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WASHINGTON — Top executives of major U.S. oil companies defended themselves Wednesday from allegations they are exploiting tight international energy markets to rack up blockbuster profits while American consumers suffer at the pump. Darren Woods, chairman and CEO of Irving-based Exxon Mobil Corp., pointed to how the pandemic crushed oil demand so completely that crude prices briefly dipped into negative territory, a …

Election Day is Saturday, May 7, for city council and school board races across North Texas, and Thursday, April 7, is the last day to register to vote in the contests. The Dallas Morning News has a Voter Guide where you can enter your address to view your ballot and read candidates’ answers to a questionnaire. Editorial Board recommendations will be published …

A man was fatally shot Wednesday evening on the frontage road of Interstate 35W in Fort Worth, police say. Officers were called just before 7 p.m. to the northbound frontage road near East Morphy Street and found a man with a gunshot wound. The man was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital, where he died. His name has not been …

WASHINGTON — Top executives of major U.S. oil companies defended themselves Wednesday from allegations they are exploiting tight international energy markets to rack up blockbuster profits while American consumers suffer at the pump. Darren Woods, chairman and CEO of Irving-based Exxon Mobil Corp., pointed to how the pandemic crushed oil demand so completely that crude prices briefly dipped into negative territory, a …

Election Day is Saturday, May 7, for city council and school board races across North Texas, and Thursday, April 7, is the last day to register to vote in the contests. Voter Guide where you can enter your address to view your ballot and read candidates’ answers to a questionnaire. Editorial Board recommendations will be published in the coming weeks. …

The father of a 3-year-old boy who was fatally shot in Dallas last week now faces an evidence-tampering charge. Police announced late Wednesday that Jalexus Washington Sr., 27, had been arrested because he concealed a firearm after the shooting of Jalexus Washington Jr. (Police said the father’s name is Jalexus, but jail records and public records showed it as Jaxleus.) A …

A Plano man was arrested last week after police say he inappropriately touched three children he was tutoring. Jerry Tsai, 68, was taken into custody Thursday on three counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact. He has since posted $150,000 bond, Collin County jail records show. It’s unclear whether he has an attorney. Plano police said the mother …

Many of the birds at the Dallas Zoo are being moved behind the scenes temporarily after cases of the bird flu were detected in Texas. The virus was detected initially in a flock of birds in Erath County, about 100 miles southwest of Dallas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday. About 3,200 birds in two flocks have been infected, according to …

The divorce of Dallas Cowboys executive Charlotte Jones and her estranged husband David “Shy” Anderson is closer to being finalized after a state district judge issued a ruling following one and a half hours of testimony in a Dallas County courtroom. Both Jones and Anderson and their lawyers left the courthouse after testimony revealed that they wished to be granted …

A construction update on the DART Silver Line project is set for Friday, April 8, at 9:30 a.m. at Coolgreens Richardson, 1251 State St. Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s Silver Line — a $1.2 billion rail project in the works for about 30 years — includes Richardson among the stops it will have from Plano to DFW Airport. In addition to Richardson and Plano, plans also …