An Oklahoma judge awaiting trial for allegedly shooting at parked vehicles and rear-ending a woman in Texas now faces charges in his state, accusing him of shooting into the home of his brother-in-law six months before the road rage incident. Garfield County Associate District Judge Brian Lovell, 59, was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday on two felony counts …

AUSTIN — Texas Republicans may have found their next socially conservative rallying cry — one that hearkens back to the hotly contested 2017 “bathroom bill” — in a widely publicized custody case centering on the gender identity of a 7-year-old in Dallas. The gut-wrenching personal dispute between two divorced Coppell parents, who disagree on whether their child should transition from male …

SHERMAN – Veteran Austin lawyer Jamie Balagia sat inside the accused cocaine kingpin’s room in a Colombian prison when his investigator suddenly mentioned paying off officials in Washington D.C. to make the man’s charges go away. What did he do? Nothing, according to the government. “You just sat there,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather Rattan said Wednesday during Balagia’s federal corruption …

Three minutes could’ve made the difference between life and death as Alvin Dunbar and his family drove home Sunday night, making the trek from an event in Fort Worth to the northwest Dallas apartment complex where they lived. By the time they pulled into the Southwind Apartments near Walnut Hill Lane on Brockbank Drive, a tornado was nearly on top …

WASHINGTON — Two North Texas Democrats are leading the push for a bill aimed at keeping foreign interference out of U.S. elections, accusing Republicans on Wednesday of trying to stymie an effort they view as a no-brainer. “I find this to be one of the most frustrating issues I’ve seen in my time here in Congress,” said Rep. Colin Allred …

WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. John Cornyn defended the president’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, arguing Wednesday that with Turkey intent on ethnic cleansing of the Kurds — longtime U.S. allies in the fight against the radical Islamic State — the move had merit. “If Turkey was planning on coming into northern Syria and trying to ethnically cleanse …

Central Expressway will be temporarily shut down Wednesday night between Royal and Forest lanes in Dallas to allow Oncor crews to finish restoring power knocked out by Sunday’s storm. The shutdown will start at 10 p.m., the city announced, and will last about 30 minutes. The closure will affect the main lanes of both northbound and southbound U.S. 75, as …

Boxes of school supplies rolled into Thomas Jefferson High School early Wednesday morning as students and staff cobbled together what they could to make a once-empty campus their new home. The donations are critical for Dallas schools as officials try to get classes as close to normal as possible after a tornado destroyed three campuses: TJ, Cary Middle School and …

Medical City Plano will open a new $107 million cancer hospital next week, introducing patients in the region to a new name in cancer care. The Sarah Cannon Cancer Hospital, the cancer care and research division of Medical City’s parent company HCA Healthcare, will broaden patient access in North Texas to therapies, technology, research and support, said Erol Akdamar, president of …

The Dallas-based company is considered a broad indicator for sectors that consume electronic components. Texas Instruments shares plunged the most in almost 11 years after the chipmaker gave a weaker-than-expected forecast and warned that trade tension is making customers far more cautious. The report spurred a sell off in semiconductor stocks. The Dallas-based company’s stock was down 6.5% in Wednesday …

The shop on Knox Street in Dallas is no longer a sit-down restaurant. On The Border on Knox Street in Dallas — a historic site for a chain that’s now grown to more than 150 restaurants — has closed and reopened as an On The Border delivery and catering kitchen. As of its reopening on Oct. 23, 2019, customers are …