his buzzy “World’s Hottest Tour” to AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Friday night. For the musical party, Conejo Malo used beach scenery and screens with images to transport the thousands of attendees who packed the venue to a summer paradise in the Caribbean for a few hours. Accompanied by palm trees, a red and white cooler, a …

OMAHA, Neb. — Major freight railroads, in a bid to apply pressure on unions and Congress, say a strike that could come after a key deadline passes next week would cost the economy more than $2 billion a day and disrupt deliveries of all kinds of goods and passenger traffic nationwide. The Association of American Railroads trade group on Thursday …

EL PASO — U.S. Border Patrol agents are releasing a rising number of migrants onto the streets here to ease overcrowding at a processing center. Since Sept. 1, the daily average of encounters with migrants has swelled from 900 to more than 1,100 per day, U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Carlos Rivera said. These numbers are in line with pre-pandemic volumes, …

Dallas may not be able to make a significant dent in catching up on long-neglected maintenance needs of some of its most visited Fair Park venues unless voters approve a hotel occupancy tax increase in November, prominent supporters of the election proposition said Friday. The 2% increase in the amount of taxes the city charges on room rentals is estimated to bring …

WASHINGTON — Millions of dollars in outside spending has flooded into New Hampshire ahead of next week’s primaries to pick Republican challengers to three Democratic incumbents this year. New Hampshire is one of the final states to hold primaries, along with Rhode Island and Delaware, on Tuesday. Republicans view the state’s Senate race as a pickup opportunity in their quest …

At 14 years old, Anita N. Martinez was collecting signatures on a petition urging the paving of Pearl Street in the area of Dallas known in 1940 as “Little Mexico.” While Little Mexico was absorbed by the booming business district of Uptown, Martinez’s legacy has not dimmed. As the first Mexican American elected to the Dallas City Council, her pioneering …

Gov. Greg Abbott is heavily outspending rival Beto O’Rourke in the television ad war for Texas governor, showcasing the impact the Republican incumbent’s stout campaign fund is having on what could be a close race. The governor’s TV campaign for the general election kicked off in August, when kids returned to school and more people started tuning in. He spent $4.3 million to splash …

The annual T-shirt swap is a staple of the Gay Softball World Series. Participants from more than 250 teams trade tees as souvenirs representing their cities from around the country. But this year, organizers in Dallas discouraged players from swapping shirts at the event’s opening ceremony in an effort to prevent the spread of monkeypox. It’s yet another celebratory moment …

Dallas County got a new tax rate and $1.8 billion budget for the upcoming year on Friday, but not without disagreements between commissioners. Two of the five commissioners voted against the new tax rate and budget, citing different specifics. But both felt that these measures did not keep the taxpayer at the forefront. Dallas County will collect about 22 cents …