Texas Democratic lawmakers sent a letter of congressional inquiry to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on Monday, cautioning public colleges about the potential loss of federal funding if they adhere to Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s recent directive to disregard updated language in Title IX regulations. Title IX, a civil rights law established in 1972, prohibits sex-based discrimination in federally …

Xavier Soto has been desperately looking for answers since his 23-year-old partner, Jeimily Morales, died in June at a hospital in Puerto Rico, nine days after the pair returned from a vacation to the Dominican Republic. Soto, 27, believes Morales, the mother of a 4-year-old boy, was in good health during their trip to the neighboring Caribbean island. She had …

A man accused of shooting six Philadelphia police officers during a standoff that lasted more than seven hours has surrendered to police. Around midnight, a member of the SWAT team shot tear gas into the home on North 15th Street near Butler Street around midnight. The suspect, identified by police as 36-year-old Maurice Hill of Philadelphia, then walked out of …

Rick Sorrells has a doctorate and was a minister, the judge noted. He made a good living as a public servant, heading up an agency that provided school buses for Dallas students. Despite his opportunities in life, Sorrells succumbed to the allure of something better: fancy cars, expensive jewelry and lavish trips. And it took more than $3 million in bribes …

EL PASO — Minnie Grant stopped by the Walmart on Saturday with her son Chris Grant to grab snacks and meat for grilling for his three teenage children, who had come to El Paso for the first time in three years. Minnie was in the back of the store near the milk aisle. Her basket was nearly full when she …

Something good happened to a father and son in Collin County. They reached a goal they started 11 years ago. Brian Baskeyfield sent pictures to iSee@nbcdfw.com that show the beginning and end of their mission to visit all 30 Major League He and his son, Brendon, spent 11 summers making memories to last a lifetime. “Life has been so very …

This report is being updated as new information comes in. Children, parents fundraising for their kids’ teams and back-to-school shoppers were among the 22 dead and many wounded when a gunman opened fire Saturday morning at an El Paso Walmart. The victims’ names began to trickle out late Saturday and in the days after the shooting, one of the deadliest …

EL PASO — Ray Garcia was on the phone with his wife while driving to a sporting goods store Saturday morning when he saw four cop cars blaze by with lights flashing and sirens blaring. Something is happening, he told his wife, April Telles-Garcia. He hung up. Another call came in. It was Jimmy Villatoro, whose son plays baseball in the …

When does being a jerk rise to the level of becoming a felony when you’re 30,000 feet in the air? A federal judge intends to decide the matter. Justin Riley Brafford’s behavior in the sky while aboard a Southwest Airlines flight in October 2018 is the conduct in question. The 29-year-old Denton man flirted with a woman next to him, …

Authorities in Texas are looking for a 29-year-old mother who hasn’t been seen since going on a date last weekend. El Paso police issued a missing person alert late Thursday describing Erika Andrea Gaytan as “endangered.” Television station KFOX reports that she made several Facebook posts from the July 13 concert in El Paso where she went on the date …

A 10-year-old girl is safe and unharmed after being abducted by her father in Pilot Point Friday afternoon, police say. William Boerner, 33, was charged Monday morning in the kidnapping of Halley Boerner. The two were found in his pickup truck in the Little Elm area at about 2 a.m. Monday, shortly after an Amber Alert was issued for the …