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 …

DALLAS (AP) — A construction crane buffeted by high winds during a storm toppled on a Dallas apartment building Sunday, killing one woman in the building and injuring five other people, two of them critically, a fire official said. Crews searching the Elan City Lights building found the body of a woman inside after the crane collapsed and ripped a …

A beloved Grand Prairie police officer died Friday after a 17-year-old driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into him as he worked outside of his vehicle along the President George Bush Turnpike Friday morning, police say. Grand Prairie police said Friday afternoon that 38-year-old police officer Albert “A.J.” Castaneda Jr. was parked on the shoulder running radar, standing …

Texas State Rep. Eric Johnson defeated Dallas City Council member Scott Griggs by a wide margin Saturday to become the city’s new mayor. Johnson led by approximately 15 percentage points when Dallas County released early voting totals at 7 p.m. and the lead only widened as more votes were counted. With 99% of precincts reporting as of 10:45 p.m., Johnson …

It was a hot, sunny day on Saturday — a perfect day for a barbecue at Killeen’s Long Branch Park. The Killeen Daily Herald reports slowly, the guests began to arrive. As each person showed up, some bringing their families, smiles split faces and hugs were given as if they had not seen each other in years. They were all …

S Band Radar & Maps | Forecast | Weather Alerts Traffic | Send Us a Photo/Video | Skycams May 2019 will go down in the books as a wet month with more than 8 inches of rain falling at DFW Airport. The total of 8.15″ is the 16th-wettest May ever recorded at the DFW observation point and 3.25″ above what …

President Donald Trump arrived in Britain on Monday for a largely ceremonial visit meant to strengthen ties between the two nations, but the trip was immediately at risk of being overshadowed by Brexit turmoil and a political feud with London’s mayor. The agenda for Trump’s weeklong journey is mostly ceremonial: a state visit and an audience with Queen Elizabeth II …

A capital murder trial is set to begin Monday for a woman accused of hiring a hit man to kill her ex’s new girlfriend in an ambush made to look like a robbery. Brenda Delgado, 36, faces life in prison if convicted for the 2015 slaying of Kendra Hatcher, a Dallas dentist who was killed in an Uptown parking garage. …

A 56-year-old woman is dead and four others wounded after a gun battle at a South Dallas car wash Sunday night, police say. The incident happened shortly before 10 p.m. at Jim’s Car Wash, at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Myrtle Street, just a few blocks from Fair Park, according to Dallas police. Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedics …

One woman was killed and four people injured Sunday night as shots flew at Jim’s Car Wash in South Dallas, police said. Dallas police found four gunshot victims when they responded to a car wash on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, near South Malcolm X Boulevard, around 9:30 p.m. Sheila Sanders, 56, was pronounced dead at Baylor University Medical Center, …

Police are investigating after a man was shot in a parking lot early Saturday morning and died later that night. According to Garland police, at 4:45 a.m., officers were dispatched to a business parking lot located on the 2100 block of Northwest Highway for a person shot. When they arrived, they found a man inside of a Lexus suffering from …