Over the past two and a half years, James Webb’s life has taken an unexpected turn beyond his imagination. “After earning a business economics degree and working in sales, marketing, and corporate jobs, I decided to switch gears,” Webb shared. “Now, I trade in suits for stretchy pants and baggy t-shirts.” Webb’s new career path? Competitive eating. “Twice a day, …

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 …

House Democrats had hoped this week to establish a proxy voting system that would enable it to act when a crisis like the current COVID-19 pandemic prevented many members from meeting safely in person at the Capitol. But Republican opposition prompted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to delay action pending a bipartisan study of Rules Committee chairman Jim McGovern’s plan to …

In the current pandemic too few women are visible as leaders despite the huge roles they play on the front lines of this extraordinary crisis. Consider health care. Nationwide, women still make up the vast majority of the nursing workforce. Nurses play a vital role in the management of this outbreak, not only making critical real-time decisions in chaotic and …

We’ve called out plenty of politicians when things are going wrong these days. So we’re delighted when we can praise something that seemed to go absolutely right. We put the Texas Board of Education’s approval of a first-time elective African American studies course for the state’s school districts squarely in the positive category. Starting next school year, high school students will have …

When former first ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush teamed up this weekend to help raise private dollars for global health and frontline workers in the midst of this pandemic, you’d think there would be universal praise that something worthwhile and sorely needed had been done. In this divisive era, when even a worldwide fight to prevent the spread of …

The city of Plano has had 171 confirmed cases of COVID-19, a total that includes both Collin and Denton counties. The city currently has 45 active cases, according to figures as of Thursday. Plano ISD and public schools across the state should remain closed for the rest of the academic year to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Greg Abbott said …

James Ray has gone a full month without work. The barber shop where he works in Lewisville has been closed since mid-March because of fears about the spread of the coronavirus. Since then, the father of two has tried to get unemployment benefits from the Texas Workforce Commission. But on top of the massive wait times on the agency’s hotline …

Today will be mostly sunny, very warm and breezy ahead of the next cold front. The DFW airport will be around 90 degrees this afternoon. This will be close to the record high of 91 for this date. A few showers and isolated thunderstorms will be possible east and northeast of the DFW area. A few of which may be …

AUSTIN — The state of Texas says its coronavirus abortion ban is over, telling a U.S. District Court that the state’s new order on elective medical procedures now exempts abortions from being postponed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The original gubernatorial executive order that spurred the heated legal battle over whether abortions can be banned during the COVID-19 pandemic expired Tuesday, …

Doctors can go back to business, but how much? Gov. Greg Abbott has started to reopen parts of the Texas economy, and on Wednesday health care providers once again could perform elective surgery and select procedures — a month after he had ordered them to suspend such work. That’s good news for thousands of patients who had to postpone care, …