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Warm weather is returning to North Texas in time for the holiday weekend after a brief cool front moved through the area this week. Summerlike weather are expected as high temperatures creep into the mid- and upper 90s through Memorial Day, the National Weather Service said. The weekend will be windy, though, with breezes of 15 to 25 mph from …

HOUSTON — President Donald Trump told a packed NRA conference on Friday that the nation must respond to the Uvalde shooting by fortifying schools with metal detectors, full-time armed guards and perimeter fencing. “Our schools should not be the softest target, our schools should be the single hardest target in our country,” he said during an hour-long spech at the event in downtown Houston. …

UVALDE — Time seems to stand still in the main square of Uvalde, the epicenter of the pain and hopelessness this community was thrown into Tuesday after losing 19 children and two teachers. Three days after the shooting at Robb Elementary School, businesses display “Uvalde Strong” signs in their windows, and traffic along Main Street continues, but cars slow down as …

UVALDE — Students trapped inside a classroom with a gunman repeatedly called 911 during this week’s attack on a Texas elementary school, including one who pleaded, “Please send the police now,” as officers waited more than an hour to breach the classroom after following the gunman into the building, authorities said Friday. The commander at the scene in Uvalde — …

The National Rifle Association hasn’t officially made an announcement, but it appears the Grand Ole Night of Freedom Concert has been canceled. Country singer Jacob Bryant was the lone performer remaining after Lee Greenwood, Texas native Larry Gatlin, Don McLean, Danielle Peck and T. Graham Brown pulled out. In a tweet, Bryant acknowledged that the event wasn’t happening. “The show has been …

WASHINGTON — Conventional wisdom since George P. Bush’s defeat Tuesday night holds that a dynasty that produced two presidents and a senator has now ended. In truth, the Bush dynasty was already dying by the time Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stomped its embers, fending off his challenge in the Republican primary runoff by a decisive 68-32 margin. Bush’s dad, …

School districts in North Texas and throughout the state have dealt with threats related to guns following Tuesday’s massacre in Uvalde. On Wednesday, a juvenile was detained after a police officer found a gun at a Fort Worth middle school. No one was hurt and no threats were made, Fort Worth police said. An officer assigned to W.A. Meacham Middle …

UVALDE — It was 11:28 a.m. when the Ford pickup slammed into a ditch behind the low-slung Texas school and the driver jumped out carrying an AR-15-style rifle. Twelve minutes after that, authorities say, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos was in the hallways of Robb Elementary School. Soon he entered a fourth-grade classroom. And there, he killed 19 schoolchildren and two teachers …

The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office has identified the man who fatally shot himself last week outside of Lockheed Martin on the White Settlement-Fort Worth city line. Richard Lynn Bains, 62, died by suicide, the medical examiner’s office said. A Lockheed Martin spokesman told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that Bains was an employee on administrative leave at the time of his death May …

Country music singer-songwriter Lee Greenwood and Texas native Larry Gatlin are among a growing list of entertainers who are withdrawing as performers at the 2022 annual National Rifle Association convention. The convention kicks off in Houston on Friday, four days after 19 children and two adults were killed in a school shooting in Uvalde. “I was scheduled to perform at NRA’s private …