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On a sweltering Saturday morning, about 400 people gathered in downtown Dallas calling for solutions to gun violence. Sparked by last month’s massacre at a Texas elementary school, some demonstrators carried messages in remembrance of victims of mass shootings. They chanted and held signs as they made their way through the city, and many spoke out about changes they wanted …

A 19-year-old man was fatally shot in East Fort Worth on Friday night, police said. Officers responded about 8:30 p.m. to the 2200 block of Carverly Drive, near Martin Luther King Park, and found a man with a gunshot wound. The man was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital, where he died a short time later. The Tarrant County medical …

DeSoto police are asking for help identifying a man they believe robbed two banks this week. Officers were called about 4 p.m. Friday after a man robbed the PNC Bank at 225 N. Hampton Road. Witnesses said the man did not display a weapon, but he walked up to one of the teller windows and demanded money, police said. Police …

A service was held in Uvalde on Saturday for one of the students killed in the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. The funeral for Alexandria Aniyah “Lexi” Rubio, 10, was Saturday morning at First Baptist Church. In her obituary, her family said she was “driven, athletic, intelligent and fun.” She played softball and basketball, and loved spending …

This will be the hottest weekend of the year so far with highs from 100 to 105, and a heat index of 105-110. A Heat Advisory is in effect through 7 pm Sunday. DFW Airport experienced record heat Saturday. The low of 79 was the warmest minimum temperature ever for the date, and the high of 103 tied the record …

A Kentucky man will spend the rest of his life in prison after Dallas police linked him to a sexual assault case that went cold for more than 15 years, the Dallas County District Attorney’s office announced. David Warren Jackson, 57, was found guilty Thursday of aggravated sexual assault. In 2005, Jackson befriended a 23-year-old homeless woman who was among …

WASHINGTON — Thousands of people rallied on the National Mall and across the United States on Saturday in a renewed push for gun control measures after recent deadly mass shootings from Uvalde, Texas, to Buffalo, New York, that activists say should compel Congress to act. “Enough is enough,” District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser told the second March for Our …

Authorities arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho pride event Saturday after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear. The men were standing inside the truck wearing khakis, navy blue shirts and beige hats with white balaclavas covering their faces when Coeur d’Alene police stopped the U-Haul …

Dallas-Fort Worth tied a 111-year record Saturday when temperatures topped 100 degrees for the first time in 2022. The temperature at DFW International Airport hit 103 degrees at 2:41 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. The last time the temperature hit 103 degrees on June 11 was in 1911. The last time North Texas had its …

This will be the hottest weekend of the year so far with highs from 100 to 105, and a heat index of 105-110. A Heat Advisory is in effect from noon Saturday through 7 pm Sunday. Record tying heat is likely at DFW both Saturday and Sunday with highs around 103. Make sure you drink plenty of water and don’t …