Bronx-born pop sensation Jennifer Lopez has decided to cancel her ‘This is Me….Live’ tour, citing a need for time off to be with her children, family, and close friends, according to representatives for Live Nation. Speculation about a possible split between Lopez and her husband Ben Affleck has been swirling for weeks, particularly after Lopez attended the 2024 Met Gala …

Family members of a former Dallas ISD teaching assistant are suing the district, accusing it of negligence in the death of the 56-year-old woman, according to media reports. Court documents stated that Sharla Sims was attacked by a 17-year-old special needs student at Spruce High School in January 2021, according to a WFAA-TV (Channel 8) report. The family is seeking $20 …

Dallas will conduct an independent review of the city’s response to November’s deadly air show plane crash that killed six people at the Dallas Executive Airport. The city said it will hire Virginia-based emergency management firm The Olson Group, Ltd. to conduct the review, which could take four to six months, Dallas interim aviation department director Patrick Carreno said. “Any time something …

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) plans to increase its fees for several immigration processes. Last week, USCIS announced via the Federal Register the proposed new fees starting in March 2023. All fee adjustment plans must be subject to a 60-day analysis and community input period. This adjustment will be the first in almost seven years. In August 2020, USCIS proposed …

An impressive January warm-up is coming our way today. In fact, it’s likely DFW will break the record high of 79 later this afternoon. In addition to the warmth, the sky will be sunny across North Texas. A southwest breeze will continue to stir up the Mountain Cedar, which of course, will cause more misery for allergy sufferers. Another unseasonably …

The curtain rises Tuesday on Texas’ legislative show, a drama that likely will result in laws that change how we live. During the 140-day session that starts Tuesday, lawmakers will approve a budget — the only task they are mandated to complete. But many bills involving taxation, education, health care, infrastructure and various social issues will be debated and sent …

One in five students in the Fort Worth Independent School District failed a vision screening in 2021. Nearly half of those students in pre-K through fifth grade didn’t receive the needed follow-up eye care. Instead of just connecting its students with outside providers, the North Texas school district decided to bring comprehensive eye care to campus with the establishment of …

MEXICO CITY — President Joe Biden’s visit to Mexico this week, with a short layover in El Paso on Sunday, could change the border narrative from chaos to opportunity — at least that’s the hope of local leaders. Once considered a potentially prosperous and dynamic zone, the border has instead been vilified as a place of crisis and security threats on …

EL PASO — Here in Segundo Barrio, the city’s historic neighborhood, migrants flock to Sacred Heart Catholic Church with the hope of finding protection, perhaps even salvation. From their perspective, U.S. immigration policy is murky and in constant flux, and even President Joe Biden’s visit to El Paso on Sunday, on his way to a North American leaders’ summit in Mexico, won’t …

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress in the capital on Sunday, climbing on top of its roof and breaking the glass in its windows. Others demonstrators were gathering outside the presidential palace and Supreme Court, although it was not immediately clear whether they had managed to break into the buildings. The incidents, …

When President Joe Biden paid a visit to El Paso on Sunday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott greeted him at the airport. The two men shook hands. Then Abbott handed the president a letter. Here’s what was in the letter. ‘Too little… too late’ Abbott told Biden his visit “is $20 billion too little and two years too late. Moreover, your …