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A cold front will slip into North Texas on Saturday, stalling out close to the DFW area. With this front hanging around, there can be a couple of showers and thunderstorms over the holiday weekend. The most likely time for showers and storms will be Easter morning. By Sunday afternoon, the rain will move into East Texas. While widespread severe …

Gov. Greg Abbott lifted the last of the stepped-up vehicle inspections on Friday that snarled traffic at the Texas-Mexico border and drew intense pushback from business leaders. But the Republican warned that he would not hesitate to bring back the policy that created hours of traffic delays if the leaders of four Mexican states that border Texas don’t do their …

McKinney Mayor George Fuller says he is “ashamed” of the Republican Party in light of the nationwide controversy over efforts to remove books from school libraries and classrooms. “I am ashamed of the political party that I affiliate with,” Fuller told on Wednesday, referring to comments he made in a community Facebook group last week following a recent McKiney ISD school board …

Cowboys cornerback Kelvin Joseph was a passenger in a vehicle from which several gunshots were fired last month, killing a man in the Old East Dallas area, but Joseph was unarmed and did not kill the man, his attorney told The Dallas Morning News on Friday. Dallas police interviewed Joseph, 22, Friday afternoon at his attorney’s Uptown office about his involvement in the …

As investigators work to figure out what happened the night that Cameron Ray, 20, was killed, many questions remain about Dallas Cowboys cornerback Kelvin Joseph’s involvement in the Old East Dallas shooting and whether he’ll face criminal consequences. Dallas police interviewed Joseph on Friday afternoon in connection with the killing. His attorney says Joseph was in a vehicle from which gunshots …

Three men have been arrested for the February shooting of two 17-year-olds in DeSoto who drove to a Dallas gas station to call for help, DeSoto police said. Police arrested Vito Disce Green, 18, Roosevelt Jerome King, 19, and Malik Jackson, 24, on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. All three are DeSoto residents. Jackson was booked into …

Like many Latino immigrant parents, Jessica García’s mother relies on her to translate from English to Spanish. Health experts, though, say that responsibility can cause anxiety and other long-term problems in minors. García is about to enter a new stage in her life. The 19-year-old will graduate from Dallas ISD’s Samuell High School in May, then continue her education at …

AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott maybe had to dodge some rotten grapefruits — a few, lofted from normally friendly faces in the gallery. But the Texas governor’s on-again, off-again inspections of incoming trucks from Mexico, that snarled traffic and bungled international trade, probably helped him politically in the short term, experts said Friday. The inspections and the free bus rides …

A 17-year-old is in custody after police say he shot and injured two teenagers Friday morning in west Oak Cliff. Joshua Acevedo is facing two charges of aggravated assault, Dallas police said. It’s unclear whether he has an attorney. Police said officers were called around 9:50 a.m. to the 400 block of Hartsdale Drive, near West Davis Street and North …

After Thursday’s pleasant weather, Friday will be warmer and breezy with a mix of clouds and sunshine. Temperatures will climb into the 80s with a south wind of 10-20 mph. Humidity will increase as well. A cold front will slip into North Texas on Saturday producing spotty showers and perhaps a thunderstorm. Highs will be in the 70s in Northwest …