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Parents’ willingness to get the COVID-19 vaccine for their children has returned to nearly 50% after dipping below 40% in May, according to an August poll from The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler. Forty-eight percent of parents surveyed said that they either definitely will get or have already gotten their children ages 6 months and older …

Dallas County received 5,000 additional vials of the monkeypox vaccine in the last four days, opening up more opportunities for qualifying residents to get immunized against the virus. The vials equate to up to 25,000 doses when administered through a new method that injects the vaccine between layers of skin rather than beneath the skin, requiring only one fifth of …

Despite a hot start to the week, there’s hope for a bit of a cool down later in the week. But before that can happen, Tuesday will be hot and dry with highs of 100 to 103. A summertime cold front arrives Wednesday with a chance of storms and for some, a drop in temperatures. A more noticeable bit of …

Mike Hickmon’s impact on football went far beyond his playing career. Those close to him, including Seagoville head football coach Stephen Jackson Jr., said his influence on the game only increased after he finished playing at UNT in the early 2000s. Hickmon, 43, was shot and killed Saturday after an argument at the Dragons’ game in Lancaster, according to police and medical …

Sunday that asked Texas voters their thoughts about the November midterm elections, including the race between Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke, and other issues affecting the state. The poll, conducted Aug. 1-7, surveyed 1,365 registered voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points. Voters were also asked about the candidates in other statewide …

MOSCOW (AP) — Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner on Monday filed an appeal against her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession, Russian news agencies reported Monday. Griner, a center for the Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted on Aug. 4. She was arrested in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after vape canisters containing …

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s reelection campaign heads to television this week with a biographical ad featuring his wife, Cecilia, discussing their marriage and the accident that put him in a wheelchair. The statewide ad will run for two weeks, campaign aides told The Dallas Morning News. The buy costs at least $3 million and is the opening salvo in a media campaign that …

Connie Gonzalez’s neighborhood has one general store, but her family can’t walk there because it’s too dangerous without sidewalks. Gonzalez, who has lived in West Dallas for 40 years, said cars regularly drive into the ditches on the side of the street in front of her house, and drivers who park there often leave trash. She’s told city officials about …

Just months away from voters’ decision on whether to retain or fire him, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has found a new foil to help him rally his conservative base and turn back Democrat Beto O’Rourke in November. Abbott has been sparring with New York Mayor Eric Adams over the governor sending busloads of undocumented migrants from the Texas-Mexico border to the Big Apple, …

Texans are stressed about the economy, cutting back on spending and placing the blame on the policies of President Joe Biden. Seven in 10 Texans say they are more worried about finances than they were a year ago and 87% said increased prices have had an impact on their household situation. Gas prices are hitting family and business finances hard and …