Dallas Police responded to a disturbance call at 5850 Beltline Road around 6:45 p.m. on Friday. According to their preliminary investigation, a man had committed aggravated assault involving family violence with a knife. Upon arrival, officers found a woman inside a tent and a man holding a knife beside the tent in a wooded area behind an apartment complex. Despite …

Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19. Here are the answers to key questions about the outbreak: What is the new virus? Scientists have identified the virus as a novel, or new, coronavirus. The name comes from the Latin word for crowns or halos, which coronaviruses resemble …

One person died after a DART train and a sedan collided Sunday evening in Richardson, authorities say. The crash happened at Collins Grade Crossing, just north of Arapaho Center Station, around 5:30 p.m., according to DART. According to DART, the vehicle was “in the right of way.” No further details about the crash were released. Shuttle buses are available between …

The COVID-19 crisis has brought unprecedented challenges to our communities, to consumers and to our economy. As people stay home and go online to purchase goods, they are counting on Amazon and other retail companies like never before. We’re working around the clock to provide the products and services people need. This includes taking a number of important steps to …

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday is expected to give guidance on how and when Texas should reopen businesses that have been closed or restricted to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Abbott’s announcement, which is expected to involve reopening much of the state sooner rather than later, will likely put him at loggerheads with local officials, most notably Dallas County …

The new work-week will begin with warm and windy weather under partly sunny skies today. Rain chances will remain very low, but a stray shower or thunderstorm cannot be completely ruled out, mainly to the west of DFW. The next significant round of thunderstorms appears to be on the horizon for Tuesday night.These will be along a cold front dropping …

On Feb. 18, Midland oil producer Diamondback Energy held a bullish briefing for stock analysts. The company had good news about its 2019 performance — more production and cash flow this year. On that day, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude was $53.50. Diamondback shares were trading at $74.56. Today, the reality is quite different. The …

As COVID-19 continues its opening act in its pandemic debut, it is important to understand its origin as a zoonosis. Experts have estimated that at least three quarters of all human infectious diseases originally came from animals. A pandemic caused by the transmission of a novel coronavirus from bats through an intermediate host, perhaps a pangolin, to humans should not …

The White House and Congress quickly authorized more than $2 trillion debt-financed spending in response to the emerging recession. No clear explanations of the long-term costs or principled limit on emergency borrowing could be heard among the voices claiming credit and promising relief. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin summarized the prevailing attitude: “we’ll deal with [the debt] later.” This week Congress …

When I was growing up in rural east Texas, my Baptist grandmother used to tell us we were going to the “church house” on Sunday mornings. “The people are the church; the building is just where we meet on Sundays,” she would explain. At the time it didn’t mean much to me, a seemingly pedantic point that flew over my …

The death toll from a global epidemic is rising at an alarming rate, killing more than 1.5 million people a year. The U.S., after losing many thousands of lives, has developed new treatments for those infected and the mortality rate is dropping significantly in the U.S. and Europe. But in poorer, developing countries, where facts about the disease are lacking …