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A Dallas City Council committee is set to vote on a resolution that would ban city workers from cooperating with any investigation related to abortions unless it’s to uphold a patient’s right to reproductive care. The resolution would also block workers from using city government resources toward investigating or storing data about abortions and miscarriages. Both measures make exceptions for …

Dallas could soon be seeking cash for trees. Several top Dallas leaders including the mayor want to push forward with a long-running plan to sell carbon credits in the Great Trinity Forest, which could bring in millions of dollars over decades. They say the plan will help the city preserve green space and allow companies to offset their carbon dioxide …

The Dallas-Fort Worth area endured record-breaking temperatures last month — and, unfortunately for North Texans, the relentless heat won’t be letting up any time soon. While Texans are used to hot summers, experts say the most shocking characteristic about this year is how early the region heated up. At the end of July, 2022 was already approaching a spot in …

A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 40 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of aggravated robbery, the Collin County District Attorney’s office announced Monday. Stephon Washington was convicted June 30 of using a knife to rob a woman who was jogging at Towne Lake Park in McKinney last July, according to court records. Washington has since appealed …

A person was killed and another was wounded in a shooting late Saturday in west Oak Cliff, Dallas police said. Officers were called just before midnight to the 2000 block of Keats Drive in a field near Texas Drive, near South Westmoreland Road and West Illinois Avenue. Responding officers found 22-year-old Isarel Martinez in the field with multiple gunshot wounds. …

With changing public health priorities and a shrinking willingness to take COVID-19 tests at a health care clinic, it could seem as if trying to get an accurate picture of local case counts is a futile exercise. But public health experts say that collecting case data is critical to understanding community health needs, even if it requires reworking North Texas’ …

  Mubeen Siddiqui, father of Nasir Siddiqui CEO Hiba Entertainment, was laid to rest at a cemetery in Farmersville, Texas. Dallas (Report: Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada) Mubeen Siddiqui, the father of Haba Entertainment CEO Nasir Siddiqui and a well-known figure in the Pakistani community, passed away this morning.  His funeral prayer was offered today at IANT Masjid after Asr prayer …

A man who shot a woman in the neck died on Saturday after the same bullet that injured the victim struck his leg, Dallas police said. Police did not release details about what led up to the shooting. It is unclear whether police believe the shooting was an accident or intentional. The woman, whose name has not been disclosed, was …

The summertime cold front that brought a few showers on Saturday lifted back north into Oklahoma as a warm front, ending our rain chances for North Texas, and causing temperatures to rise once again. DFW reached a high of 103 Sunday afternoon. And even along the Red River, where there was a bit of a break from the heat on …

A woman was stabbed to death in Far East Dallas early Sunday, according to police. The stabbing was reported about 5:40 a.m. near Hunnicut Road and St. Francis Avenue. Police found a woman lying in the street with “deep cuts to her neck and chest.” The woman, who authorities have not identified, was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities said …